Chinese technology company Letv and luxury sports car brand Aston Martin revealed the first results of their collaboration at the Consumer Electronics Show 2016 – an Aston Martin Rapide S incorporating the latest Letv Internet of Vehicle (IOV) system.
Aston Martin and Letv signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in December 2015 to confirm research projects including the development of connected electric vehicles and manufacturing consultation on future electric vehicles.
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Ding Lei, Co-Founder, Global Vice Chairman, China and Asia Pacific CEO, Letv Super CarAfter a few months efforts, we finished the integration of an Aston Martin vehicle and the Letv IOV system. We have successfully equipped this supercar brand with over 100 years of history with an ‘Internet brain’.
The ideation and engineering of the Aston Martin Rapide S project has been led by the Letv IOV team.
The new concept for the center console and instrument panel includes a 13.3- inch HD touch screen and a 12.2-inch thin-film transistor (TFT) screen incorporating electronic instrumentation and gauges.
Dr Andrew Palmer, CEO, Aston Martin.Aston Martin is renowned for the beauty and quality of its hand-crafted cars. The integration of Letv advanced connected technologies into this bespoke environment is a natural progression as we look to the future demands of our customers.
The original human-machine interaction (HMI) has also been updated by integrating Letv’s speech recognition technology.
The Aston Martin Rapide S concept will include remote monitoring and services with the support of LeCloud through the vehicles Wi-Fi system.
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