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Welcome to the April and May 2012 issue of the Telematics and ITS News Bulletin sponsored by SBD, packed with interesting and insightful information.
Also available in PDF.
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European manufacturers take the glory, but the message is clear that well-designed, factory-fit security is most effective in the fight against vehicle crime.
Volkswagen were the biggest winners in Australia as they won first place in 4 of the 6 categories in NMVTRC’s 2012 Secure By D...
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Tags: australia, awards, volkswagen, jaguar, passat, audi, bmw, polo, golf, tiguan, nrma
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Police in the Aichi prefecture of Japan have arrested thieves in possession of a well-known aftermarket diagnostic tool that they were using to steal vehicles. One of the functions of the tool allows additional keys to be programmed to a vehicle, usually w...
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Whilst there are many press reports that state that the number of vehicles being stolen is decreasing in many markets, cases of component theft appear to be increasing. This shows that improved security may make it more difficult for entire vehicles to be stolen, but criminals ...
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Welcome to the 2nd edition of the Secure Car newsletter in 2012, bringing you the latest items of interest for vehicle security from across the world.
The main items in this newsletter are:
Parts Thefts Increasing Globally
Thieves often look to target vehicles that have...
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The automotive app ecosystem is just starting to expand from infotainment services towards including more vehicle-centric applications. While vehicle manufacturers have started encouraging innovation from 3rd party app developers, the challenge is to provide a consistent end user experience betw...
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Brazil is a fast emerging market in the developing world. As a part of the BRIC group of countries, Brazil’s economy has seen sustained growth; overtaking the UK at the end of 2011 to become the 6th largest economy in the world. Unfortunately, Brazil suffers from a high rate of car theft. Al...
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Thailand is one of the few markets unaffected by the global recession and domestic sales for passenger cars, pick-ups and LCVs are set to grow by about 10% in 2012. However, the Thai insurance industry has been experiencing rising costs which are being driven up by the size and the quantity of cla...
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The traditional deployment process of introducing standalone V2X solutions in a similar way to Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) will be too slow to achieve the minimum levels of penetration required within an acceptable timeframe. SBD has generated three alternative scenarios that could...
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Nissan have announced the return of the Datsun brand from 2014. Although initially launched only in India, Indonesia and Russia, availability is likely to increase over the longer-term future as Nissan use the brand to compete in developing markets without compr...
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