Google Assistant will also be coming to Android Auto, putting Google's unique brand of artificial intelligence
into car dashboards from more than 40 manufacturers.
Apple's new iOS 7 and the the revamped Siri voice assistant announced Monday are poised to make big inroads
into car dashboards.
It's perfect for windshields and can even easily turn your Go Pro Hero camera
into a car dashboard cam.
Not exact matches
When they plug an iPhone
into the
dashboard, the whole
car will essentially become a smartphone on wheels, using the phone's 4G connection to connect to the Internet, showing
car - enabled iPhone apps on the
car's touch - screen interface, and using Siri to accept voice commands.
It has developed an aftermarket device you plug
into your
dashboard that gives you all the diagnostic information a mechanic would get when fixing your
car, plus an open platform served by some 150 third - party apps for your smartphone that will do everything from automatically logging your mileage to telling you how fast your teenager may be driving.
On Monday, I posted about Apple's unveiling of CarPlay, its new vehicle infotainment system that turns a
car's
dashboard into an extension for your iPhone.
When the
car is in autopilot mode, the steering wheel folds up and retracts
into the
dashboard.
A class of chemicals used as flame retardants in polyurethane foam furniture padding, as well as in
car dashboards and computer shells, have been gassing
into the environment and turning up in everything from household dust to halibut.
A man crashes his
car into gate and hits his head on the
dashboard.
Naeslund tells us that the secret to driving this
car fast on the track is to switch on the stability control, brake early, and then slew the
car into the corner so the stability control is triggered and the
dashboard is bright with warning lights.
If you are so inclined, you could have a tree cut from your grand estate and used in the
dashboard or crafted
into elaborate and beautiful marquetry details inside the
car.
In what BMW calls «ease» mode, the
car takes control and the steering wheel retracts
into the
dashboard.
The infotainment system is displayed on a vertical, tablet - like screen built
into the
dashboard, and every variant comes standard with a semi-autonomous technology called Pilot Assist that keeps the
car in its lane at speeds of up to 80 mph.
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into a household
Vital information about the
car (such as the battery's state of charge) and its surroundings is displayed on a configurable digital instrument cluster integrated
into a brand - new
dashboard made out of carbon fiber.
Above this striking tactile panel is a large 12.3 - inch flat - screen display that integrates seamlessly
into the
car's sculpted
dashboard.
A testament to the size of this
car, the 12.3 - inch touchscreen looks tiny nestled
into its perch on the
dashboard, the screen itself is fairly responsive and features sharp graphics, but its recessed position makes it a bit harder to reach.
Apple's CarPlay and Google's Android Auto have arrived on the scene and are now very comfortably nestled
into the
dashboard of CNET's test
car.
Putting the
car into reverse, the
dashboard LCD not only showed the view out the back with a trajectory overlay, but also a top - down look, so I could see how close my wheels were to the curb.
The Audi's instrument cluster, available as a full TFT module, looks as futuristic as the centre screen, which is now fixed - because once the
car has started, everyone leaves it up anyway, and a motorized screen would have been virtually impossible to fit
into the A4's super-slim
dashboard.
This binding factor was what inspired Taylor to radically reinterpret the motor
cars»
dashboard from being a dead expanse
into a riveting focal point.
It sure does look ugly to have a windscreen mounted GPS rather than a built in GPS
into the
car... if only Mercedes Benz Malaysia had included it as standard or optional equipment and with the RM22k price tag... even more so to have it as part of the kit list guess the NAVI button on the
dashboard is useless!
While this has been developed in - house by Honda
Car India, the setup does look like an aftermarket add - on and doesn't blend
into the
dashboard as seamlessly as the Verna's unit does.
There was a small electrical fire behind the
dashboard in the
car due to a wiring issue but fortunately Richard was at Turn 17 when it happened so he quickly peeled off
into the pits.
Later, I meet Paul Jones, Product Line Director for the Continental, whose gentlemanly English accent makes it seem like he represents the
car's fine coachwork, its diamond - pattern two - tone leather upholstery, chromed organ - pull vent controls and Breitling clock set
into the
dashboard.
As in some of the company's newer
cars, the LCD is not set
into the
dashboard, but sits up on its own.
In line with Land Rover's new philosophy to have an all - digital cabin, the Velar comes with two 10 - inch screens that are flush mounted
into the Velar's
dashboard and activate when the
car is started.
The Sonic is now a few years
into its first generation, but its 5 - passenger interior still feels fresh and offers a lot to like, starting with the motorcycle - inspired gauge cluster that's unlike anything else on a
car's
dashboard.
Inside, the
car places its infotainment system
into a section of the
dashboard and the instrument display is hexagonal in shape with a digital screen.
I knew I was in for a technical treat when, digging
into the
car set - up menus on the center
dashboard screen, I found three different styles for the LCD instrument cluster panel.
And in a new feature for Audi, the cabin's main LCD motors down and
into a
dashboard slot when the
car powers down.
To give the
car a tech edge, Suzuki integrates a Garmin Nuvi 765T GPS unit
into the
dashboard, giving it navigation and Bluetooth phone features.
We pushed the electronic key
into its
dashboard slot and started the
car by pushing the engine start button.
Our SX4 Sport was equipped with the SuzukiTRIP navigation package, which — when we accepted delivery of the test
car — we found out meant that a Garmin Nuvi 760 portable navigation device had been integrated
into the
dashboard beneath a flip - up panel.
Despite the tiny screen, I could view the music library from my iPhone, plugged
into the
car's single USB port, and make selections using buttons on the
dashboard.
The E coupe is set to inherit the sedan's
dashboard with the dual screen layout, but also the safety features that turned the limo
into the world's most intelligent business
car ever built.
The Jeep's true off - road capability transcends its class of city - bound small soft roaders, but when you really take the time to drive it to the grocery store, diddle its
dashboard for a bit, and peek
into the engine bay, you're never really fooled
into thinking that you're driving more than an expertly upgraded
car - based crossover.
I suspect the automatic emergency braking systems will likely make poor drivers who are already distracted by everything from the
dashboard screens to cell phones
into even worse drivers who will be even more distracted since they now won't have to even worry about braking to avoid the
car in front of them!
Meanwhile, the display integrated
into the
dashboard in the old
car has made way for a far more advanced unit that now sits on top of the
dashboard.
We are very cramped in the
car now and my husbands knees go
into the
dashboard if he rides in the passenger seat.
One of the first
car safety measures incorporated
into the
cars is the use of seat belts as well as padded
dashboards.
In 2016,
cars will begin coming off the assembly line with the podcasting app built
into the
dashboard!
Amazon's (s amzn) first connected
car app, Amazon Cloud Player, went live last week, allowing its customers to pull their music collections out of the airwaves and
into their Ford (s f)
dashboards.
With AwardWallet you can simply add all of your rewards programs
into one consolidated
dashboard whether that be for airfare, hotels, credit cards, shopping, rental
cars and more.
At the same time my
car was shimmying and shaking, my dogs were leaping from the back seat to the front seat,
into the
dashboard,
into my lap and
into each other.
The virtual safety
car has been introduced for
cars to be driven to a delta time specified on the
dashboard of the steering wheel when on track incidents occur that are expected to not take as long to clear from the track in comparison to an actual safety
car, although it may evolve
into a safety
car period, while the re-introduction of the safety
car provides realism, especially during longer distance races.
Apart from the microtransactions you can not go wrong here by jumping behind the
dashboard of your favourite
car and taking off
into the sunset across the desert.
Entering a gallery showing these bygone abstractions is like wandering
into a classic
car show full of bright chrome (not done anymore), protruding fins (not done anymore), rolled steel
dashboards (not done anymore), spoked wheels (not done anymore) and the now - amusing 12 mpg, currently approached only by Range Rover and the most unabashed gas guzzlers.
... Hanssen was approached last year by Felix Kramer for help in building a
dashboard monitor for a Prius that he and CalCars, his group of plug - in advocates, had converted
into a crude plug - in... Hanssen recently showed off his prototype at the 2005 Tour de Sol, a green -
car race in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., where it didn't win but did deliver a fuel economy of 102 m.p.g. over a 150 - mile course.
Cars are fired up, coffee on the
dashboard, phone slotted
into the place where the ashtray used to be, or held, precious, between thighs, sited for vibration and some illicit manipulation, because hey, good buddy, we got us a convo.