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Alcatel-Lucent, Toyota Drive LTE Connected Concept Car into Spotlight

Source: eWeek - RSS Feeds

Nov 05, 2009

Summary

Toyota, Alcatel-Lucent and other companies banded together to create the LTE Connected Car, a concept vehicle that went on display in New York City on Nov. 3. The vehicle combines an LTE broadband radio link with in-car WiFi to bring the power of cloud computing to both the driver and passengers, giving them access to online content such as music, YouTube and games through four individual touch-screens.

Its not all about the multimedia, however. The concept car also extends the benefits of connectivity to the driver, sending them real-time GPS updates and nearby points-of-interest. The vehicle also offers continuous status updates about the car itself, using sensors to feed data to the driver about tire pressure and other maintenance issues. Although the concept cars creators were reluctant to name specific automotive companies, apparently they are in talks to extend some of the technology seen here to real-life vehicles at some point in the future. - ...