Technology, for cars or for any other automated innovations, signifies a concept that is constantly changing, ever evolving. No two consecutive years ever see one single car technology trend doing the rounds in the automobile industry. There is always something new coming up in the form of an auto model. Be it a car, motorbike or any other vehicle, car enthusiasts always have something new to revel at. Recently, a lot of happenings in the car technology arena have kept the global auto industry abuzz. Following are some of the latest technology trends in 2017 that are going to dominate the car industry for the foreseeable future.
- Cars and vehicles are now more intelligent than ever. Universal vehicle network that could range from the simple instant traffic advisories and collision alerts to the state-of-the-art digital chaining system, has finally come of age. Now, one can easily hit the highways without worrying a bit about the network conditions out there.
- Thanks to the epidemic called iPhone, car makers are now rushing to replace analog dials and controls of their car models with superior touch-screen display boards. Every other hybrid vehicle or electric cars unveiled these days are equipped with this technology feature.
- Lithium battery technology is just waiting to take off. Once car makers from around the world start using it in a full-fledged manner for building their cars, it will make a big impact.
- Use of bioplastics is increasing. Accordingly, auto manufacturers are upgrading their car technologies to make proper use of this environment-friendly material.
- Research is going on to find out alternatives to corn-based ethanol and other household products to produce a much more affordable and smarter fuel to power the engines of tomorrow.
Other advancements in car technology include Global Position System (GPS) technology empowered dual-screen navigation screens and in-dash internet screens.
Technology
Information Technology has revolutionised the way mankind have been working in the last two decades. Today it seems without IT – you are either way behind or things just operate slow or not at all.
The developing countries are also making effort to catch up by training their population or making them IT literate. First objective was learning the technique to handle the operating systems available along with the database and other supporting systems upon which the empire of IT applications is set up.
Automotive Industry and Software Applications
The automotive manufacturing industry began small, with early autos being little more than replacements for the horse drawn buggies of the day. They used a steam or gas engine to replace the work done by the horse. Then, with Henry Ford’s innovative assembly line concepts, the automotive industry picked up speed. No longer were cars build one at a time by skilled craftsmen, now they could be built many at a time and the level of skill the workers needed was greatly reduced as they only worked on one part of the machine, over and over. The problems facing an automotive industry like Henry Ford were certainly much different than they are today. The process of assembling a Model T was by any modern standard few steps and very simple ones as well.
Today’s automotive industries have to design and implement processes to cover a wide range of issues Henry Ford could never have imagined. With hydraulic, electrical, computer and drive systems all failure prone areas which require accurate, concise processes to be assembled efficiently and reliably, more than just the human touch is required. That is where the computers of the modern age come in. More specifically, that is where automotive industry and software application solutions come into play.
