Top Ten Technology Breakthroughs in 2018
Predictive Cars
AI is going to predictive capabilities and machine
learning into cars and vehicles, enabling drivers to personalize driving experience.
It will automate the process of from setting up car seat to in-vehicle infotainment
and application preferences. Cars’ service will be personalized accordingly
through AI. Like voice commands, no need to push levers buttons etc..
Additionally, the few remaining things which we
might need to set-up or configure ourselves will be configured through
voice-commands. No more need to push levers and buttons, no more need to take
our hands off the wheel. With AI becoming the new user interface, connected
cars will become truly useful and integrated into our connected lifestyles.
Breakthrough in “in-vehicle” Artificial Inteligence
Applications in cars are not as sophisticated as in
mobile, it makes majority of digital application almost useless. For example,
if one’s home to office direction and road is fixed, car should navigate a
software automatically.
If connectivity, computer power and data is there,
what is missing? Means of interaction with data in seamless and smart ways to
enhance the driving without distraction is missing. And artificial intelligence
will change it.
Breakthrough in AI and algorithm solution is going
to be the most important step in auto technology in 2018.
However, AI is
not only some of the trends…
Cars to get smarter
Smarter cars will enable new digital services like
predictive parking, predictive vehicle maintains will turn entire after sales
business on its head.
For example, car or vehicle will predict when part
is going to fail, book the maintenance slot, order spare part etc…
Self-configuring cars are expected this year that
can predict drivers preferences, weather and road conditions and tweak their
configurations like suspension setting accordingly.
A password for car
AI will be able to learn more about drivers and
their preferences and well digital service will finally come to cars. Its
digital identity management- user account and passwords for cars
More IOT and Cloud
OEMs will keep investing in IoT and cloud technologies
in areas of supply chain management and information technology.
More connected cars and vehicles will become high
performing. Higher agility will be solved by investing in cloud infrastructure
will lead to lower cost to manage demand fluctuations.
Analytics At The Edge
OEM to step up analytics: Capacities to extract
value from large data are the key and it is still being built. It is being
built in all the functions of OEM including manufacturing, marketing, and sales
and after sales.
The Edge analytics, which is the capability of
embedding analytics in routers and other edge devices, has started. However,
self-driving cars are yet to be commercialize, edge analytics will consolidate
its position in 2018.
Robots In The Backoffice
Artificial Intelligence will help OEMs streamline
and automate many of their functions in areas of finance. HR, Marketing and
Sales and in customer service as well
According to recent survey, AI is supposed to boost
39% productivity in manufacturing section.
Blockchain Makes an Entrance
IT and data security has become a big concern in
digital world. Blockchain, the encryption solution using public “ledgers” to
secure digital payments will be used to authenticate drivers, cars, car parts
and data transmission and other parts of digitized auto industry.
Augmented Reality Everywhere
Virtual reality will very much stay however, augmented
and mixed-reality have proven much more useful. More AR will be used in
construction, engineering, marketing and maybe even next-gen heads-up displays
in cars.
And this shift is going to boost the rise of new technology
called digital twins or virtual 3D representations of physical products.
Fully self driving? Not yet…
Progress in self-driving technology is expected in
2018, however, the fully autonomous cars will not come in 2018. Level two and
may be level three features in premium vehicles are expected in next twelve
months like slef parking or traffic jam assistants.
There are many challenges preventing higher levels
in self-driven automation at the same time in most of the countries, drivers
will not be allowed to use level three features, which they might have in their
cars.
There are still numerous technical challenges
preventing us from reaching higher levels, and then there’s regulation: In most
countries drivers will not even be allowed to use the level three features
which they might get in their new cars.
We view 2018 as the year for the Connected Car—but the self-driving one will
have to wait…
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