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Honda and Google to collaborate on in-vehicle connected services

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Honda and Google have agreed to integrate Google’s in-vehicle connected service into an all-new model that will come to market in the second half of 2022 in North America. Honda and Google have been collaborating since 2015 with the broader automotive industry to introduce the Android platform to automobiles.

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Hyundai upgrading Bluelink connected car services technology; Connected Routing, Last Mile Navigation

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Hyundai Motor is upgrading its Bluelink connected car services technology with a range of new features. Connected Routing. With the new cloud-based Connected Routing navigation, driving routes are calculated on a server inside the Bluelink cloud environment, rather than through the car’s infotainment system. User Profile.

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Toyota and Google Cloud partner to bring AI-powered speech services to Toyota and Lexus vehicles without the cloud

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Toyota and Google Cloud announced an expanded partnership that brings together Toyota and Lexus next-generation audio multimedia systems and Google Cloud’s AI-based speech services. Google’s Speech On-Device Technology.

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Renault Group and Google partner on digital architecture for software-defined vehicles

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Renault Group and Google announced an expanded partnership aimed at designing and delivering the digital architecture for the “Software Defined Vehicle” (SDV) and accelerating the group's digitalization.

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SwRI-led team achieves 20% improvement in vehicle fuel efficiency with connectivity, automation; ARPA-E NEXTCAR

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A team led by Southwest Research Institute has applied connectivity and automation to achieve a 20% improvement in efficiency on a 2017 Toyota Prius Prime. Vehicle connectivity and automation are already being used to effectively improve vehicle safety and driver convenience. Earlier post.).

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Volvo Cars in strategic partnership with Google to build Android into next generation connected cars

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Volvo Cars announced a “close” partnership with Google to develop the next generation of in-car infotainment and connectivity solution based on Android, offering access to a wide array of apps and services. We are making an important strategic step with the Google partnership. It will launch on new Volvo models within two years.

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GM Blames Buggy Connections For Ditching CarPlay, Android Auto

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continued] The post GM Blames Buggy Connections For Ditching CarPlay, Android Auto appeared first on CleanTechnica. A recent article at MotorTrend gives us some more detail behind GM’s decision to abandon Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

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