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BlackBerry and Nobo Technologies have announced that the advanced digital cockpit controller platform developed by Nobo built on the BlackBerry QNX Neutrino Realtime Operating System (RTOS) and QNX Hypervisor has now entered mass production.
California-based financial technology solution provider Car IQ are to deliver highly-secure vehicle-based payment capabilities to unlock a connected car payments market that is projected to reach over €530 billion by 2030.
Car IQ, the first payment solution developed specifically for fleet vehicles, has raised $15 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Forté Ventures.
BlackBerry has launched BlackBerry Jarvis 2.0, the latest edition of the company's flagship software composition analysis tool.
Autonomous vehicle specialist, Aurrigo, is one of the first UK companies to benefit from a partnership between Vodafone and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Frost & Sullivan has named BlackBerry IVY an industry leading edge-to-cloud software platform for automakers and smart cities. In the published report, Frost & Sullivan conclude that BlackBerry is revolutionizing the connected-autonomous ecosystem with BlackBerry IVY.
BlackBerry has launched the BlackBerry IVY Advisory Council, a new invitation-only body comprised of leading companies across the transportation and mobility industries that will help shape and advise the BlackBerry IVY development community and the vertical-specific services and automotive applications that will be brought to market using BlackBerry's Intelligent Vehicle Data Platform, BlackBerry IVY.
Porsche has unveiled details of its upcoming sixth-generation PCM infotainment system before it's integrated into the 911, Cayenne and Panamera ranges this summer. The developers behind the new-for-2021 Porsche Communication Management system (PCM) have focused on providing swish, simple and clear menus, which evolve the style first seen in the Taycan into a format that features some handy new tech.
TomTom has launched the TomTom GO Expert for professional truck, van and bus drivers. With a 7-Inch high-definition (HD) touchscreen display and a new processor, TomTom says the GO Expert is 4x faster than previous satnavs and packed with powerful features including smart routing for large vehicles and accurate traffic information which make every drive more efficient.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
SAIC Motor Corp has launched a digital platform that intends to function like Google's Android system for smart mobile phone makers and users.
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.
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.
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.
VI-grade has partnered with BlackBerry QNX to enable real-time active sound design for the entire vehicle soundscape by integrating QNX’s Active Sound Design software (QNX ASD) with VI-grade’s NVH Simulator.
Swedish automaker Scania AB has announced they will be using BlackBerry QNX on their trucks and buses. The company says the change is designed to provide an OS and hypervisor for its high performance computing platforms
BlackBerry has established the BlackBerry IVY Innovation Fund to help data-driven automotive ecosystem providers turbocharge their innovation and bring new products and applications to market using BlackBerry's Intelligent Vehicle Data Platform, BlackBerry IVY.
BlackBerry and Desay SV Automotive have launched a dual-screen virtual smart cabin domain controller to enable safer driving. Leveraging the QNX Hypervisor and the QNX Real-time Operating System (RTOS)
BlackBerry has rolled out enhancements to its BlackBerry Radar H2 intelligent, data-driven asset monitoring devices with the aim of helping the world's transportation businesses reduce costs and securely improve the utilization of their trailers, containers, chassis and other remote assets.
BlackBerry Jarvis a software composition analysis tool, has been recognized as “Best in Breed” by an Internal Research & Development project (IRAD). The analysis was conducted on behalf of the United States Department of Defense
Vodafone has successfully used new precision positioning technology to remotely track a vehicle to within just 10 centimetres of its location, an improvement of more than three metres compared with current standard satellite based systems.
BlackBerry has launched QNX Hypervisor 2.2, the latest edition of the company's real-time embedded hypervisor product.
Volkswagen Group's software company Car.Software Organisation are to collaborate with Microsoft to build a cloud-based Automated Driving Platform (ADP) on Microsoft Azure.
BlackBerry's QNX Black Channel Communications Technology will be used in Motional's next-generation driverless vehicles. Launched in April 2020, Motional will be BlackBerry's first customer to use QNX Black Channel Communications for driverless systems.
Google and Ford have signed a six year deal under which Android will be installed in most of the US carmaker’s vehicles in the latest sign of technology companies’ interest in the automotive sector.
BlackBerry and Chinese Internet search provider Baidu have expanded their strategic partnership, with Baidu's high-definition maps to run on the QNX Neutrino Real-time Operating System (RTOS).
Cruise and General Motors have entered a long-term strategic relationship with Microsoft (MSFT) to accelerate the commercialization of self-driving vehicles. The companies say that they will will bring together their software and hardware engineering excellence, cloud computing capabilities, manufacturing know-how and partner ecosystem to transform transportation to create a safer, cleaner and more accessible world for everyone.
Huawei has unveiled its first LiDAR designed for use in automotive self-driving systems at the T10 ICV CTO summit held by China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).
Huawei has launched a smart in-car display, which is the first aftermarket-installed product powered by HUAWEI HiCar, the company's self-owned solution for auto smart connectivity.
AWS and the BMW Group are teaming up on a comprehensive strategic collaboration to further accelerate the automaker’s pace of innovation by placing data and analytics at the centre of its decision-making.
Earlier this week, AWS and BlackBerry revealed they were joining forces to develop BlackBerry IVY, a scalable, cloud-connected software platform that will allow automakers to create personalized driver and passenger experiences.
AWS and BlackBerry are joining forces to develop BlackBerry IVY, a scalable, cloud-connected software platform that will allow automakers to create personalized driver and passenger experiences and improve operations of connected vehicles with new BlackBerry QNX and AWS technology.
CNH Industrial has signed a five-year agreement to collaborate with Microsoft and Accenture to develop a system of digital services for its operations.
Elektrobit (EB) corbos AdaptiveCore 2 software now supports the BlackBerry QNX Software Development Platform 7.1 for building high-performance computing (HPC)-based automotive architectures.
Self-driving truck company Plus, has selected BlackBerry QNX for the global commercial deployment of the company's automated driving system for Class 8 trucks.
BlackBerry has launched QNX OS for Safety 2.2, a new release of the safety-certified operating system that OEMs and other embedded software suppliers can use to build safety-critical systems
ACCESS Europe has released an enhancement to its NetFront Browser BML Edition for cars that extends support from embedded operating systems such as Linux and QNX to Android.
Vodafone's 5G mobile private network is to accelerate development and testing of autonomous vehicles at HORIBA MIRA’s Nuneaton headquarters in the Midlands.
BlackBerry's QNX technology will power the digital cockpit in ARCFOX αT, a high-end, electric SUV. In ARCFOX αT's digital cockpit system, the fully digital instrument cluster
Google has released the Android for Cars App Library into an open beta, for any developer, giving developers the ability to design, develop, and test navigation, parking or charging apps on Android Auto.
Vodafone UK has teamed up with autonomous vehicle consortium, Midlands Future Mobility, to deploy 5G on key test routes in the West Midlands. Over 300 miles of West Midlands’ roads are set to trial connected and automated vehicles, making UK roads safer and allowing for more predictable goods delivery and journey times.
The first commercial laboratory for 5G and satellite communications in the UK has been launched as part of Project Darwin, a four-year trial programme supported by O2 and the European Space Agency and based in the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire.
StradVision will utilise BlackBerry's QNX Software Development Platform within a number of next generation Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Autonomous Vehicles (AV) from South Korean automakers.
BlackBerry has announced the IPU-03, an autonomous driving domain controller developed in conjunction with Desay SV Automotive, has been officially mass produced in the Xpeng P7, a super-long range, high-performance and fast-charging intelligent EV sports sedan from Xpeng Motors, one of China's leading electric vehicle and technology companies.
At the 2020 China Auto Forum Huawei unveiled three car OS systems: the Harmony cabin operating system HOS, the intelligent driving operating system AOS and the intelligent vehicle control operating system VOS. The company also unveiled a cross-domain integrated software architecture dubbed Vehicle Stack.
Electric vehicle (EV) startup Canoo's advanced driver-assistance system for the company's membership-based semi-autonomous EVs will be powered by the BlackBerry QNX, including radar sensors, parking sensors and cameras.
Human Horizons and Microsoft are teaming up to jointly develop an on-board AI assistant, the HiPhiGo, for HiPhi vehicles. Human Horizons is an innovative mobility company with HiPhi, a subsidiary brand, providing premium smart all-electric vehicles.
BlackBerry said today that its QNX software is now embedded in more than 175 million cars on the road today. This is an increase of 25 million cars since the company last reported its automotive footprint in June 2019.
O2 has completed a project funded by Innovate UK, the UK Government-funded innovation agency, and the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) to support the development of cybersecurity testing capabilities.
Hyundai India has integrated WhatsApp business as part of its customer service strategy, in partnership IMImobile.
BlackBerry Radar solution now integrates with Trimble's TMW.Suite and TruckMate transportation management system (TMS) solutions.
AutonomouStuff, which develops a test platform for companies looking to develop apps for self-driving vehicles, is to setup a research facility at Ottawa L5 test track.
Damon Motorcycles today unveiled the Hypersport, an electric superbike outfitted with Damon’s cutting-edge CoPilot advanced warning system powered by BlackBerry QNX technology.
ANSYS and BlackBerry are teaming up to support BlackBerry QNX's real-time operating system (RTOS) for connected and autonomous vehicles.
BlackBerry today unveiled a customizable concept solution that OEMs and fleet managers can use for vehicle health and security use cases to 'future-proof' their vehicles, accelerating development timelines and reducing the cost of moving projects from research to production and onto roads.
BlackBerry QNX is teaming up with Amazon Web Services to demo a connected vehicle platform that combines BlackBerry's QNX with AWS IoT services.
Back in December of last year, BlackBerry QNX announced that they will be at CES 2020, where they will be unveiling automotive technologies built on BlackBerry QNX software. This included the fact that that Damon’s next generation Hypersport motorcycle will be on show in the #FutureOfMotorcycling Interactive Experience.
As well as showcasing a cross-industry iOT Platform, QuEST Global will demonstrate Deep Learning driven Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) at CES 2020.
LG will showcase webOS Auto, their new platform for automobiles, throughout CES 2020 at its sales space and throughout its companion cubicles.
Ericsson and Microsoft are teaming up to bring their connected vehicle expertise together. Ericsson is building its Connected Vehicle Cloud on top of the Microsoft Connected Vehicle Platform that is running on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform.
BlackBerry's presence at this year's CES conference will centre on AI-driven security innovations, and the role disruptive technologies play in the evolution of smart auto and transportation.
Canada's largest accelerator for Software as a Service (SaaS) companies L-SPARK, and BlackBerry have announced the six companies selected for the second cohort of their joint accelerator program, which aims to advance Canadian technology startups that are focused on vehicle-connected services and cloud connectivity to the vehicle.
BlackBerry and MARELLI Electronics China today announced a strategic collaboration to integrate QNX Platform for Digital Cockpits in MARELLI's Electronics eCockpit and Digital Cluster solution. The integrated solution is expected to be commercialised by a wide range of MARELLI's Chinese OEM customers.
Chinese electric car maker WM Motor is to embed BlackBerry's QNX Neutrino Realtime Operating System (RTOS) and other BlackBerry QNX software products within the company's third-generation SUVs.
BlackBerry's QNX Hypervisor 2.0 for Safety has been recognised as ISO 26262 ASIL D compliant by the independent auditors at TÜV Rheinland, making it the world's first ASIL D safety-certified commercial hypervisor.
BlackBerry and electric vehicle company Arrival announced today that Arrival's intelligent, autonomous-ready commercial vehicles will be powered by BlackBerry QNX technology.
ETAS and BlackBerry QNX announced today the companies will cooperate to jointly develop and market a safety-critical platform for use in next generation connected and autonomous vehicles.
Hyundai Autron has selected BlackBerry QNX to power its next-generation advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving software platform.
O2 is to provide 5G connectivity for the testing of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) in the world’s most advanced urban testbed, the Smart Mobility Living Lab (SMLL) in London.
BlackBerry and L-SPARK today announced a second phase of their joint accelerator program, which aims to accelerate Canadian technology startups that are focused on vehicle connected services and cloud connectivity to the vehicle.
BlackBerry and Matson Logistics announced today that the company has deployed BlackBerry Radar-M across its entire fleet of its domestic intermodal containers.
BlackBerry and DENSO developed the world's first integrated HMI (Human Machine Interface) platform back in 2017 and both companies today announced the first integrated HMI digital cockpit system with BlackBerry QNX technology has shipped in the first vehicles by SUBARU.
BlackBerry today launched the BlackBerry QNX Acoustics Management Platform (AMP) 3.0, the latest version of its automotive acoustics software. With AMP 3.0 automakers can design and manage the total acoustic experience in their cars – saving costs and shortening time-to-production, while delivering new features and high sound quality.
BlackBerry and Jaguar Land Rover will work together to develop new autonomous vehicles using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies.
BlackBerry has inked a strategic agreement with Geotab for an undisclosed amount to augment fleet productivity, improve asset utilisation and reduce operating costs. The collaboration will mark the introduction of BlackBerry Radar, an IoT based asset-tracking solution, on the Geotab Marketplace — an integrated online solutions center for fleet management.
Google has announced a new update coming for its Android Auto platform. The update will come to all vehicles running the official version of the platform and will roll out over the next few weeks.
Audioburst today announced the release of two new offerings centred around the use of voice. Audioburst Auto, an Android app which focuses on delivering tailored playlists and hands-free voice search to today's drivers, is being released on Android Auto.
To advance the deployment of its connected and autonomous vehicle technology, BlackBerry is expanding its partnership with LG.
Under the new agreement, LG will use BlackBerry QNX software and services to build digital consolidated cockpits, including infotainment systems, digital instrument clusters, and telematics systems for multiple OEMs.
BlackBerry are due to report Fiscal Year 2020 Q1 results Wednesday, and the company today announced that its QNX software is now embedded in more than 150 million cars on the road today.
Rolling out to Android phones in the United States, beginning today, Google Assistant will be fully integrated into Waze so users won’t have to tap on their screens to get things done. Many of Waze’s most popular features will be supported, such as reporting traffic jams, calling out potholes, and checking for alternate routes.
KDAB today announced that it has joined the BlackBerry QNX Distributor and Value-Added Integrator Program, a worldwide network of value-added integrators, distributors and reseller experts trained on QNX technology.
BlackBerry has been trialling Jarvis with some of the world's largest automakers since 2018 and the company recently filed a trademark application for the term JARVIS, which it plans to use for its automobile cybersecurity software. Entertainment giant and the studio behind Avengers Endgame, Marvel Enterprises LLC, are opposing BlackBerry’s registration.
O2 will be the public and private network provider of 5G connectivity for the testing and development of CAV technology at Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire.
BlackBerry and WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems (WHIS) today announced a new embedded software platform that enables the development of safety-certified and mission-critical applications on heterogenous system-on-chip (SoC) processors.
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi has announced the production release of the Alliance Intelligent Cloud, a new platform that is enabling Renault, Nissan, and Mitsubishi Motors to deliver connected services in vehicles sold in nearly all 200 markets served by the Alliance member companies.
BlackBerry today launched BlackBerry Radar H2, a scalable solution enabled for wireless communication with external sensors, such as the BlackBerry Radar Cargo Sensor, for enhanced visibility.
The Canadian government is adding $40 million in federal money to a $310.5-million pledge from BlackBerry aimed at supporting the development of self-driving car technologies in Kanata.
Samsung and HARMAN have revealed the next iteration of their innovative Digital Cockpit platform at CES 2019. The Digital Cockpit 2019 presents an enriched automotive experience that heightens personalisation, connectivity and safety throughout a suite of IoT solutions.
BlackBerry today unveiled the world's first digital cockpit solution that empowers automakers to provide the in-car experience drivers want, with the security, safety, and reliability they need.
Karma Automotive will showcase how BlackBerry's QNX technology is used to safeguard its Revero luxury electric vehicle and hint at additional security and management systems that could be incorporated into future products during the automaker's first appearance at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
LeddarTech today announced it has selected BlackBerry's QNX OS for Safety as the operating system for its LeddarSP Digital Signal Processing library.
BlackBerry today affirmed its commitment to helping the private and public sectors come together to accelerate the development of Smart Cities and Intelligent Transportation Systems with a Security Credential Management System (SCMS) service.
Mazda is now offering owners of older vehicles the ability to upgrade their infotainment systems to ones that are compatible with both Apple's CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto. Vehicles equipped with Mazda Connect from the 2014 model year and newer are eligible for a dealer-installed upgrade with smartphone integration capabilities. But it's not a free update.
O2 has signed a collaboration agreement with Wireless Infrastructure Group (WIG) to develop what is expected to be Europe’s largest fibre connected small cell network, to support trials of driverless vehicles in the West Midlands.
Renesas and BlackBerry today announced they are expanding their partnership to offer an integrated virtualization, functional safety and secure development environment for the Renesas R-Car system-on-chip (SoC) devices.
BlackBerry and Virginia Tech are partnering to educate the mechanical engineers of tomorrow on BlackBerry QNX technology, secure and reliable software for connected and autonomous cars.
BlackBerry is adding its support to an effort to help small Canadian technology companies connect with global automakers and other players in autonomous transportation.
The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, one of the world's top-selling automakers, has chosen Google's Android operating system to run its dashboard information and entertainment features.
The change, which won't roll out until 2021, means that users will get Android features such as Google Maps, Waze and the hands-free Google Assistant, without having to connect a phone.
Sony today announced the AV Center XAV-AX210 at the Mobile Electronics Association's KnowledgeFest 2018. The XAV-AX210 adds iDatalink Maestro support to the 6.4-inch display, which allows you a new way to connect the car's audio without losing the original functionality of the infotainment system
Mazda has announced that its 2018 Mazda 6 mid-size sedan will soon be Apple CarPlay- and Android Auto-compatible = and retrofittable. Beginning in September, dealers will be able to retrofit Touring, Grand Touring, Grand Touring Reserve, and Signature trim levels of its mid-size sedan with a kit that adds Apple and Android compatibility to the automaker's built-in infotainment system.
BlackBerry and intelligent electric vehicle maker BYTON announced today that the innovative in-car experience within BYTON's first series of production vehicles will feature BlackBerry QNX technology.
BlackBerry and DMC Insurance announced today they have partnered to help trucking companies improve operations, increase safety and better manage the total cost of risk. As part of this agreement, the companies will develop insurance-based products and services using near real-time data from BlackBerry Radar.
ITTIA has announced support for QNX SDP 7.0. QNX SDP 7.0 provides a comprehensive, multi-level, policy-driven security model incorporating best-in-class security technologies from BlackBerry which help guard against system malfunctions, malware and cybersecurity breaches.
Karamba Security today announced Karamba Carwall support for BlackBerry QNX software to enhance the security of automotive electronics systems. The Karamba solution protects against dropper and in-memory attacks by Karamba’s hardening at the ECU level.
BlackBerry today announced three new safety-certified automotive software products that will alleviate the challenges of building sophisticated automotive systems to be compliant with ISO 26262, the automotive industry’s functional safety standard. BlackBerry’s QNX Hypervisor for Safety, QNX Platform for ADAS 2.0, and QNX OS for Safety 2.0
BlackBerry today announced that its QNX software is now embedded in more than 120 million cars that are on the road today. Automotive OEMs and tier ones use BlackBerry QNX technology in the advanced driver assistance systems, digital instrument clusters, connectivity modules, handsfree systems, and infotainment systems.
BlackBerry has joined the OmniAir Consortium as an executive member to help advance the testing, certification, and deployment of technologies for connected vehicles and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). BlackBerry successfully demonstrated the interoperability of its V2X certificates at the May 2018 OmniAir MotorCity PlugFest.
BlackBerry and Jaguar Land Rover announced today that the companies have entered into a multi-year agreement to collaborate and develop technology for the automotive manufacturer's next-generation vehicles.
CNH Industrial and Microsoft today announced a new Digital Transformation project, aimed at empowering customers of CNH Industrial's global agricultural brands, Case IH and New Holland Agriculture, and its commercial vehicles brand IVECO
Honeywell and LG have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a unique automotive software technology and infrastructure solution to address threats associated with the increase in vehicle connectivity technology.
Automakers and suppliers must make enhancing cybersecurity a key focus of their cultures if the connected, autonomous vehicles of the future are to be safe.
In a keynote address at the North American International Automotive Show (NAIAS), BlackBerry Executive Chairman and CEO, John Chen, unveiled BlackBerry Jarvis, a transformational software cybersecurity product.
