The car insurance company Drive Like a Girl, for instance, installs on-board car computers that monitor your driving and offers cheaper premiums to those drivers who prove less likely to have an accident.
Until now, I'd only seen on-board car vacuums in two incarnations: a dog I once had, who would eat anything and was more than willing to stick her snout in places that I'd be afraid to put my hand, and a take-along Dustbuster that one neater-than-I-am friend keeps plugged in in her car — effective, but a little inconvenient in the front seat.
This strategy is for embedding functionality in everything from thermostats to on-board car entertainment to wearables.
This study integrated gender with the user interface of automotive on-board navigation systems to analyze whether gender differences or 2D (2 dimensional) vs. 3D (3 dimensional) display affect the interface usability of an on-board car navigation system (CNS).
This HUD technology has been around for a while, as many high-end cars have already implemented them, but GPS manufacturer Garmin announced the Garmin HUD last year, which costs a lot less than Navdy and doesn't require an on-board car computer connection.
An Italian firm, Octo Telematics, installs boxes on-board cars that allow insurers to price the costs of journeys, as well as perform diagnostics on the cars.
David Last, a navigation expert, says an accidental power cut, perhaps caused by a jammer taken on board a car ferry, could cause a shipwreck.
The Model S will be equipped with a standard 10-kilowatt charger on board the car, but buyers will have the option of a 20-kilowatt unit, Mr. Musk said.
Instead, the gas would be fed into the high-pressure tank on board your car.
