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Few outside of the automotive industry will have heard of Valeo but the company is one of the world's leading suppliers to car manufacturers, with over 78,000 employees in 29 countries and nearly $14 billion in sales. Customers include Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Nissan, Hyundai and Aston Martin, to name but a few. Jamie chats with Guillaume Devauchelle, VP Valeo, to
Technology moves on quickly and while most people get a new smartphone every other year, buying a new car doesn't happen nearly as frequently. As a result, in-car technology can get out of date quickly, particularly with respect to entertainment and communication. Fortunately, AAMP of America can help out with this; Todd talks with Jeff Smith to find out what's
Lidar is a version of radar that uses laser light rather than radio waves to measure distance and although it may seem like a new technology, it's been around since the 60s. It's come to greater prominence recently as it's been used as one of the sensing technologies both for 3D mapping and driverless vehicles. Jamie and Todd find out
In the good old days, cars had heaters and radios. if you were lucky it might have had a cassette player. Getting directions involved winding down the window and asking a local. Today's vehicles have zoned environmental controls, multi-source AV, GPS with maps and drive train telemetry to three decimal places. All this is fantastic but while you're figuring out
Once the realm of James Bond fantasy, French firm RoadEyesCams is bringing out an aftermarket heads-up display (HUD) with an affordable price. Todd takes to the road with Axel and the Aston. The RoadEyesCam M6 HUD is a small dash-mounted unit that simply mirrors the display of a smartphone via wifi, projecting the image upwards and into the driver's field of
Being a geek can sometimes become pretty expensive. Different devices offer differing amounts of geek fun for the buck. Every car and pickup manufactured from 1996 forward has what is known as an OBD2 port. OBD is short for on board diagnostics. The OBD2 port was originally mandated as part of emission control efforts. There are plenty of consumer-oriented OBD2
The Gadget Show Live is the UK's closest thing to CES, but that's like comparing a boxing match to invading Iraq. Where CES takes over most of Las Vegas, the Gadget Show occupies a couple of halls at the NEC outside Birmingham. Nevertheless I popped over for a day to see the latest and greatest tech on show to us