Best and Worst Connected Car Tech Nominees for Tech CARS Awards Online Voting Live: Apple nominated for Edsel Yugo Award
Los Angeles, CA, December 31, 2014 (Newswire.com) - AUTO Connected Car News announced the nominees for the Tech CARS (Technology of Connected Autos Rated Superior) Awards for connected cars and related products or services with voting live online.
“There are nine categories that highlight achievements for connected car technology because we want to make the awards reflect people’s choices,” said AUTO Connected Car News’ editor, Lynn Walford.
Nominated for the “Overall Best Implementation of Any New Car Tech to Make Lives Better or Easier” are BMW, GM, Hyundai and Ford for new neat technology launched in 2014.
There are several nominations for the “Best Implementation of Connected Car Tech with Smartphones” including, Volkswagen Car-Net, Nissan Connect, justDrive Jaguar Land Rover, GM OnStar RemoteLink and Ford SYNC AppLink developer apps.
The category of Best Electric Car Technology is co-sponsored by Electric Car Insider with nominees; BMW i3, AWD Tesla S, Nissan Leaf, Fiat and TransPower.
All the awards are not just for praise and accolades. There are four nominees for the ”Edsel Yugo Award for Biggest Snafu in Connected Car Technology 2014” Debacles causing frustration nominated, are Apple’s Bluetooth Bungle (for Bluetooth issues with iOS Updates 8-8.1 and iPhone 6/6+ - for wreaking havoc on in car systems), GM Chevy App Shop Chopped (closed for remodeling and misquoted), Takata air bags recall and the media darling scare hacksters duo (Chirs Valesek and Charlie Miller).
Voters can vote for the Best ADAS Feature of 2014 with choices of Hyundai Sonata, Volvo Safe City, GM Safety Alert Seat and Tesla S.
2014 is the first year, consumers could use CarPlay and can vote for their either Pioneer NEX, Ferrari FF or Alpine iLX-007 as the best CarPlay provider.
OBDII port connected car devices nominated are Mojio, Zubie, Automatic and Dash.
Parents and teens may vote for Best Distracted Driver Anti Texting App such as OTTER App, SafeCell 360 or AT&T DriveMode.
Connected car enthusiasts love trade shows, exhibitions and symposium. Visitors to AUTO Connected Car News can vote for CES International, the Connected Car Expo, Telematics Detroit, Michigan, Telematics West Coast and C3 Connected Car Conference at CE Week as the best.
The public is invited to vote for their favorite winners at AUTO Connected Car News. Voting ends January 15. If there is a tie in a category, judges from the industry will help decide the winners. Voters and winners may be notified of winners by subscribing to email newsletters.