Automotive Electronics

Automotive telematics revenues will grow at a CAGR of nearly 17% to more than $6.7 billion by the end of 2023, according to IHS Markit,. IHS Markit estimates that more than 33 million light vehicles equipped with some form of telematics were produced in 2016 globally. It is expected that production of such light vehicles will grow at a CAGR ...

Lauterbach is working with QNX to provide JTAG debugging capabilities for the latest QNX Version 7.0 secure embedded OS for the automotive industry.

Allegro introduces a three-phase, sensor-less, brush-less DC motor controller for automotive use with engine cooling fans, and oil and water pumps.

Rohde & Schwarz is developing a range of automotive radar testing equipment.

Networking vehicles so that they can interact improves autonomous vehicle performance, according to Swiss university EPFL.

Renesas Electronics says its R-Car automotive system-on-chips (SoCs) will now run Android 8.0, the first version of Google’s OS which includes support for functions required in automotive systems. An R-Car reference package for Android comprises a reference board and an extension board as hardware environment, and the board support package (BSP) as software support. The smartphone OS is continuing to ...

The advance of AI pushes functional safety ever further to the fore, writes Tim Mace of MIPS.

The key to Sir James Dyson’s electric car could be the battery technology he acquired with his $90 million acquisition of Sakti3 in 2015. Sakti3 was founded in 2012 by Michigan University professor Anne Marie Sastry, pictured with President Barack Obama at a White House Demo Day for entrepreneurs. Sakti3 was backed by GMVentures and Khosla Ventures among others and ...

Audi has revealed its 2017/2018 season all-electric racing car, the e-tron FE04, with an Audi motor and gearbox, developed with Schaeffler.

Tomorrow's electronic engineers can jump into the auto industry fast lane through real-world project-based learning, writes Dr Coorous Mohtadi of MathWorks