April 20, 2012 A number of interesting developments are taking place at companies that are involved in enabling location-based services (LBS) on handsets or motor vehicles... April 6, 2012 Has Garmin finally solved the vexing challenge of how to connect personal navigation devices (PNDs) with wireless data services...
March 9, 2012 The advanced driver assist system (ADAS) market is moving quite rapidly these days. What once sat firmly in the premium segment is now invading the middle of the market, while... February 23, 2012 Following expansions in 2010 and 2011, the global market for automotive infotainment systems is set to expand by another 3 percent in 2012, driven by rising car production and increasing electronic... February 17, 2012 Autonomous vehicles that operate themselves with minimal human intervention may well represent the new wave of driving in the future, but the market for vehicle sensors... November 7, 2011 Buoyed by the proliferation of quality sound systems in mid-range cars, premium audio systems in automobiles are projected to attain double-digit sales growth worldwide in 2011 and in the... October 27, 2011 Toyota and Ford lead the worldwide automotive business when it comes to successfully integrating their car infotainment systems with mobile devices like smartphones, according to... October 20, 2011 Buoyed by a wave of major technological advances, premium audio systems in cars are projected to attain double-digit sales growth worldwide at the end of 2011 and in the years... October 12, 2011 Cruising on strong support from various governments’ vehicle-safety mandates, the global advanced driv¬er assist systems (ADAS) market will see revenue expand by nearly 60... September 9, 2011 Global sales of automobiles with Internet radio capability are set to rise by a factor of more than 30 during the next eight years, leading a wave of in-vehicle apps that will be... August 19, 2011 Global sales of automobiles with Internet radio capability are set to rise by a factor of more than 30 during the next eight years, leading a wave of in-vehicle apps that will be... July 19, 2011 Garmin recently made a strong push into Europe, announcing it had signed an agreement to acquire German navigation software and hardware maker Navigon... July 19, 2011 Nearly every automotive player has introduced some type of smartphone app to stay relevant and connected to its customers, illustrating the importance of integration solutions. Whether these apps are needed and are... July 15, 2011 After transforming itself from a contract manufacturer of cellphones into one of the world’s leading smartphone brands during the past few years, HTC Corp. now is embarking upon the next stage of... June 27, 2011 With the flurry of OEM telematics activities now occurring in China, it is important to examine the unique regulations involved in being a telematics service provider (TSP) in that country... June 20, 2011 Off-board navigation applications have been a successful revenue driver for carriers in North America for some time. But in Europe, these types of applications have had to face... June 14, 2011 Media tablets like Apple Inc.’s iPad hold strong potential for use as rear-seat entertainment solutions in automotive infotainment systems, new IHS iSuppli (NYSE: IHS) research indicates... June 8, 2011 Global automakers including General Motors, Volkswagen and Audi are putting their horsepower behind wireless in-vehicle charging, a technology that allows motorists to recharge the batteries... June 6, 2011 Chinese companies view location-based social networking (LBSN) as an explosive growth opportunity and plan to follow the lead of successful LBSN systems in other nations... May 30, 2011 Media tablets hold strong potential for use as rear-seat entertainment solutions in automotive infotainment systems, new IHS iSuppli research indicates... May 27, 2011 Wireless inductive charging for mobile devices is a trend IHS has seen coming to the market for a number of years now. Rather than plugging the cell phone into the cigarette... May 25, 2011 Regardless of the segment, premium audio offerings are abundant. The progress with innovative technologies, new brand strategies and cost control on premium sales has brought... May 9, 2011 Although China now sits atop the world in automotive sales, it lags behind significantly in technology and safety, remaining very much an emerging market when compared to... May 2, 2011 A total of 2.62 million passenger cars were titled in Brazil in 2010—up 7 percent over 2009, according to IHS iSuppli research. Imported vehicles also enjoyed a banner year... April 21, 2011 Traditional instrument clusters are a key element of cars that undergo significant changes in the near future. Several reasons indicate why the time has arrived for an evolution of traditional... April 14, 2011 During the last few years, the importance of reliable traffic information in Europe has increased dramatically. Smart phone and portable navigation device (PND) makers have come to... April 4, 2011 Little did anyone know what sort of change the Apple Inc. iPod would bring about in society, media technology or even the automotive industry upon the media player’s release in 2001... March 24, 2011 Connectivity is an area in the automotive electronics segment that is expanding significantly and is expected to trigger further incremental semiconductor usage in vehicles... March 23, 2011 The earthquake and subsequent tsunami have impacted the entire automotive industry supply chain in Japan, including the infotainment segment. This will have worldwide repercussions for... March 17, 2011 Check-in services are growing in popularity, with offerings from Facebook Places, Gowalla and Foursquare that allow users to enter their location from a mobile device in order to... March 14, 2011 As the 2011 model year goes into full swing, IHS has taken a look at how the availability of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) are progressing and growing in Europe... March 10, 2011 Smart phone-based vehicle navigation systems will account for nearly half of automotive navigation sales in 2011, supplanting the previously prominent roles held by in-dash systems and... March 7, 2011 OnStar, the automotive telematics communications system now installed in all new General Motors vehicles, is set to grow steadily during the next few years as renewal rates for the service... March 7, 2011 Subscriptions to OnStar, the automotive telematics communications system now installed in all new General Motors vehicles, are set to grow steadily during the next few years... February 28, 2011 The automotive industry needs to change its architectural approach in developing vehicle electronics systems. The two main drivers for change—the need to reduce the number of... February 24, 2011 According to a study released just a few days ago from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and State Farm Insurance, the impact of teen driver crashes extends far beyond teen drivers... February 10, 2011 Mobile navigation application providers have been busy integrating features into their software previously found only on portable navigation devices... January 31, 2011 One year ago, Best Buy announced its interest in the automotive space. Best Buy’s interest went as far as potentially selling electric scooters next to its washers and dryers... January 27, 2011 The battle for telematics dominance began to heat up in earnest at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) as the major automotive giants placed their bets and upped the ante... January 24, 2011 Ever since Ford pioneered the integration of several popular smart phone applications in the car, many other original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and Tier 1 automotive suppliers... January 20, 2011 The form factor war in the navigation space is heating up in early 2011, as rising sales of tablets and smart phones with integrated global positioning system (GPS) capability cut into demand... January 17, 2011 The features of advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) typically debut on luxury vehicles, then after years of deployment, trickle down to higher-volume vehicles as costs drop... January 13, 2011 The United States in 2011 will continue to have the highest total availability of automotive telematics systems of any country in the world, followed by Western Europe... January 4, 2011 A proposed mandate from the U.S. Department of Transportation will cause sales of new cars with rear-view park assist cameras in the country to quadruple compared to... December 23, 2010 Digital audio broadcasting (DAB) radio is in a position to become the new standard in broadcast entertainment. In a few years, DAB will completely overtake analog radio... December 23, 2010 The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently published in the Federal Register its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, amending Federal Motor Vehicle Safety... December 13, 2010 Black Friday ended as a shootout for the two leading suppliers of portable navigation devices (PND) in the U.S. market, as Garmin and TomTom fought to wrest precious purchasing dollars... December 9, 2010 Unlike the United States, China has never been a nation on wheels—until very recently. So, when China overtook the United States in car sales in 2009, the country’s transportation... December 2, 2010 Every movie set in the future seems to include flying cars, or cars that drive themselves. This was the case in the 1950s and is still the case today. But if you look around today... November 22, 2010 Global shipments of built-in car Wi-Fi systems are set to soar by more than fortyfold by 2017, as automakers increasingly view wireless connectivity as a key competitive differentiator... November 17, 2010 Wi-Fi in the car is a hot topic these days, with major OEMs noticeably incorporating it into new model releases. Whereas Wi-Fi was brought in as an aftermarket accessory in the past... November 15, 2010 The arrival of cloud computing will have a major impact on automotive infotainment systems, heralding the arrival of standard operating systems—such as Google’s Android—in cars... November 8, 2010 Turn-by-turn navigation has become an essential part of today’s mobile smart phone ecosystem. Until recently, this type of application was a high-end feature that allowed providers to... November 1, 2010 Most wireless carriers have opened their location APIs to third-party Location Based Services (LBS) platform providers, but others still restrict location access... October 27, 2010 Further enhancing its industry-leading automotive electronics research team, market research firm iSuppli Corp. has hired veteran semiconductor executive Luca De Ambroggi... October 25, 2010 Characterized by its large size and intense competition among Deutsche Telekom (DT), Vodafone and Telefonica/ O2, the German market represents one of the most interesting... October 21, 2010 The year 2010 was supposed to be the time when European road fatalities were reduced by half compared to 2001. While that hope remains, it seems increasingly likely that... October 15, 2010 Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the road, a new driver distraction has arrived: social networking for motorists. With use of social networking services among drivers... October 11, 2010 The automobile is no longer a communications dead zone that prohibits drivers from staying connected to friends and family via various options such as calling, texting and even tweeting... October 7, 2010 The kick-off of the 3G network in 2009 and the launch of smart phones finally have enabled Chinese carriers to broaden their Location Based Service (LBS) portfolios... October 7, 2010 Automotive navigation systems increasingly are transitioning from standalone devices to connected systems capable of accessing up-to-date map data and other information... October 4, 2010 In a development that underscores the safety benefits of automotive Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS), 2009 was the least deadly year on American roads in nearly 60 years... September 30, 2010 In a development that proves the safety benefits of automotive Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS), 2009 was the least deadly year on American roads in nearly 60 years. September 30, 2010 Reflecting the strong growth potential of the Russian automotive market, the Moscow International Auto Show (MIAS) flaunted its new-found prominence with... September 23, 2010 After years of sitting on the sidelines, Dutch manufacturer TomTom NV recently entered China’s Portable Navigation Device (PND) market. But with PND sales in the country slowing... September 20, 2010 After years of sitting on the sidelines, Dutch manufacturer TomTom NV recently entered China’s Portable Navigation Device (PND) market. But with PND sales in the country... September 15, 2010 Reflecting the strong growth potential of the Russian automotive market, the Moscow International Auto Show (MIAS) flaunted new-found prominence with this year’s event... September 10, 2010 Already having impacted the automotive telephony, digital music and navigation segments, the smart phone is poised to have a greater influence on car infotainment systems in the future, according to the market research firm iSuppli Corp. September 9, 2010 Apple Inc.’s iPhone changed the smart phone from a communication-focused device to an application-centric, multi-purpose mobile platform that can span many industries... September 6, 2010 Selling safety is a difficult task.
Even in times of economic prosperity, safety and Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS) must compete with other... September 2, 2010 While most of the opportunity in the automotive telematics business for suppliers and service providers has been sewn up, there remain significant openings for enterprising companies... August 26, 2010 With the introduction of its new Torch smart phone, Research in Motion Ltd. also rolled out its BlackBerry OS 6 operating system, a key development that positions the BlackBerry line... August 24, 2010 The adoption of fourth-generation design architectures starting this year is shifting the supply and consumption paradigm in the automotive infotainment business, with consumers... August 19, 2010 The Chinese government’s announcement in May of new regulations for Internet map services will make it harder for foreign companies to obtain licenses that allow them to operate... August 16, 2010 The adoption of fourth-generation design architectures starting this year is shifting the supply and consumption paradigm in the automotive infotainment business, with consumers having... July 22, 2010 In a world of constant development, smart phone applications, or apps, are no exception, and the race is on to see who will provide the next killer app and on which platform it will launch. For the first... July 15, 2010 Pandora Radio—and other Internet radio services—may be the closest that the automotive market has to a connectivity-oriented killer app, according to iSuppli Corp. In comparison, most other... July 12, 2010 Automotive infotainment systems in 2010 are entering their fourth generation of evolution, a phase in which the capabilities of the hardware are unlimited because they allow consumers to... June 28, 2010 The recent announcement by AT&T to change its data plan structure and discontinue offering unlimited data plans for a fixed fee constitutes a trendsetting move that will exert a large impact... June 24, 2010 With smart phones emerging as the strategic computing platform for the next decade, the usage of smart-phone-based OEM and aftermarket on-board navigation systems is set to soar by a factor of... June 24, 2010 At the recent Google I/O 2010 event, Google Inc. made a series of compelling announcements related to its Android operating system: More than 60 Android smart phone models are now... June 21, 2010 The increasing popularity of smart phones has spurred the makers of Portable Navigation Devices (PND) to offer connected PNDs, a market that is expected to expand by... June 21, 2010 With smart phones emerging as the strategic computing platform for the next decade, the usage of smart-phone-based OEM and aftermarket on-board navigation systems is set to soar by... June 17, 2010 Automotive infotainment is gaining lots of traction these days thanks to the smart phone, changing expectations among customers on what they wish to do in cars and what they desire... June 14, 2010 The use of eco-assist solutions to improve automotive efficiency is projected to rise in 2010 and the years to come, according to iSuppli Corp., thanks to the growing focus of... May 12, 2010 NXP Semiconductors in 2009 took the top position in the global automotive infotainment semiconductor market, the first time the company has held the top spot... May 3, 2010 Rising concerns over the environmental impact of passenger cars and trucks will spur massive growth in the use of eco-assist systems in the coming years, with slightly more than one-third of all automobiles sold worldwide in 2020... May 3, 2010 The automotive industry increasingly is scrutinizing smart phones as well as software-intensive electronics systems, which feature a tiered system and software... iSuppli Corporation April 12, 2010 The popularity of Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) systems is growing, with worldwide sales expected to nearly double during the next five years, according to iSuppli Corp. March 15, 2010 Mobile applications have seen astronomical growth in availability and popularity since Apple made its iPhone the hub of mobile applications. iSuppli Corporation March 15, 2010 After a decline in 2009, worldwide shipments of high-end premium audio systems for cars are set to rise by a double-digit percentage in 2010, paving the way for the market to expand by a factor of two by 2016, according to iSuppli Corp. iSuppli Corporation March 9, 2010 Desperately seeking new revenue opportunities amid intensifying competition from free alternatives, providers of navigation applications are turning to social networking sites to make their products more appealing to consumers, according to iSuppli Corp. March 5, 2010 Japan and the United States are leading the world in terms of availability of telematics technology in cars for the 2010 model year, according to iSuppli Corp.’s Infotainment Technology... iSuppli Corporation February 11, 2010 “Today we’re thinking and behaving like a consumer-electronics company,” said Derrick Kuzak, Ford Motor Co. January 25, 2010 Just one year ago, in January 2009, iSuppli Corp. January 4, 2010 With the inclusion of the Android 2. iSuppli Corporation January 4, 2010 The new Mercedes-Benz mbrace telematics system revolutionizes in-car connectivity by providing the first-ever OEM solution that links cars to smart phones and their apps, according to an exclusive analysis from iSuppli Corp. |