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The Modem That Refuses to Stay Put: Hojun Kim’s Bet on Software-Defined Roads
After years designing chips, Hojun Kim is trying to make road infrastructure age more like software: upgradeable, interoperable and ready for the next radio standard.
Elaine Kanak Is Turning the Gas Pump Into a Customer Interface
Vontier's first enterprise CMO has an unusual brief: make a sprawling portfolio of pumps, payments, chargers, software, and repair tools feel like one useful system. Her method starts with the ordinary moments drivers barely notice.
Vontier
The company you have never heard of runs the fuel pumps, tool trucks and traffic lights you pass every day - and it is quietly betting all of them on the messy middle of the energy transition.
Bell Resources
Bell Resources is building AI-powered Roadside Hubs that fold ultra-fast EV charging, automated car washing, clean energy and smart retail into a single connected stop.
Ettifos
Ettifos is a South Korea-based, 5G-focused V2X (vehicle-to-everything) company building the communication layer that lets cars, roadside infrastructure, and pedestrians exchange safety and traffic data in real time. Its flagship SIRIUS platform uses a software-defined modem that can switch between LTE-V2X and 5G-V2X with a software update, and its plug-and-play V2X-AIR onboard unit brings standards-compliant connectivity to both new and existing vehicles. Founded in 2018, the company works with partners like Keysight, Autotalks, Audi, and Kapsch TrafficCom, and closed a Series B round in 2025 to scale a C-V2X hardware accelerator chip and expand into U.S. and European markets.
One Mobility Group
One Mobility is the automotive brand of Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT), unveiled in September 2025 to unite the acquired German engineering houses Voltaira and Auto-Kabel under one banner. It is a build-to-print development and manufacturing partner for OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers, delivering power distribution systems, high- and low-voltage modules, safety and accessory components, and charging systems for electrified and connected vehicles. The company pairs 90+ years of German automotive engineering heritage with the manufacturing scale of the world's largest electronics maker, operating 40+ certified sites across 17 countries with roughly 11,000 employees.
Teletrac Navman
Teletrac Navman is a connected mobility platform that helps companies managing vehicles and equipment run safer, leaner, and more sustainable operations. Its cloud-based, AI-driven telematics flagship TN360 pulls together GPS tracking, video safety cameras, compliance logging, asset utilization, and analytics for thousands of transport, logistics, service, and construction fleets worldwide. A Vontier company headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois, it traces its roots to 1988 and the 2015 merger of pioneer Teletrac with Navman Wireless.