Ford and Microsoft Hohm Team Up
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Recently,
Ford and Microsoft made
an announcement about teaming up to help people who charge their vehicles, allowing them to do so when it has the least impact on the grid, and hopefully at a time that saves each user money. Hohm
is a Microsoft sponsored program that lets people identify where their power is going and compare that to others around them. At the same time, Hohm provides a way to determine what changes can be made to result in lower energy use and a lower energy bill.
Right now, Hohm works using analysis based on the characteristics of your home that you feed it. In the long term, however, the idea is that all of our devices will be part of a smart home system that gives you consumption patterns, diagnostics, and control at distance.
Right now, Hohm works using analysis based on the characteristics of your home that you feed it. In the long term, however, the idea is that all of our devices will be part of a smart home system that gives you consumption patterns, diagnostics, and control at distance.
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When can we expect a "GM Sync" product that will do the same with Microsoft Hohm and Chevy Volt?
There's no announcement toward that, but keep in mind with Hohm the idea is for it to work with all your high energy devices so there's no reason Volt couldn't do the same in the future.
Doesn't Ford have an exclusive agreement with MS for Sync?
The exclusive agreement expired in 2008. => http://www.4wheelsnews.com/kia-uvo-the-best-competitor-to-fords-sync-technology/
I was expecting to see GM, Chrysler, Toyota, Honda, BMW and others using a Microsoft Auto 4.0+ product by now.
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