By the end of this year there will be a reported 45 million embedded and hybrid connected car systems, a bigger number than any of us would have thought. But by 2016 this number will have grown to 210 million or more than one quarter of all cars on the global road.
GM's Onstar, BMW's Connected Drive, Ford's Sync, Toyota's Entune, Pandora Internet via smartphone integration for Pioneer and Kenwood, REVA's REVive, the forthcoming cloud-based fruits from Microsoft and Toyota, insurance companies, vehicle tracking companies, road user charging companies, predictive maintenance, in-car wi-fi, mesh networking - the list is growing and the permutations are many.
One thing is for sure. The 'third space' that is the you in your car will become increasingly and seamlessly connected as you move between home and work.
