Different state-of-the-art tech trends are enabling the Autonomous Vehicle revolution: Electrification, Connectivity, and Software. The confluence of these disruptive technology-driven trends is transforming the automotive industry as they are proving all of them are ready to exceed stringent functional safety requirements, making sure they are both safe and secure for humans.
- Electrification of the vehicle is shifting from only achieving a high fuel efficiency to providing the most optimum range to people in terms of smart vehicles, through Level 2 and 3 of autonomous driving. It is not only becoming significant on power-train but the entire vehicle system, across several segments —consolidating multiple Electronic Control Units (ECU).
- Connectivity of the vehicle is right in front of us and in the infrastructure that is being built around cars and trucks and above it —using the Cloud. This interdependency is bringing challenges regarding cybersecurity, that has to be prepared from the ground up, considering a robust, reliable, and scalable infrastructure together with smart product development as the surface of attack and attack vectors are exponentially increasing.
- Adoption of Software is expanding toward data-driven and on-demand mobility services, digitally transforming the way people are using cars and trucks; including a set of applications to keep the driver engaged to the vehicle, becoming an extended home, work, or entertainment place —through Artificial Intelligence (AI) implementation and personalization.
In the coming years, the automotive industry will progress even further as cars and trucks are becoming large smart devices due the faster turnaround times of embedding software, the AI connection to the infrastructure, and all networks up and running in the Cloud. This will offer people several reliable Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS), better fuel efficiency solutions, trustworthy mapping technologies, and different forms of transportation, like Cars as a Service (CaaS). The Autonomous Vehicle revolution is improving the lives of drivers and other cars and trucks around in terms of safety, driving secured from point A to point B and entertained throughout the process while keeping them connected and digitalized.