Chicago's HERE.com (formerly NAVTEQ), LittleFuse, Harman International Industries and NuCurrent are all developing technologies that are intended to be key components of the connected cars of both today and the future.
"The road to self-driving cars will go through Chicago.
In a West Loop office tower, Nokia Corp. has 300 people working on technology that will help cars talk to each other, as well as to traffic signs, smartphones and other devices.
In Vernon Hills, more than 50 engineers are working on connecting vehicle entertainment and navigation systems to phones, tablets and the cloud at a new Harman International Industries Inc. research center.
In Mount Prospect, engineers at Littelfuse Inc.'s R&D center are working on developing sensors used in vehicles.
Elsewhere in the Loop, startup NuCurrent Inc. is developing a wireless charging system for phones and other devices to be used in automobiles.
All of these companies draw on Chicago's historic strengths in electronics design and manufacturing, wireless communications and mapping that position the city well for a key role in the development of the connected car..."
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