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BlackBerry and BiTECH to build Digital LCD Instrument Cluster For Changan’s UNI-K SUV

BlackBerry's QNX Neutrino Realtime Operating System (RTOS), has been adopted in a new digital LCD cluster jointly developed with BiTECH Automotive (Wuhu) Co. The digital instrument cluster is being installed in Changan Automobile's new SUV, the UNI-K, which has entered mass production, providing a personalized user experience for drivers while ensuring the safety, security and reliability of the SUV's critical systems.

China BlackBerry Automotive

·4 years ago

O2 research shows Brits will spend around 10 hours on motorways this summer

O2 has released new research showing an expected surge in mobile data traffic along the UK’s main motorways this bank holiday. Over a third of cars on the roads will have more than 3 mobile devices at any time and a quarter of drivers will rely on mobile phones and tablets to keep passengers entertained on staycation road trips by streaming video and music.

Automotive Opinion O2

·4 years ago

Google fined € 102 million by Italian regulators for anti-competitive behaviour

Italy's competition regulator, the Competition and Market Authority (AGCM), has fined Google €102 million for excluding Enel’s e-mobility app, JuicePass, from its Android system, arguing that the company has leveraged its dominant market position unfairly.

Automotive

·4 years ago

BlackBerry QNX to Power WM Motor’s W6 All-Electric SUV

Chinese electric carmaker WM Motor has selected BlackBerry QNX to power its advanced W6 SUV model, using the QNX Neutrino Realtime Operating System (RTOS), QNX Software Development Platform (SDP 7.0), and QNX Hypervisor.

China BlackBerry Automotive

·5 years ago

PathPartner to offer BlackBerry QNX software services & solutions

PathPartner Technology will offer BlackBerry QNX software services & solutions to its broad embedded customer base in the automotive industry. As a part of the BlackBerry QNX ecosystem, PathPartner will offer software development and integration services around QNX OS for Digital Cockpit, ADAS and AD functions.

India BlackBerry Automotive

·5 years ago

ChargePoint launches Android Auto support

Electric vehicle (EV) charging network ChargePoint, which already works with Apple CarPlay, is now working with Android Auto to allow drivers to access charging information directly from their car dashboard infotainment system.

Apps Android Automotive

·5 years ago

Huawei SERES SF5 SUV is Huawei’s first electric vehicle

At 2021 Auto Shanghai, Huawei officially introduced the company's first electric vehicle—specifically, an extended-range EV— the Huawei SERES SF5. While this isn’t exactly a Huawei-built car—it’s built by Chinese automaker Seres—it’s still powered mostly by Huawei’s tech.

Huawei Automotive China

·5 years ago

Hyberbat unveils world first 5G virtual 3D engineering model

Hyperbat, one of the UK’s largest independent vehicle battery manufacturers based in Coventry, is using the latest 5G enabled technology to significantly speed up the manufacturing process for hybrid and electric vehicle production in the UK.

5G Automotive BT Group

·5 years ago

SAIC ‘Service-oriented Architecture’ is a vehicle system for app developers

SAIC Motor Corp has launched a digital platform that intends to function like Google's Android system for smart mobile phone makers and users.

Developers China Automotive

·5 years ago

NVIDIA Unveils NVIDIA DRIVE Atlan

NVIDIA has revealed its next-generation AI-enabled processor for autonomous vehicles, NVIDIA DRIVE™ Atlan, which will deliver more than 1,000 trillion operations per second (TOPS) and targets automakers’ 2025 models.

Automotive

·5 years ago

Volvo Cars to use NVIDIA DRIVE Orin Across Fleet

Volvo Cars will use NVIDIA DRIVE Orin to power the autonomous driving computer in its next-generation cars, deepening the companies’ collaboration to even more software-defined model line-ups, beginning with the next-generation XC90, set to debut next year.

Automotive

·5 years ago

Volvo chooses QNX to power heavy-duty trucks, buses and other vehicles

Volvo has opted for BlackBerry QNX as the “foundational software for [Volvo’s] main domain controller engine control units.” It will be used on “more than 300,000 heavy vehicles” manufactured by Volvo, a unit of China's Geely.

BlackBerry Automotive

·5 years ago

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