Netflix has a clear vision of what its viewer experience should be and sticks to it. I wonder if automotive OEMs need to adopt a similar level of razor-sharp focus as they enter the era of the connected car? What can the automotive industry learn from digital services? If there is one thing that the …
I’m often asked how ACCESS got into the car business. As I retold the story again last week, I realized that it could make a pretty interesting blog. So here goes… 1979: ACCESS is born Just like Apple, Microsoft, HP, and other 70’s start-ups, ACCESS had a humble beginning. It was founded in 1979 by …
When it comes to how vehicles are powered, the industry is moving in a cleaner, greener direction. Automotive OEMs are thinking beyond the long-used internal combustion engine towards electric vehicles (EVs). But there is a wide array of EVs available and countless acronyms to describe and differentiate them. Getting your head around all these acronyms …
It was great to announce our partnership with HARMAN this week. Our ACCESS Twine™ for Car (Twine4Car) In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) solution has been integrated with the HARMAN Ignite Store to provide automotive OEMs with a global portfolio of car-specific video services. The announcement is timely as a recent Strategy& (part of the PwC network) report …
As ACCESS is so involved in providing technology and content for in-car entertainment, I’ve recently been thinking a lot about innovation in the automobile industry. I’ve realised that scale is key, and as software adds so much innovation to next generation cars, scale is even more important. As the number of lines of code in …