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Volkswagen making Car.Software an independent business unit; investing €7B by 2025

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Starting 1 January 2020, the Volkswagen Group’s Car.Software organization will operate as an independent business unit. As a Group company, the Car.Software organization will centralize the associates and subsidiaries within the Group that develop car software and software for the digital ecosystems.

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Deutsche Telekom and Un-Blinking Technologies introduce iCar M2M solution for US car dealers and their customers

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Deutsche Telekom provides both the telemetry hardware for the vehicles as well as the SIM-cards and data connections. For Deutsche Telekom, the cooperation with car dealers is part of an expanding M2M portfolio for connected cars. Deutsche Telekom and Telematics provider Un-Blinking Technologies (a division of SkyTrace Inc.

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Sprint using IBM MessageSight in connected vehicle platform

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Sprint is the first mobile carrier to use IBM MessageSight, a full-featured messaging appliance specifically designed for machine to machine (M2M) and mobile environments, to deliver a more personalized, responsive connected car experience. The connected car is part of the M2M space being targeted by mobile carriers such as Sprint.

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Toyota Financial Services partners with Launch Mobility to support rideshare drivers

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The companies will be able to draw upon an array of resources across the Toyota organization: alignment with Toyota Motor Corporation’s global Mobility Services Platform (MSPF), developed and operated by Toyota Connected; input from Toyota’s dealer network, which is able to offer a vital perspective on vehicle sales and maintenance; and.

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GM launches BrightDrop: first-to-last-mile electric ecosystem for goods & services

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BrightDrop was born out of GM’s Global Innovation organization and joins the lineup of other recently launched Global Innovation startups, such as OnStar Insurance, OnStar Guardian and GM Defense. Adjustable shelving organizes contents. Maneuverable in tight spaces. Carries and secures approximately 23 total cubic feet of cargo.

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Toyota launches new company to focus on software- and data-driven mobility

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Toyota is launching a new company—Toyota Connected, Inc.—to Toyota Connected will help free our customers from the tyranny of technology. —Zack Hicks, CEO of Toyota Connected and Chief Information Officer at Toyota Motor North America. It will make lives easier and help us to return to our humanity.

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International Truck announces availability of over-the-air engine reprogramming

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Additionally, OTA will be available for purchase for all International truck models, powered by proprietary engines, 2010 and newer through International Truck dealers. This quick procedure can be performed at the customer’s facility over a safe, secure Wi-Fi connection.