REUTERS: Jaguar Land Rover, Britain's largest auto manufacturer, said on Monday it is testing software that will allow drivers of its cars to earn the IOTA cryptocurrency as a reward for sharing data.
The overall goal was to"achieve zero emissions, zero accidents, and zero congestion," the company said. The British car company is testing the technology at the new Jaguar Land Rover software engineering base in Shannon, Ireland, where engineers have already equipped several vehicles, including the Jaguar F-PACE and Range Rover Velar, with"smart wallet" features, the company said.It does not yet have a timetable for when it will be commercially available, said Jaguar, a subsidiary of Tata Motors.