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This week in the future of cars: there is gold in them Thar Data

February 23, 2018

Via: Wired
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ONCE UPON A time, car companies were in charge of, you know, building cars. They put that widget against that gizmo and bolted and screwed until the whole thing hanged together—a thing you could buy and own and drive. No longer. Increasingly, car companies—and parts suppliers, and car-sharing startups, and ride-hailing giants—are in the business of data. Collecting it, compiling it, selling it.

This week, we got a few good looks into how these mobility-focused companies are using your data. Ski resorts are especially good at this, I report, and might be a model for the much-discussed, little-defined “smart city”.

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