Alibaba AI Labs teams with Audi, Renault and Honda for intelligent in-car experience

Alibaba AI Labs teams with Audi, Renault and Honda for intelligent in-car experience

Alibaba AI Labs, an AI research division of Alibaba Group, announced at CES Asia partnerships with auto brands, including Audi, Renault and Honda to drive a smart mobility initiative in China. Tmall Genie Auto, an Artificial Intelligence solution developed by Alibaba AI Labs, will be integrated into the automakers’ specific internet cars in China. Owners […]

Honda first brand to sign up to ‘Cost Per Visit’ tool from GroundTruth

Honda first brand to sign up to ‘Cost Per Visit’ tool from GroundTruth

Amplifi and car manufacturer Honda have signed up to a new platform from GroundTruth, which only charges advertisers for recorded visits into specified dealerships and showrooms. The campaign will be measured and verified by the UK’s leading independent location measurement company, Rippll. Honda and Dentsu Aegis owned-agency Amplifi have signed as the first Cost Per […]

Honda gives ‘ultimate get well card’ AR experience to young patients

Honda gives ‘ultimate get well card’ AR experience to young patients

 ‘Happy Honda Days’ are back and Honda is using augmented reality to deliver the “Ultimate Get Well Card”, a magical card filled with messages from well-wishers around the country and personalised for paediatric patients at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC). Honda transformed an actual CHOC hospital room into an augmented reality winter […]

Honda to use Facebook to find owners with defective Takata airbags

Honda to use Facebook to find owners with defective Takata airbags

Honda Motor revealed it will use Facebook’s custom audiences tool to find car owners with defective Takata airbags. The tool, which allows advertisers to reach a specified list of users, will match encrypted email addresses associated with recalled vehicle identification numbers to Facebook users. Japan’s Takata Corp’s air bag inflators have been linked to at […]

Honda revs up social activations with stop-motion mobile videos

Honda revs up social activations with stop-motion mobile videos

Honda is promoting its revamped 2017 Ridgeline vehicle with a social media campaign that includes four stop-motion videos showing off its features alongside another series with a woodworking expert detailing various pieces that can fit into the vehicle’s back. The car manufacturer joined forces with Oscar-nominated stop-motion artist PES for the new integrated marketing campaign, […]