LONDON, United Kingdom - Roses are red, violets are blue, self-driving cars are legal and coming to a street near you. Love, NHTSA. Okay, so maybe the US federal government didn’t phrase it quite so poetically but it did deliver a Valentine’s Day gift of epic proportions to self-driving cars: computers and software can stand-in
NOVI - Risk from digital hackers is now endemic through all industries, but few are more prone to seeing its future success impaired than the automotive sector. That’s because, without a secure platform of technology, the connected car industry’s dreams of increased autonomous features leading up to the driverless vehicle will remain just that –
NOVI - Ransomware threat is the biggest worry according to Mathew Solnik senior security researcher with Azimuth Security speaking ahead of the March TU-Automotive Cyber Security USA 2016 at the Suburban Showcase. Q: What are the top threats to cybersecurity in the automotive industry? “I think right now the top threats are really shifting to
LONDON, United Kingdom - Baidu goes big on self-driving cars, Ford goes bigger on electric vehicles, while Swiss start-up WayRay goes bonanza on holographic navigation, Andrew Tolve of TU-Automotive reports. Chinese search giant Baidu, long suspected of joining rival Google in the self-driving car race, told The Wall Street Journal that it has created a
LONDON, England - TU-Automotive has announced that free registration is now open for an exclusive webinar on how to: “Unleash the Potential of Connected Car OTA Updates on Infotainment, Security and Automated Driving.” “This technology has been around for a while but its true potential has only just been realized and it is far-reaching across
LONDON, England - Nominations are now open for the prestigious 2016 TU-Automotive Awards that acknowledge the best and most innovative companies in each of the different verticals of the connected car space. Some of TU-Automotive’s previous winners include: Volvo Car Group, TomTom Telematics, moovel, Airbiquity and many more. “If your company has done something that
LONDON - Having your house broken into is a harrowing experience. Researchers being able to hack into and control a Chrysler Jeep owing to a vulnerability in the in-car internet service Uconnect - should be considered a similar violation, according to Audi Chief Executive Officer Rupert Stadler. “The Internet, cookies and other data collectors are
ANN ARBOR - Ford ‘invented’ the mass market car in the shape of its 1908 Model T and now its hoping to lead the charge into creating volume selling autonomous vehicles. That’s why it became the first carmaker to test autonomous vehicles at Mcity – the 32-acre simulated urban environment at the University of Michigan.
LONDON, England - TomTom should book a ticket for Vegas. The Dutch mapmaker is riding a major hot streak of late; new agreements include Volkswagen of America, Apple and – as of last week – Uber. Financial details of the latest deal were not disclosed but TomTom says that it will provide mapping, traffic and
