AT&T and LG have formed a connected car partnership

AT&T’s Drive Studio is welcoming electronics company LG Electronics to the connected car research fold. The South Korean electronics maker is the latest company to join AT&T’s Drive Studio, a research center focused on connected car technology. The Atlanta, CA-based center has acquired sponsorship from 12 companies since opening in January 2014, all of which are working with US carrier AT&T on infotainment and connected car products. Qualcomm, Ericsson, iHeartradio, Jasper and Accenture also among the sponsors of the research center, which AT&T says is the first of its kind as a lab for innovation and research in the connected car industry.

Since the AT&T Drive Studio opened in January 2014, twelve companies have joined AT&T there in an effort to collaborate and develop new services for the connected car of the future. AT&T today announced that LG Electronics, Inc. is the latest company to join the AT&T Drive Studio, which is the first-of-its-kind connected car center for innovation AT&T Drive Studio’s sponsorship agreement with LG allows the companies to collaborate on the AT&T Drive platform to support services on automotive grade hardware and equipment for tomorrow’s connected vehicles. Located in Atlanta, the more than 5,000-square foot AT&T Drive Studio features working garage bays, a speech lab, a full showroom to exhibit the latest innovations, conference facilities, and much more. Drive Studio integrates AT&T solutions across multiple companies and serves as a hub where AT&T can respond to needs of automotive manufacturers and the auto ecosystem at large.