A new promotional video released by German luxury carmaker BMW boasts of state-of-the-art tech features such as gesture control, laserlight, head-up display, welcome light carpet, display key, and remote control parking.
ICT analyst Juniper Research has forecast that the telematics sector will continue to outperform all other M2M (machine-to-machine) markets over the next five years, in revenue terms, with one in five passenger vehicles connected globally by 2019.
With mounting traffic congestion and increasing concerns about environmental issues, the focus of both public and private companies in the automotive and transportation industries is shifting to multimodal or intermodal transportation solutions.
To encourage more people to shift to electric vehicles, Mayor Herbert Bautista recently signed an ordinance exempting alternative fuel powered vehicles from number coding in Quezon City.
With nearly 2.7 billion smartphones in the hands of global consumers today, and more than 5.5 billion projected by 2018, it?s no surprise that consumers are increasingly more aware of and opportunistic about them integrating seamlessly in their vehicles.
Car and ride sharing is just one example of the new on-demand economy allowing real-time matching of supply and demand through connected smartphone applications.
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has published a ?whitelist? of mobile phones that are compatible with Bluetooth-enabled hands-free telephone systems in vehicles.
By 2020, there will be a quarter billion connected vehicles on the road, enabling new in-vehicle services and automated driving capabilities, according to analyst firm Gartner.
A member of the House of Representatives is seeking a congressional inquiry that will look into the establishment of a unified electronic toll collection system in the tollways and expressways in Luzon as a way to solve traffic jams caused disparate e-payment systems.
