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The world of “all connected” the car seems to be the best candidate to start. Finally the car is, after the house and office, third place where we spend most of our day time. Vehicular consumption habits are changing dramatically. If before the power or speed were the main factors of purchase, you are now the communications and entertainment options. Manufacturers have realized this fact. It is for this reason that CES 2015 is similar to a Car Show. Virtually all known manufacturers, Mercedes Benz, BMW, Audi, Volvo, Ford, Volkswagen, have booths at the largest fair of consumer technology.
The technology that steals the headlines are vehicles autonomous. Many dream of the idea of a car driving alone, while traveling as passengers, making more productive activities. Worth reading count Alex Davies in Wired magazine, who traveled 500 miles between San Francisco and Las Vegas in one of these cars, invited by Audi. To make them a very short summary, the experience is extremely boring.
But we still have many years of autonomous vehicles masifiquen. Governments want to regulate a large part of its operation and this can take decades. To give you an idea, in some US states are still discussing the advisability of compulsory use of safety belts. However, the potential consumer technology applied to vehicles, has many much more interesting and immediate for users edges.
Entertainment
Perhaps the most obvious of all. There is already a war of brands looking to dominate the entertainment system information from your car. Apple has the CarPlay, Android has its own bid, as have Microsoft and even the Blackberry, which is surprisingly the current leader in the category.
For practical purposes, this is nothing other than a new radius and a new dashboard, now scheduled for technology companies and not by the manufacturers of vehicles. The latter is also the reason for the adoption has been slow. Manufacturers do not want to give away what could be the most important part of your business in a few years.
We hope that 2015 is starting to massively trucks with these technologies installed at the factory, in the meantime the best bet is on the market for accessories Pioneer and Alpine offers as its main leaders.
Security and Convenience
For several years now, vehicles manufactured by General Motors have an integrated system called OnStar. OnStar is a series of convenience services that make use of the most comfortable vehicles for users. For example, the system automatically activates a call to emergency services if it detects that the car has a collision. It also includes a system for opening the car remotely if you leave your keys locked inside the vehicle. O tracks GPS satellite truck if it is stolen.
These are all value-added service that help manufacturers differentiate their vehicles on the market. But while technology can help create better driving habits. The leader in this space is called Automatic. It is a small device that costs $ 200 and is connected to a data port is now standard in modern vehicles. From there, paired with an application on your smartphone, Automatic capture information about your driving style. Do you accelerate too strong? Is used to stop? Automatic collects all this and much more information and generates recommendations that lead him to save fuel and reduce wear and tear on your car.
Automatic also supports one of our favorite services, IFTTT. Using this integration can create certain actions to be triggered when certain factors are met. For example, Automatic can email your mechanic with the data needed to repair the vehicle, if a diagnostic light on the dashboard lights. Or you can turn on or off the lights in your house, when you shut down or turn on your car, respectively, in the garage of his home.
Finally, consumer technology applied to vehicles is the next great frontier . Every time we see more vehicles connected in some way or another internet providing information and convenience for users.
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