Automotive supplier Continental has been awarded a contract by EV services provider, Better Place to develop networked systems (head units) for the Better Place electric vehicle (EV) services platform.

Trimble has acquired Derbyshire, UK-based Accutest Engineering Solutions, a provider of vehicle diagnostics and telematics technologies for the automotive industry.

Straight from Telematics Detroit 2009: myCar^TM, a new mobile technology platform from UIE Automotive, enables automakers, their supply base and dealer networks to instantly and immediately respond to a consumer's vehicle needs and update, add or extend services and applications.

Squarell recently delivered a diagnostics and performance moni­toring system for the terminal trucks operating at the new Euromax container terminal in the Port of Rotterdam.

SK Telecom's new Mobile In Vehicle (MIV) service enables a user to check his car's engine, fuel, brakes, etc, and then start up the car - all via his mobile phone.

Venrock vice president Dev Khare looks at the relationship between electric vehicles and telematics ...