Gartner asserts that “connected cars or smart cars are poised to play a pivotal role in the Internet of Things (IoT)”. We say “Hah!”

Also,

• Who levies automotive platform taxes?
• What in the world could “over serving” transportation mean?
• Using the Automatic app in a Porsche.
• BMW’s  “sounding the alarm” over tech companies efforts to collect auto data.
• China’s car industry and other unimportant details relative to declining interest in driving among young people.

(Picture above was taken with Horace’s iPhone 6 back camera 4.15mm f/2.2 ISO 1000, 1/15 second exposure on approach to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and shows the way Americans like to live).

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Show Notes

250 Million: Number of Connected Vehicles on the Road in 2020, According to Gartner

Volkswagens gefährliche Nähe zu Chinas Politbüro (Volkswagen & China’s Politburo “Dangerously Close”).

Ford’s connected car plans.

BMW sounds alarm over tech companies seeking connected car data.