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The Hongqi S9 is the start of a new chapter in China’s automotive story

The Verge

They didn’t announce a price tag and also didn’t share many specs for the S9 (besides that the internal combustion engine will be a V8). The car was first teased in February , but the two companies gave it a proper debut at Auto Shanghai 2021 this week.

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Amazon’s Alexa lets you control a Lamborghini’s air conditioning with just your voice

The Verge

The automotive industry’s switch from controls like knobs and dials to entirely touchscreen-based displays has been ongoing, and we even ran a review series examining in-car displays as gadgets a few years ago. We liked the Polestar’s Google-built software , though much like Lamborghini, it comes with a high price tag.

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Meet the 5 finalists for CEO of the Year at the 2023 GeekWire Awards

GeekWire

In November, Impinj introduced new tag chips, which work with automotive parts, pharmaceuticals and food products. The manufacturer of radio-frequency identification devices and software reported revenue of $76.6 million in the fourth quarter, up 46% from the year-ago period.

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Ingenious Phishing Tactics in the Modern Scammer's Toolbox

SecureWorld News

This mechanism was seen in a series of highly-targeted attacks against businesses representing different industries, including finance, insurance, automotive, and investment management. In each scenario, the rogue message contained an HTML attachment disguised as an invoice for the target company.

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VW’s CIO Looks For Ways To Catch Up With Tesla

The Accidental Successful CIO

One of the reasons for its success it that it has a price tag that is about $12,000 less than Tesla’s model. VW’s goal is to eventually build at least 60% of its automotive software in-house. The CIO nearly lost his job last year amid a revolt of Germany’s powerful labor union and shareholder anger over the bungled launch of the ID.3.

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The promise of distributed power: the Bloom Box and more

Trends in the Living Networks

The implications of distributed power impact not just the power industry, but also automotive and transport, construction, and in particular urban planning. Tags: Technology trends. However the progress made, together with the global attention, is certainly providing a major push to the widespread commercialization of fuel cells.

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The next big market after ringtones: Download a new car engine sound

Trends in the Living Networks

What just caught my attention was his article 'Why we don't want a quiet drive' in the Automotive and Transport section, reproduced below. Tags: Social trends Technology trends. To read the latest issue, go to Nowandnext.com and click on the Orange "Current Issue" button at the top left to read the latest bulletin.