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  • Automatic's new car adapter uses 3G without a subscription

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    Roberto Baldwin
    Roberto Baldwin
    08.17.2016

    Automatic makes devices that track your driving style and trips, quantifying that information for you in a companion app. These gadgets also do thing like tell you why your check engine light is on before you pay a few hundred dollars to a mechanic. Today the company announced its latest-gen adapter, the Automatic Pro. The $130 dongle has an unlimited, no subscription 3G connection -- a departure from previous models that used your phone's Bluetooth connection to talk to the company's servers.