Connected cars are a major part of the emerging consumer IoT market. The two distinct trends shaping the market are adding data services and sophisticated in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems to vehicles, and developing systems that allow autonomous vehicles to drive themselves around the roads. App-phenomenon and infamously unscrupulous business Uber has made its money undercutting taxi services by way of a smartphone app that lets users book a ride with an Uber driver. Surge pricing, wage slashing, shady contracts, hostility to the press, and its boardroom culture have made the company targets for many news outlets – but none can deny that the firm beat the taxi companies to the punch with its app, that has seen taxi firms protest…