John Batchelor, host of the John Batchelor radio show, and Thaddeus McCotter, former MI representative, WJR, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, Driving the Nation about all the new gadgets, car tech and connected cars at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and, oh, the Detroit Lions.
Automobiles have come along way in technology since former Ford CEO, Alan Mulally, was the keynote speaker at the 2010 CES convention talking about the 2010 Ford Taurus as the official car of the 2010 International CES, offering 10 class-exclusive technologies not available from any other manufacturer, including Multi-contour seats with Active Motion, voice-activated navigation, SYNC, and MyKey.
This year Ford CEO Mark Fields gave a keynote address unveiling Ford’s newest technology, Sync 3.0. In 2007 Ford partnered with Microsoft and showcased their first SYNC, software that allowed your smartphone to Bluetooth to your Ford seamlessly. Today’s SYNC 3 is partnered with Panasonic and MyFord touch is no longer a project. Raj Nair, Ford’s Chief Technology Officer said that 95 percent of all Ford sold in the US in 2014 had a Sync system of some sort onboard, making that a total of more than 10 million Sync-equipped cars sold. Ford will also have demos of the latest AppLink-enabled apps including Life360 and AccuWeather at Showstoppers, a nighttime event for journalists at the Wynn Hotel.
What is Data channel aggregation?
There is a collaboration between Continental and Cisco Corporation. The collaboration allows people in-car access to more data links to the overall wifi cell phone plans in the car.
For example, if you have 4 different data plans in the car, the aggregator can decide which plan is the cheapest to use and access that plan. If you’re about to cross over from one country to another, “bridging the borders”, the aggregator will use the data plan that works in the country you are in instead of incurring roaming costs.
Nissan, according to Ndiaye, was the manufacturer that thought of the idea of the Murano looking two cars in front of it, not just one, Bosch was the company that designed the radar that allows that to happen. Nissan incorporated more technology, called forward emergency braking (FEB) and Intelligent Cruise Control (ICC) that allows the Murano to break to avoid an accident.
Listen to Batchelor, McCotter, and Hammond as they talk about automobiles, CES and the poor Detroit Lions
