Auto Suppliers Grappling With Integrating Smartphones, Other Electronics
The growing aftermarket in advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) is grappling with integrating advanced functions from smartphones and other electronics, a Society of Automotive Engineering panel at CE Week was told Wednesday. Ted Cardenas, marketing vice president for Pioneer’s car electronics…
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division, said the dashboard has evolved and most new cars with integrated systems make it more challenging to integrate advanced functionality. With the smartphone evolving “about every four months,” Cardenas said Pioneer is focusing on developing an interface that can tie technologies together in the vehicle, “and it might not even be a smartphone.” John Waraniak, Specialty Equipment Market Association vice president-vehicle technology, predicted more personalization is coming for cars and their occupants.