The Motor Ombudsman is warning car dealers that it’s time to take responsibility for explaining the ever-growing tech to customers
From September, the EU Data Act will require manufacturers to give vehicle owners control over their data, allowing them to share it with third parties, writes Marcel Wendt, CTO and founder of Digidentity.
In today's challenging economic climate, drivers are rightly looking for better value and more personalised experiences when searching for a new car. This creates both a challenge and an opportunity for dealerships: particularly with the growing popularity of leasing among British drivers, writes Kevin Cohen, vice president of direct-to-device strategy, Viasat.
Volkswagen Group has come under scrutiny after a significant data leak reportedly exposed sensitive customer information online for several months.
Autotech Group has appointed Laurence Abbott as managing director of its Autotech Connect division, along with Darren Dowling as client services director.
The Research Institute of Sweden (RISE) is launching cyber security initiative dedicated to vehicle testing to combat threats to connected vehicles.
Hyundai Motor Group plans to invest £11.4bn in a new global software centre and research and development (R&D) headquarters by 2030 as it targets a new era defined by pioneering connected car technologies.
Volvo has teamed-up with Fortnite creator Epic Games to introduce hi-res in-car graphics for its next generation of cars.
Navigation and safety technology already freely accessed by motorists emerged as the services that the majority were most willing to pay for in a connected car study conducted by YouGov.
Stellantis will work with software developers at Amazon to develop its next-generation of in-car infotainment systems.
Stellantis plans to accelerate its turnover from software-enabled services and subscriptions to €4bn (£3.4bn) in 2026 and €20bn (£17bn) in 2030 as its transitions to a new role as a “sustainable mobility tech company”.
The automotive industry is evolving rapidly, with the connected vehicles market increasingly being seen as a major growth area.
BMW has launched the BMW Points scheme, which rewards plug-in hybrid drivers with free charging credits for each electric mile driven.
Motorists have shown uncertainty about the transformation of car makers into tech companies and dealers could be left to explain their franchised partners’ ‘surveillance capitalism’, it has been claimed.
New research shared with AM has revealed that 75% of car buyers do not want any kind of monitoring device in their car, despite an acceleration of manufacturer’s efforts to exploit ‘surveillance capitalism’ through connected cars.
Ford is launching a new free-of-charge connected maintenance system for its commercial vehicles that will allow dealers to remotely access diagnostic data.
The BMW Group is set to take Mini all-electric by the early 2030s with 50% of all its car sales fully electric vehicles (EV) by 2024 as part of a strategy targeting “significant profit growth”.
Volkswagen has set-out its plan to leverage profitability from data as it focuses on a future of autonomous electric vehicles (EV) with its new Accelerate brand strategy.
A new type of customer has emerged, the super-savvy, super-confident. These are the people buying pure electric vehicles (EV) during a pandemic, giving double digit growth in a market which is otherwise hardly moving.
The quality of consumer data found within a car retailer's DMS can sometimes be questionable – but there is now a range of ways to guarantee it’s useful.
