IT Radio Network Features Interviews With the CEOs of Two of Today's Leading Automotive Companies, Delphi Automotive and Infomove.Business Editors & Multimedia Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2000 IT Radio Network, the voice behind e-business, is featuring in-depth interviews with the chief executive officers of two of the companies that are leading the automotive revolution -- J.T. Battenberg III of recent General Motors (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GM) spinoff Delphi Automotive and Peter Holland of Infomove. During the interview, the two discussed the current revolution that is taking place in the automotive industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. and what people can expect to see in the future. "There's a dramatic revolution going on in the automotive industry. The industry has been mechanically driven -- mechanical gears, motors and mechanical connections," said Battenberg. "Those are giving way dramatically to the first electromechanical The use of electricity to run moving parts. Disk drives, printers and motors are examples. Electromechanical systems must be designed for the eventual deterioration of moving components that wear over time. The first TVs were electromechanical systems (see video/TV history). connections. We're moving to drive by wire, steer by wire, brake by wire, so this revolution is really upon us." The automobile revolution doesn't stop there. Not only are electromechanical connections taking over the usual mechanical connections, but soon you will be able to browse the Internet from the driver's seat using "telematics." "Telematics basically are wireless applications, content tailored for the information needed in a vehicle. Traditionally, you've had two different telematic solutions, OnStar and Alpine, neither of which are real-time," said Holland. "The future telematic solutions using wireless data and the Internet would be able to anticipate your routes, know where you're going and suggest alternate routes due to such things as accidents." These entire interviews are available free online in RealAudio (Nasdaq:RNWK RNWK Real Networks (stock symbol) ) and text. To hear the interview with Battenberg of Delphi Automotive, visit http://www.itradionetwork.com/scripts/battenberg.html. To hear the interview with Holland of Infomove, visit http://www.itradionetwork.com/scripts/hollandp.html. About IT Radio Network IT Radio Network is an online audio business magazine that features a variety of tech trends, company spotlights and one-on-one interviews with the people reshaping the world of technology. The site is produced by Sky Radio, which produces radio programs for online magazines, a network of corporate Web sites, several major airline carriers and CEOLive.com. Interviews also currently available on IT Radio Network include Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP HWP Height (and) Weight Proportionate HWP Half-Wave Plate HWP Highway Patrol HWP Height Weight Proportional HWP Hewlett-Packard Corporation (stock symbol) HWP Hydrolyzed Whey Peptides ), Serena Software (Nasdaq:SRNA sRNA abbr. soluble RNA ), CriticalPath (Nasdaq:CPTH), Storage Technology (NYSE:STK), Somera Communications (Nasdaq:SMRA SMRA Stone & McCarthy Research Associates ), Egghead.com Inc. (Nasdaq:EGGS), International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) ) and E.Piphany (Nasdaq:EPNY). |
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