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by Andy Smith  |  January 25, 2011 5:15am PST  |  Image 1 of 24

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Over the past few years car makers have been desperately searching for car technology that will let you relax while the car practically drives itself. Big names like Microsoft and Google are jumping on the bandwagon, but one company that carries a history of innovation is noticeably missing - Apple. Larry Dignan has more.

Here's one car of the future by Italian designer Liviu Tudoran who designed an Apple-inspired electric car for 2020. The exterior would be made up of solar panels. We'd hope that the real company does a little better.

The following gallery shows some of the new concepts in telematics.

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i love the clean user interface of my Prius. instead of guages it has large
wessonjoe 3rd Feb 2011
numbers and graphs that tell me what i need to know.
and it's all up in my traffic field of vision so i don't have to take my eyes off the road for any length of time, sooo important!

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About the Consumer Report on Ford's MyTouch...
Roque Mocan 25th Jan 2011
... the primary criticism is about not having physical buttons. Apple's solution would also have this problem.
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RE: Gallery: Latest car tech missing Apple?
Schoolboy Bob 25th Jan 2011
This ain't rocket science. My 2011 Kia Optima audio system works just fine (I think it's just the base setup on an EX level trim). It accesses storage via USB, navigates folders, allows folder or file metadata. As it is NOT also the nav system, like the upgrade version, it has discrete buttons. Lots of them. I like this. A Kia/Microsoft interface is coming, but not yet available. The simple one works fine. The integration it has beyond audio is the phone, which also works great. Separate systems are good - I'm glad I don't have a 10" touch screen in my dashboard instead of buttons (although I wouldn't mind it IN ADDITION to buttons).
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i love the clean user interface of my Prius. instead of guages it has large
wessonjoe 3rd Feb 2011
numbers and graphs that tell me what i need to know.
and it's all up in my traffic field of vision so i don't have to take my eyes off the road for any length of time, sooo important!

happy
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