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How to Build Better Apps for Electric Vehicles This content requires a paid GigaOM Pro subscription

  • Thursday, December 3, 2009

App developers serving the automotive market — via mobile devices or vehicle intelligence systems — could win big if they keep in mind a few key considerations.

The competition for shares of the fast-growing smartphone app market — "a central battlefront in the global technology industry," as the research firm iSuppli put it recently — has spread to the automotive market. With the upcoming launch of a new generation of plug-in vehicles, the stakes and opportunity for app developers serving the automotive market — via mobile devices or vehicle intelligence systems — could grow significantly.

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