CAR makers are taking the connected car seriously if examples at the ongoing Paris Motor Show is anything to go by..
From Peugeot to Volvo, new cars come with touch-screens, computers, telematics, sensors, and internet connectivity.
For supporters of connected cars – among them mobile operators and technology companies such as Google and Apple – the future cannot come soon enough.
However, the lifespan of automobiles, unlike mobile phones, is measured in decades, not months. No amount of fancy gadgetry will convince someone who has a new car to upgrade in a hurry.
Most cars on the road today are fitted with an on-board diagnostics, OBD II port, which can spit out a wealth of information about the car’s performance, including distance driven. Plug in a third-party device and it can harvest all that information.
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