Vehicle connectivity explained: How cars connect to the Internet

About this episode

Molly Boigon and Mike Quinn discuss how vehicles connect to the Internet and the implications of cellular network changes.

“Shift” podcast co-host Molly Boigon gets help from Mike Quinn, managing director and partner with Boston Consulting Group, to explain how vehicles connect to the Internet. She and Jake Neher, the executive producer of audio at Automotive News, discuss how vehicles rely on a cellular module that will need to be swapped out as generations of the cellular network are sunset.

People in this episode

Host: Molly Boigon

Guest: Mike Quinn

Topics covered

• vehicle connectivity
• Internet of Things
• cellular networks
• automotive technology
• Boston Consulting Group

Keywords

• vehicle connectivity
• Internet
• cellular module
• automotive technology
• Boston Consulting Group

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Boston Consulting Group, Automotive News

Products: cellular module

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