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BMW Bringing IP-delivered Flat Rate Music Service to Cars

Roger Lanctot — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

BMW and rara.com have collaborated on a new application for BMW's ConnectedDrive service called Online Entertainment. The new Online Entertainment Pack will include rara.com's flat rate streaming audio service with its 14M tracks and more than 200 curated stations. The offering challenges what has become the traditional approach to audio content delivery in the car - integration of a mobile device - but it remains to be seen whether BMW owners will accept the 390 Euro price tag.

Keywords: Automotive, Connected Car, BMW, Vodafone, rara.com, Telematics, Services & OS

2013 Shanghai Auto Show

Alvin Wu — Tue, 07 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

In the latest Shanghai Auto Show, cloud based multi-screen experiences have started to expand in this industry. Manufacturers including BYD and Chery, introduced their cloud based services (BYD Cloud Services and Chery Cloudrive) which enable users to control and monitor their vehicles remotely. With the increasing needs of a closer connection between smartphones and vehicles, in-vehicle application experiences have become important. The newly introduced iBeetle by Volkswagen claimed to be able to fully integrate with the iPhone, and enable users to use their iPhone apps conveniently while driving. However, in order to provide a superior multiscreen experience, 4G/LTE connectivity in car will be a key trend in the coming years.

Keywords: 4G, Cloud, Connected Car, Multi-Screen, Apple, BMW, Buick, BYD, Volkswagen, Chery, ACI

Car Sharing: Enabling Consumers, Disrupting Incumbents

John Canali — Mon, 06 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

New business models based on car sharing threaten to disrupt a number of industries including car rental and transportation services. This shift is causing many consumers to rethink car ownership. This report examines five car sharing business models, as well as the factors that are driving and inhibiting the market for car sharing. The report also examines the implications for OEMs and other industry players.

Keywords: Car sharing, fleet, rental, Automotive, Telecommunications, Telematics, Insurance, Chevrolet, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz

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AMCS - Infotainment System & Semi Forecast Q2 2013 - Spreadsheet

Richard Robinson — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Strategy Analytics' Automotive Infotainment Q2 2013 System Market View Report provides a forecast outlook for OEM and Aftermarket infotainment hardware and applications from 2010 through 2020. The rise in global vehicle production, based on LMC Automotive's (formerly JD Power) Q1 2013 Forecast, and the increased implementation of infotainment solutions for communications, entertainment and navigation is driving the total market value of OEM and Aftermarket infotainment systems from $37.4 billion in 2012 to over $46.0 billion in 2020. Also, the rise in global vehicle production and increasing requirement for communications and navigation will see revenues from the Infotainment semiconductor OEM and Aftermarket increase from $5.7 billion in 2012 to over $6.5 billion in 2020.

Keywords: Forecast Metrix, audio, Company Analysis, Connectivity, Event reports, HMI, Navigation, Regional, Services & OS, Telematics, Video

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AMCS - Infotainment Systems Q2 2013 - Presenter

Mark Fitzgerald — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Strategy Analytics' Automotive Infotainment Q2 2013 System Market View Report provides a forecast outlook for OEM and Aftermarket infotainment hardware and applications from 2010 through 2020. The rise in global vehicle production, based on LMC Automotive's (formerly JD Power) Q1 2013 Forecast, and the increased implementation of infotainment solutions for communications, entertainment and navigation is driving the total market value of OEM and Aftermarket infotainment systems from $37.4 billion in 2012 to over $46.0 billion in 2020.

Keywords: Forecast Metrix, audio, Company Analysis, Connectivity, Event reports, HMI, Navigation, Regional, Services & OS, Telematics, Video

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AMCS - Infotainment Systems Q2 2013 - Market Overview

Mark Fitzgerald — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Strategy Analytics' Automotive Infotainment Q2 2013 System Market View Report provides a forecast outlook for OEM and Aftermarket infotainment hardware and applications from 2010 through 2020. The rise in global vehicle production, based on LMC Automotive's (formerly JD Power) Q1 2013 Forecast, and the increased implementation of infotainment solutions for communications, entertainment and navigation is driving the total market value of OEM and Aftermarket infotainment systems from $37.4 billion in 2012 to over $46.0 billion in 2020.

Keywords: Forecast Metrix, audio, Company Analysis, Connectivity, Event reports, HMI, Navigation, Regional, Services & OS, Telematics, Video

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AMCS - Infotainment Semiconductor Q2 2013 - Presenter

Richard Robinson — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Strategy Analytics' Automotive Infotainment Q2 2013 Semiconductor Market View Report provides a forecast outlook for OEM and Aftermarket infotainment hardware and applications from 2010 through 2020. The rise in global vehicle production and increasing requirement for communications and navigation will see revenues from the Infotainment semiconductor OEM and Aftermarket increase from $5.7 billion in 2012 to over $6.5 billion in 2020.

Keywords: Forecast Metrix, audio, Company Analysis, Connectivity, Event reports, HMI, Navigation, Regional, Services & OS, Telematics, Video

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AMCS - Infotainment Semiconductor Q2 2013 - Market Overview

Richard Robinson — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Nokia Map, Traffic Enhancements Set the Stage for Map-as-a-Service

Roger Lanctot — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT

When Nokia unveiled its Here brand late last year there was a surprising lack of information regarding plans for the company's traffic information services. A recent peek behind the curtain at Nokia's traffic operations in Chicago revealed the groundwork being laid for significant enhancements to the company's map and traffic offerings. But enhanced traffic info will be at the core of the Here brand value proposition setting the stage for a disruptive map-as-a-service scenario.

Keywords: Nokia, Navigation, Maps

Panasonic, Aupeo Prepare for Multi-Platform Future

Roger Lanctot — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Panasonic's automotive division has taken a leadership position at the company opening a research office in Cupertino, California and, now, acquiring Aupeo, a streaming audio provider based in Berlin. Aupeo will become a critical cog in Panasonic's vision of a multi-screen experience featuring automotive connectivity.

Keywords: Panasonic, Aupeo, Audio, Streaming, multi-screen, Connectivity, Audio, Automotive, Infotainment

TomTom, Inrix Vie for Traffic Leadership on a Rising Tide of Probe Data

Roger Lanctot — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT

You can't have a conversation with a traffic data supplier today without the conversation rapidly turning to probe data and the magic figure of "100 million probes" being raised. For some reason, otherwise intelligent traffic executives, with marketing responsibility, appear to believe that massive numbers of probes alone will solve the traffic puzzle.

Keywords: Telematics, Services and OS, Navigation, Company Analysis

New York Auto Show - Connectivity and Telematics Announcements Abound

Mark Fitzgerald — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT

The New York International Auto Show was held between March 29th and April 7th at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. This report concentrates on the important telematics, connectivity and in-vehicle entertainment announcements from the show.

Keywords: New York, Telematics, Connectivity, Automotive, Blu-ray, Connected Car, Infotainment, Internet Radio, Telematics, touchscreen, Audi, BMW, Buick, Cadillac, Chrysler, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Jaguar Land Rover, Jeep, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Volkswagen

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BMW Raises Telematics Stakes with 10 Years of Free Service

Roger Lanctot — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

BMW upped the ante in the North American telematics market with an extension of the free period of the BMW Assist and TeleServices telematics services to 10 years from the current four-year trial offer. At the same time, the company has broadened the offer to include previously excluded 1 Series and 3 Series cars. BMW also added four apps to its BMW Apps offering.

Keywords: Telematics, Company Analysis, BMW

Connected Vehicle and Vehicle Device Connectivity System Database by Feature, Region, and Price 2013

John Canali — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

This database which previously illustrated over 40 different approaches taken by various OEMs to address issues of vehicle connectivity, has been updated to include the growing market in China and recent announcements including Chrysler's Uconnect telematics platform as well as announcements from CES 2013. The database highlights key difference in addressing safety and security as well as navigation and infotainment.

Keywords: telematics, connectivity, China, Europe, North America, 3G, 4G, Automotive, Telematics, Automotive, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, PSA, Toyota

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Brazil: New Contran 245 Implementation Plan, Old Challenges

Roger Lanctot — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

With the impending arrival of the World Cup and Olympics in 2014, Brazil faces a unique opportunity to bring its infrastructure up to a par with its developed peers. Brazil's Contran 245 mandate represents a unique step forward on the global telematics stage, but highlights the shortcomings of Brazil's existing wireless and transportation infrastructure and the nearly obsessive focus on vehicle and cargo theft, while ignoring the country's rank as the third highest for highway fatalities.

Keywords: Telematics, Regional, Company

Citro�n, Telefonica Introduce Next-Gen Usage Based Insurance Schemes

Roger Lanctot — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

After six years of market development, vehicle usage-based insurance (UBI) remains a niche offering suitable to targeted demographic segments and engendering feelings of paranoid discomfort among many potential customers. New value-added approaches from Citro�n and Telefonica are helping to alter these perceptions in a positive manner suggesting UBI is a means to achieving other market objectives rather than an end in itself.

Keywords: Telefonica, Citroen, UBI, Insurance, Automotive, Usage-Based Insurance (UBI), Wireless, Services & OS, Telematics

Automotive Smartphone-as-a-Server Solutions Multiply as MirrorLink Drifts

Roger Lanctot — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

MirrorLink arrived in the market as a proposed smartphone connectivity standard more than three years ago and has attracted broad support and attention. But the introduction of this standardized approach to vehicle connectivity has failed to discourage OEMs and their suppliers from exploring and introducing proprietary solutions, which continue to multiply. The next 12 months will prove pivotal to determining the future for MirrorLink.

Keywords: Mirrorlink, RealVNC, telematics, Ford, Apps, Automotive, Connected Car, HMI, MirrorLink, WiFi, Wireless, Airbiquity, BlackBerry, Ford, LG, Samsung, Sony, UIEvolution, Tweddle, RealVNC

MWC: novero Leverages Dabendorf Assets to Enhance Wireless Charging Solution

Roger Lanctot — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT

While new wireless charging solutions may yet emerge and Apple has yet to put its wireless charging cards on the table, novero may have found the wireless charging silver bullet with a dual-mode compromise enhanced by technology acquired in 2012 from Funkwerk. The Mobile World Congress was a bit of a coming out party for novero Dabendorf, the division acquired from Funkwerk.

Keywords: Telematics, Company Analysis, Event Reports, novero

Ford, GM Stir Mobile World Congress with Automotive Announcements

Roger Lanctot — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Ford Motor Company unveiled its EcoSport SUV at the Mobile World Congress today. Developed in Brazil, the EcoSport SUV will usher in Ford's AppLink technology to the European market. Not to be outdone, GM announced its plan to launch LTE connectivity globally along with its plan to switch its carrier partnership in the U.S. from Verizon to AT&T beginning with the 2015 model year.

Keywords: Company Analysis, Event reports, Telematics

CES 2013 Supplier Report: QNX Steps Up

John Canali — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The Consumer Telematics Show (CTS) and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) took place in Las Vegas between January 7th and January 11th, 2012. In this report Strategy Analytics automotive team reports on the main infotainment and telematics trends relating to in-vehicle infotainment and telematics applications that were presented at the event, and particularly the product demonstrations from automotive Tier Suppliers.

Keywords: CES, Tier Suppliers, Telematics, infotainment, Europe, North America, US, Audio, Bluetooth, Head-up Display, Music, Navigation, Semiconductor, Telecommunications, Telematics, WiFi, Apps, Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Alpine, Citroen, Clarion, GM, Honda, iHeartRadio, JVC, Kenwood, Microsoft, PSA, QNX, Qualcomm, RIM, Telefonica, T-Mobile, Toyota, Verizon

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UX Issues Already Apparent with Volvo Sensus Connected Touch

Chris Schreiner — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

In 2013, Volvo will be rolling out its connected infotainment system, called Sensus Connected Touch. Relying on Parrot for the app feature set, this Android-based system provides a wide variety of connected services, but Strategy Analytics' own user experience research on similar systems from Parrot and expert assessments of early demonstrations of Sensus Connected Touch highlights scope for improvement on several user experience aspects that otherwise can negatively impact the usefulness of, and satisfaction with, the system.

Keywords: Volvo, Parrot, connected services, apps, connected vehicles, ACI, Telematics

OnStar, Telefonica Disrupting Telematics Carrier Model

Roger Lanctot — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The deal between Telefonica and OnStar announced quietly nearly a year ago is disrupting traditional OEM-carrier relationships in the provisioning of wireless connectivity to cars. The OEM need for low-cost solutions delivered on global platforms is permanently altering these relationships and producing unprecedented changes in the provisioning of services.

Keywords: Company Analysis, Telematics, Services and OS

CES 2013, OEM Update: The Cloud, Big Data Analytics, CRM and User Experience Take Center Stage

Mark Fitzgerald — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The Consumer Telematics Show (CTS) and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) took place in Las Vegas between January 8th and January 11th, 2013. With nine vehicle OEMs presenting a wide array of HMI, infotainment, connectivity and telematics solutions - automakers are marketing the benefits of their respective solutions as a key reason for consumers to purchase their vehicles and to demonstrate the vehicles relevance in the connected, consumer based, electronics market. This report details and analyzes OEM announcements from these two shows.

Keywords: CES Audi, Chrysler, Ford, GM, Hyundai, Kia, Subaru, 4G, ADAS, Audio, Automotive, autonomous driving, Cloud Application Platforms, Cloud Service Platforms, Connected Audio System, Connected Car, Ethernet, Head-up Display, Infotainment, Internet Radio, LIDAR, Mi-Fi, Navigation, NFC, Radar, Radio, Road Traffic Information, Telematics, touchscreen, Traffic Data, WiFi, Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Wireless, Airbiquity, Audi, BMW, Chrysler, General Motors, GM, Hyundai, Kia, Subaru, Volvo

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AMCS - Infotainment System & Semi Forecast Q1 2013 - Spreadsheet

Richard Robinson — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

This forecast has been updated. Please click here for the latest version

Strategy Analytics' Automotive Infotainment Q1 2013 Semiconductor Market View Report provides a forecast outlook for OEM and Aftermarket infotainment hardware and applications from 2009 through 2019. The rise in global vehicle production and increasing requirement for communications and navigation will see revenues from the Infotainment semiconductor OEM and Aftermarket increase from $5.5 billion in 2011 to $6.7 billion in 2019. Also, the rise in global vehicle production, based on LMC Automotive's (formerly JD Power) Q4 2012 Forecast, and the increased implementation of infotainment solutions for communications, entertainment and navigation is driving the total market value of OEM and Aftermarket infotainment systems from $35.6 billion in 2011 to over $46.6 billion in 2019.

Keywords: Archive Forecast

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AMCS - Infotainment Systems Q1 2013 - Presenter

Mark Fitzgerald — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

This forecast has been updated. Please click here for the latest version

Strategy Analytics' Automotive Infotainment Q1 2013 System Market View Report provides a forecast outlook for OEM and Aftermarket infotainment hardware and applications from 2009 through 2019. The rise in global vehicle production, based on LMC Automotive's (formerly JD Power) Q4 2012 Forecast, and the increased implementation of infotainment solutions for communications, entertainment and navigation is driving the total market value of OEM and Aftermarket infotainment systems from $35.6 billion in 2011 to over $46.6 billion in 2019.

Keywords: Archive Forecast

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AMCS - Infotainment Systems Q1 2013 - Market Overview

Mark Fitzgerald — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

AMCS - Infotainment Semiconductor Q1 2013 - Presenter

Richard Robinson — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

AMCS - Infotainment Semiconductor Q1 2013 - Market Overview

Richard Robinson — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Strategy Analytics Traffic Podcast

Roger Lanctot — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Strategy Analytics interviewed Jim Battagliese, Director of Traffic and Transit Operations at WTOP in Washington, DC, regarding WTOP's unique market-leading approach to reporting traffic information. The interview took place while driving in mid-day traffic in DC.

Keywords: Navigation, Telematics, Services & OS

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Vehicle Safety at the Crossroads - Literally

Roger Lanctot — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The U.S. Department of Transportation, the European Commission and many other national transportation regulators settled on Dedicated Short-Range Communication technology (DSRC) as a preferred technology for connecting vehicles in develop efforts to resolve the problem of intersection collisions four years ago, before the explosion in global smartphone adoption. These agencies continue to turn a blind eye to the potential of smartphone connectivity to provide a mitigating solution to this scourge which, in the U.S. alone, produces 3M accidents, 1.5M injuries and 9,100 fatalities annually.

Keywords: HMI, Telematics, Services & OS