Repairs have begun to address a bizarre glitch in Mazda vehicles in Seattle and around Western Washington after the cars’ radios got stuck on a Seattle public radio station earlier… Read More
Drivers of certain vehicles in Seattle and other parts of Western Washington are shouting at their car radios this week. Not because of any particular song or news item that’s… Read More
Global automotive giant Lear today announced that it will acquire Seattle-area connected car startup Xevo for $320 million. Xevo, originally founded in 2000 as UIEvolution, develops connected-car software with more… Read More
REDMOND, Wash. — The vehicles sitting in the parking lot here at the headquarters of Kymeta Corp., a flat-panel antenna startup backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, are a car fan’s… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Add Toyota to the long and growing list of companies that are integrating Amazon’s Alexa into products — in this case, select vehicles from the automaker in… Read More
Mojio, a Vancouver, B.C. startup that aims to connect cars to the internet, has raised a $23 million funding round, with participation from Amazon’s Alexa fund. Mojio provides a cloud-based… Read More
REDMOND, Wash. — Kymeta Corp.’s Toyota RAV4 sport utility vehicle and the flat-panel satellite antenna on its roof are back at the company’s headquarters after a 7,000-mile test drive across America,… Read More
If you drive an older car and you aren’t a parallel parking pro, you might be envious of friends with newer vehicles who get a little assist from their back-up… Read More
When it comes to in-car connectivity and navigation features, getting from point A to point B is nice, but what drivers really want is the ability to know in real… Read More
Connected cars are the future for the automotive industry, with more than 90 percent of vehicles expected to have built-in connectivity by 2020. But, as more vehicles link up to… Read More
T-Mobile, the Bellevue, Wash. mobile carrier known for its colorful branding and even more colorful CEO, is launching a new connected car service called SyncUP DRIVE. The primary function of… Read More
Vinli, the Dallas-based connected car platform, announced an expansion of its relationship with T-Mobile today, fueled by with partnerships with Cox Automotive dealers and Meineke service centers. Vinli is a platform with… Read More
Kirkland-based INRIX‘s core mission is to bring the power of analytics to traffic data. The traffic analytics company developed the “Autotelligent” platform and recently acquired OpenCar as it competes in the… Read More
INRIX today announced an acquisition that will help it compete with Apple and Google in the connected car industry. The automotive technology company just swooped up OpenCar, a Seattle-based startup that develops an app… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — The next big device is going to be the center console of your car, according to Inrix GM Kevin Foreman. Talking at the Inman Connect real estate… Read More
Ford has updated its Sync in-dash infotainment platform, and that’s bad news for Microsoft. The auto maker announced today that it has picked BlackBerry’s QNX technology as the base for its… Read More