In-car USB port sounds sweet to Visteon; US supplier says it has 20 months to meet big demand.(universal serial bus, Visteon Automotive Systems' automotive accessories)

Automotive News Europe,  October, 2005  by Lewin, Tony

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Byline: Tony Lewin

Visteon is racing to help automakers fit their models with USB ports. If it can act fast enough it expects to win big.

"It's a major but short-term opportunity," says Hans Eric Destree, Visteon commercial director of mobile electronics.

"We'll only get an 18- to 20-month window on this before other providers enter the market," he said in an interview here.

By linking a USB port to a car's entertainment system an automaker can offer customers audio and video options rival models don't have.

That means a customer can fill a memory ...

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