GM, AT&T to add 5G connectivity to cars starting in 2024
DETROIT—Officials at General Motors and AT&T Inc. announced plans to bring high-speed 5G cellular connectivity to millions of GM vehicles coming off the assembly line over the next decade in …
UM’s Advanced Transportation Hub funds eight promising mobility projects
ANN ARBOR—The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization Innovation Hub for Advanced Transportation at the University of Michigan recently awarded a combined $710,000 to eight high-tech, early-stage projects from a pool …
New survey: customers want ‘concierge service’ from in-vehicle apps
LIVONIA—Personal security and trip assistance are the top priorities among consumers for in-vehicle apps, according to a new survey from Escalent, the Livonia based human behavior analytics firm. The study, …
Israeli automotive cybersecurity firm opens Detroit office
LIVONIA—GuardKnox Cyber Technologies Ltd., an Israel-based startup developing cybersecurity products for automotive apps and platforms, announced the opening of a new subsidiary, GuardKnox USA, in Livonia. Joe Romeo, who held …
Continental establishing smart mobility center in Auburn Hills
AUBURN HILLS—The future of intelligent transportation has been installed at three intersections in Auburn Hills by the United States unit of the German auto supplier Continental. Continental officials this week …
FCA to launch new in-vehicle Uconnect Market commerce platform
AUBURN HILLS—FCA US LLC has announced the launch of Uconnect Market, a new in-vehicle commerce platform that will give customers a wide range of opportunities for convenience and savings from …
Lear’s EXO Technology signs Hyundai as first development partner
SOUTHFIELD — Lear Corp. (NYSE: LEA), the Southfield-based provider of seating and electronics for the auto industry, announced it has signed Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center Inc. as the first development …
STMicroelectronics to integrate Karamba Security on auto telematics processor
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Karamba Security, a Bloomfield Hills-based developer of automoitive cybersecurity software, announced that its Carwall protection would be integrated into a new automotive telematics processor from Switzerland’s …
Cybersecurity in self-driving cars: UM releases threat analysis tool
ANN ARBOR – Instead of taking you home from work, your self-driving car delivers you to a desolate road, where it pulls off on the shoulder and stops. You call …
Karamba Security part of Alpine exhibit at CES
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Karamba Security Inc., the developer of security software to prevent automotive cyberattack, said Wednesday it would be part of the Alpine Electronics Inc. exhibit at CES, formerly …