Not even Aston Martin could afford to skip this year CES 2016, were it unveiled the look of its future interiors. The UK manufacturer joined forces with global technology company Letv and unveiled an Aston Martin Rapide S incorporating the latest Letv Internet of the Vehicle (IOV) system.
The ideation and engineering of the Aston Martin Rapide S project has been led by the Letv IOV team and has focused on a new concept for the centre console and instrument panel. The center console is now a 13.3 inch HD touch screen and the instrument panel is now a 12.2 inch screen incorporating electronic instrumentation and gauges. The original human-machine interaction (HMI) has also been updated by integrating Letvs latest speech recognition technology.
The Aston Martin Rapide S concept has been engineered to work with Letvs other devices and will include remote monitoring and services with the support of LeCloud through the vehicles Wi-Fi system.
It was in November 2015 when LETV first showe Autolick system, the first time the technology company had released a product specifically developed for automotive applications.