1oT: two-year project to streamline connectivity for connected cars

1oT announces a two-year and €1.1 million development initiative to create a comprehensive eSIM solution and connectivity management platform (CMP) for the mobility industry. The platform will streamline eSIM implementation for car manufacturers and enable them to manage all their…

System solution for optical communications in automated vehicles

Together with several industry leaders, KDPOF, supplier for gigabit connectivity over fibre optics, is working on an optical automotive multi-gigabit system that will fulfil the needs of future connected and automated vehicles. Instead of various port components, the new solution provides…

Revamped Local Transport Plan to consider improvement to digital infrastructure

A bold plan to bring together Cambridgeshire and Peterborough’s transport and digital infrastructure, to provide for better connectivity in a clean and green refresh of the Local Transport Plan, has been approved. Making explicit the Combined Authority’s commitment to deliver…

Varon Vehicles announces collaboration to implement urban air mobility systems

Varon Vehicles and Real-Time Innovations (RTI) announced they will be collaborating to integrate RTI’s software connectivity framework into Varon Vehicles’ Traffic Management Systems (TMS). Varon Vehicles is developing ‘Infrastructure Networks’ which are their vertiports with virtual, connected aerial lanes and…

Project Endeavour concludes with autonomous vehicle passenger rides

Project Endeavour concludes its multi-city demonstration of Autonomous Vehicle (AV) services with a final on-road trial in Greenwich, London. As a part of the conclusion of this wide-ranging initiative, more than 100 members of the public are able to schedule…

BlackBerry IVY to provide secure vehicle-based payments

BlackBerry has announced a new solution to deliver highly-secure vehicle-based payment capability to unlock a connected car payments market that is projected to reach over €530bn by 2030. This vehicle-based payment solution will create new opportunities for automakers to offer a…

Increasing demand for the global connected cars market

Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Global Connected Cars Outlook, 2021, finds that COVID-19 has unlocked massive opportunities for the connected cars industry due to the significant increase in technology implementation in this space. Demand for innovative features such as bio-based…