Verizon is making an aggressive move into this space, buying earlier this year Hughes Telematics to get into fleet and vehicle data streams.
However, after Tesla's litigious run-in with Top Gear, the company keeps detailed vehicle data logs to ensure it gets a fair deal in reviews.
Since that time, OSIsoft has sponsored a hackathon to create an application using vehicle data from OpenXC in combination with its enterprise data analytics platform.
Updated vehicle data, information on the driver's destination and the outside temperature can be added to posts and then posted on the desired network at the touch of a button.
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The on-board technology assesses a variety of vehicle data during a journey, allowing tips to be passed on to drivers while they are at the wheel to help them reduce fuel consumption.
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IBM, infrastructure companies and utilities are mining electric vehicle data to plan where to put charging stations, manage the impact on the power grid and develop new services for the nascent EV industry.
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Unless the Data Connection to your Vehicle is deactivated, data about your Vehicle will continue to be collected even if you do not have a Plan.
Today nearly every data vendor and many government sources, like courts and motor vehicle agencies, offer data that can be sorted automatically, freeing Reed's engineers to focus on grouping by subject relevance according to the company's proprietary taxonomy.
Ideas range from selling data about vehicle movement patterns to traffic-or weather-monitoring companies or to insurers that want better data in exchange for lowering consumer rates.
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Drivers can get improved data on vehicle performance, reducing unwanted service trips through predictive maintenance.
In 2004 it engaged in a partnership with Minnesota Department of Transportation, U.S., to equip 100 state vehicles with sensors to collect traffic-related data including vehicle speed, location, heading and even localised weather conditions, with the aim of developing the next generation of transportation and driver information systems.
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You may deactivate the Data Connection to your Vehicle at any time by contacting an OnStar Advisor.
Zdziarski immediately canceled his account with the company (and took the time to contact an Advisor to cut the data connection to his vehicle).
They include requiring brake override systems on all vehicles, standardizing keyless ignition systems and requiring event data recorders, or vehicle black boxes, on all new vehicles.
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As part of the alliance with Pecan Street, OnStar will make its smart grid interface available so researchers can develop new services and gather data on driver and vehicle behavior.
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When they get back, the space vehicle will hopefully have provided enough data to pinpoint a potential drilling area so it can drill, collect and analyze rock samples using onboard tools -- a feat never-before attempted on Mars.
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The only road crash death at the scene since 1999 was in March 2006 when a driver died in a single vehicle collision, according to official data recorded by police.
The energy use data is then aggregated to show vehicle owners exactly how much energy is being used on a daily, monthly or yearly basis, while showing what percentage of that energy went to charging the Volt.
Japan's auto industry delivered some cheer-free data Wednesday: Toyota's global vehicle sales plunged 21.8% in November, the biggest drop in eight years.
To understand individual consumption, we need data on the percentage of light duty vehicle miles specifically for passenger use (versus business or government fleet use).
That marked the first time since 1981, when data were first available, that motor vehicle crashes were not among the nation's top 10 causes of death.
Equipped with internet access that can share data between devices inside and outside the vehicle, these cars have special technology that brings additional benefits to the driver.
Sure there are interesting in-car adaptations of entertainment services, data will be big, and electric vehicle drivers need a range of battery-related services that can be served by apps.
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Often the vehicle we are inserting has itself been created via CAD data.
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This is significant, according to the foundation, as 40 percent of pedestrians that were killed or injured were struck by a pickup truck, van, or S.U.V. (sport utility vehicle) in 2009, the most recent year for which data is available.
The laptop uses the GPS data to maintain a 3D model which keeps the vehicle correctly positioned in the virtual world, and much "like a novel, " the story unfolds as different turns (ahem) take place based on the decisions players make.
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The vehicle successfully put six spacecraft in orbit for US satellite phone and data company, Globalstar.
An analysis of Health Ministry data shows that 9, 059 car occupants died in vehicle crashes in Brazil in 2010, according to the most recent statistics available.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reviewed safety data, after Firestone claimed Ford's popular sports utility vehicle (SUV) was defective.
In fact, according to data gathered by the Department of Transportation, 97% of vehicle trips are less than 50 miles and 88% of them are under 20.
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