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| Aug 16, 2011
At CES 2011, OnStar made headlines showing an aftermarket telematics solution which is now called, FMV (For My Vehicle). Along with this announcement, OnS...
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Roger Lanctot
| Aug 15, 2011
It’s summertime in the U.S. and once again people are traveling on vacations and dying in violent crashes throughout the country. Under these circum...
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Roger Lanctot
| Aug 07, 2011
Nearly a year ago at the Telematics Update Content & Apps event in San Diego I was asked why the industry hasn’t simply standardized car stereo interf...
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Roger Lanctot
| Aug 03, 2011
Speaking at the Center for Automotive Research’s Management Briefing in Traverse City this week, OnStar’s president touted the organization’s ...
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Roger Lanctot
| Jul 27, 2011
Good enough is the enemy of the best (with apologies to Voltaire). Nowhere is this more apparent today than in the traffic data industry. Almost anywhere in the...
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Roger Lanctot
| Jul 25, 2011
INRIX looks to put more distance between itself and competitors in the traffic business, even as it leverages those traffic reporting connections to build its c...
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Ian Riches
| Jul 15, 2011
We've recently spent some time chatting with Dan Mahoney, President and Chief Executive officer at Renesas Electronics America, Inc. We discussed how Renesas - ...
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Ian Riches
| Jul 04, 2011
Electric vehicle studies seem more prevalent that electric vehicles themselves at present. One of the more recent ones to cross my desk was from Boston Consult...
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Kevin Mak
| Jul 04, 2011
Strategy Analytics previously reported (in the blog, Automotive Electronic Design Heads East) on the expansion in research and development to support the recove...
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Chris Schreiner
| Jun 24, 2011
I’ve written on more than one occasion in this blog defending MyFord Touch, and it looks like it’s time to do it yet again. JD Power released their ...
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Roger Lanctot
| Jun 24, 2011
The conventional wisdom in the industry is that 50 percent (or more) of OEM profitability occurs after the sale of the vehicle. The dealer plays a critical rol...
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Chris Schreiner
| Apr 27, 2011
With automotive growth in China soaring, both foreign and local OEMs are scrambling to get in on the action. Strategy Analytics Automotive Multimedia and Commun...
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Chris Schreiner
| Apr 12, 2011
At the upcoming SAE World Congress, ATX will present results from a study they conducted with the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) showing that the...
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Roger Lanctot
| Apr 05, 2011
The first quarter of 2011 has brought two telematics launches, Audi of America and Hyundai Motor America, both eschewing a traditional call center. These two co...
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Roger Lanctot
| Apr 03, 2011
The measure of a creative and powerful marketing organization is often best taken when the chips are down. For Hughes Telematics that measure might have been t...
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Roger Lanctot
| Mar 27, 2011
Best Buy reported some disappointing financial figures last week blaming stalled consumer demand for TVs – including new IPTVs and 3DTVs. Going unmentione...
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Kevin Mak
| Mar 25, 2011
Raw Material Threat To Semiconductors – Resulting In Disruption To Suppliers and OEMs
The overall impact of the earthquake and tsunami is yet to be played...
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Paul Brown
| Mar 23, 2011
LG unveiled the LG Wireless Charging Pad at CTIA Wireless 2011 yesterday. The LG technology meets the specifications of the Wireless Power Consortium - som...
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Ian Riches
| Mar 17, 2011
It will be some time before the full impact of the earthquake becomes clear. However, there is a need to provide some form of top-level assessment of the impact...
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Roger Lanctot
| Mar 17, 2011
In a somewhat surprising announcement guaranteed to stir up the V2V community, Anastasios Zografos, speaking in his capacity as program manager at SAIC for the ...
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