The term “connected car” conjures up images of futuristic self-driving
vehicles, buzzing around towns and cities without the need for human
control. Yet the concept of connectedness in cars is far from new. Basic incar
connectedness has been a part of auto technology for more than five years,
introduced via in-car entertainment and mapping systems in around 2010. Since
then, however, cars have started to absorb ever-greater levels of technology.
The modern car is not only a feat of engineering, it is also a mobile
supercomputer. Hidden beneath the steel or aluminium body is the computing
power of 20 personal computers, dealing with around 100m lines of code and
holding more processing power than any of NASA’s early spacecraft, including the
original Apollo lunar module.
A truly connected car, in the modern sense, still gives drivers the ability
to connect to music applications and use global positioning system (GPS)
equipment. In addition, however, it is also slowly beginning to reflect the internal
ecosystem of the car, using connectivity to provide users with feedback on the
car’s performance, monitoring of the car’s components and mechanisms to ensure
the comfort and convenience of a passenger’s journey. In future, these same
systems could be used for future applications, including self-driving, car-sharing
or communicating with the internet of things (for example, in connected homes).
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Source: The economist
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