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The Battle for the Last Unconquered Screen—The One in Your Car
WSJ ^ | 6 April 2019 | Tim Higgins

Posted on 04/06/2019 8:58:30 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

Auto makers and Silicon Valley are locked in a fight to control the dashboard display...

The current state of play is a confused free-for-all as the two industries circle each other warily. Some car makers are turning over their dashboard operating systems to Alphabet’s Google entirely. Others, including Ford Motor Co. and Daimler AG , wager they can muster the technological chops to compete...

With his wife’s 2016 Mazda CX-5, he can’t figure out how to turn off the radio. “We can turn it down,” he said. “But off is apparently a complex process we haven’t been able to figure out.”

A Mazda spokeswoman said there is no easy way ...

Amazon.com Inc. is in the midst of rolling out its Alexa voice assistant in BMW, Toyota and Volkswagen models, though it’s limited in what it can do...

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: automotive; goog; technology
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To: ADemocratNoMore
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result for Fiat 850 Spider

I want this one.

81 posted on 04/07/2019 1:36:43 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: ADemocratNoMore

I had a Fiat 850 spider too. It was my first car. I used to love it. Remember the windshield wiper pump button on the floorboard? So many people that rode in it with me believed the Italians were making rain detecting wipers back then. Oh my, so much fun.


82 posted on 04/07/2019 1:49:30 PM PDT by Beach333
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I’ll assume that your Prius is one of the few without dated Obama or Hillary stickers, or “Save The Planet” crap?


83 posted on 04/08/2019 9:54:18 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
I'm just the opposite. If I don't see an entertaining ad when pumping my gas, I politely put the nozzle back and drive on to the next one.

I like the ads at Mobil stations the best.

84 posted on 04/08/2019 9:56:25 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: rockrr
I had an MG Midget. Every part that fell off of that car was of the finest British craftsmanship.

Insanely fun to drive, but probably got towed more than it got driven.

85 posted on 04/08/2019 10:08:17 AM PDT by Richard Kimball
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To: sparklite2

Bwahaha ! I wouldn’t mind having that one too.


86 posted on 04/08/2019 10:32:16 AM PDT by ADemocratNoMore (The Fourth Estate is now the Fifth Column)
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To: JimRed

It proudly displays an EG&A, CIB and one that says”ZERO TO SIXTY... EVENTUALLY”

The 0-60 one was added by a friend, distraught after learning that the Prius has about the same 1/4 ET and 0-60 as his Dodge Ram diesel.


87 posted on 04/08/2019 10:47:32 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!")
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