Telematics is an industry poised for tenfold growth by 2010, and Visteon plans on being a major player, company President and COO Michael Johnston said Monday during the first day of Convergence 2000.

He and James Wynalek, Vice President and General Manager of the Telematics/Multimedia business system within Visteon's Comfort, Communication, and Safety Segment, discusses several of the company's latest innovations, including the new MACH portfolio of entertainment system products. No longer just audio, MACH is a complete in-vehicle entertainment "experience" that includes movies, music, and interactive "Rumble" theater seats that, well, rumble in accordance with the particular movie being shown via the rear-seat entertainment system

Company officials on Monday also announced an "adopter agreement" with Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group that will bring Bluetooth wireless technology to the automotive environment. "I can't even begin to imagine some of the things that will come out of it," Wynalek said of the partnership.