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Byline: BOB GRITZINGER
As president and publisher of The Hansen Report on Automotive Electronics, Paul Hansen knows more than just about anyone about the unseen electronic wizardry in our cars. Here's what's coming.
AW: So where's Bluetooth and why aren't we all communicating hands-free in our cars by now?
Hansen: You can only use it in very simple applications now. There are a lot of logic issues people didn't think through. But every carmaker intends to have it within five to seven years, to be able to embrace portable devices in vehicles.
AW: What happened to the need for 42-volt electrical systems?
Hansen: It got to a point where everybody realized this was going to be so expensive, because ...