Today's vehicles routinely marry established networks such as CANs (controller-area networks) with newer, low-cost, low-bandwidth links such as LINs (local-interconnect networks) to connect diverse, ...
Over the next five to 10 years, traditionally mechanical vehicle systems, such as braking and steering, will become electrical systems connected to a high-performance CPU via a high-speed, ...
There is a lot more to BMW's research and development effort than iDrive. For example, take FlexRay, the automotive network communications system. BMW and Daimler-Chrysler, along with Philips and ...