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Despite Risks, Internet Creeps Onto Car Dashboards
LAS VEGAS — To the dismay of safety advocates already worried about driver distraction, automakers and high-tech companies have found a new place to put sophisticated Internet-connected computers: the front seat.
Technology giants like Intel and Google are turning their attention from the desktop to the dashboard, hoping to bring the power of the PC to the car. They see vast opportunity for profit in working with automakers to create the next generation of irresistible devices.
This week at the Consumer Electronics Show, the neon-drenched annual trade show here, these companies are demonstrating the breadth of their ambitions, like 10-inch screens above the gearshift showing high-definition videos, 3-D maps and Web pages.
The first wave of these “infotainment systems,” as the tech and car industries call them, will hit the market this year. While built-in navigation features were once costly options, the new systems are likely to be standard equipment in a wide range of cars before long. They prevent drivers from watching video and using some other functions while the car is moving, but they can still pull up content as varied as restaurant reviews and the covers of music albums with the tap of a finger.
Safety advocates say the companies behind these technologies are tone-deaf to mounting research showing the risks of distracted driving — and to a growing national debate about the use of mobile devices in cars and how to avoid the thousands of wrecks and injuries this distraction causes each year.
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The Latest on: Infotainment systems
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- Tesla Recalls Almost 130,000 Vehicles Due To Overheating Infotainment Systemon May 10, 2022 at 11:16 am
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- Tesla recalled nearly 130K vehicles to fix infotainment systemson May 10, 2022 at 11:06 am
Tesla recalled 129,960 vehicles this month to fix infotainment systems that may overheat before and during fast charging. The company says it is resolving the flaw with an over-the-air software ...
- Tesla recalls 130,000 cars for overheating infotainment systemson May 10, 2022 at 9:30 am
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