A further confirmation of the Car World interest on the smart application and telco is the introduction by Google of the Open Automotive Alliance (OAA).
OAA is shown as a global alliance of technology and auto industry leaders committed to bringing the Android platform to cars starting in 2014. Focus of the alliance is accelerating annovation an the Car using a Open Ecosystem approach. The focus and interest from Audi is well known and now are “on-board” also GM, Honda, Hyunday, Nvidia and of course Google itself. It is quite interesting that all the important Car Makers countries are represented; Audi from Europe, GM from America/US, Honda from Japan, Hyunday from Korea (Hyunday is one of the most important realta of the last year with a relevant market penetration also in the Europe market that is afflicted from economical and financial crisis. Partecipation of Nvidia in the OAA is important for its solution for its automotive innovation and the such Company is already on track with its Tegra solutions.
So, 2014 seems starting well for Automotive World!
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