A 20,000 mile connected vehicle journey

June 17, 2016
Touring Kymeta's satellite antenna test truck

To demonstrate the potential for in-vehicle satellite antennas to provide the next level of “connectedness” for cars and trucks, Kymeta Corporation and Intelsat S.A. put a Toyota 4Runner on a 20,000 mile road trip across the U.S. this year; a light truck equipped with prototype mTenna technology embedded into its roof so it would automatically acquire and track Intelsat Ku-band satellite signals while on the move or parked in remote locations. (All photos by Sean Kilcarr/Fleet Owner)

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Sean Kilcarr | Editor in Chief

Sean Kilcarr is a former longtime FleetOwner senior editor who wrote for the publication from 2000 to 2018. He served as editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2018.

 

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