Indeed, a new push to improve vehicle crashworthiness could complicate efforts by auto makers to persuade consumers that the lighter, smaller cars they are building to address tougher government fuel-efficiency standards and motorists' concerns about fuel prices are also safe.
The rugged smart device was created for traditional auto-identification and data capture customers who want something sleeker and lighter than a typical AIDC industrial device, but need something tougher than a consumer-grade phone.
Last week at the Los Angeles Auto Show Porsche unveiled the 2014 edition of the Cayman, a totally re-engineered whip that is lighter, faster, more efficient and more powerful than its predecessor.