CES 2020: Amazon, Intel and Ford want to harvest your data while you drive


By Ian KingEd Ludlow

Amazon.com Inc, Intel Corp, Qualcomm Inc and BlackBerry Ltd are at the Las Vegas conference this week to pitch data-crunching services and partnerships to an auto industry searching for new revenue streams and business models. — Reuters

CES has long been a showcase for automotive gadgetry and a chance for tech companies to pitch their gear to carmakers. This year, the consumer electronics show is embracing an increasingly valuable byproduct of all this activity: data.

Modern cars roll out of factories packed with cellular connections, powerful processors and growing suite of sensors, including cameras, radar and microphones. That’s turning them into the next information goldmine, rivaling the data-creating capabilities of smartphones.

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