IOT — THE GAME CHANGER OF AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR
One of the most important industries that adopts new technologies before other industries adopt were the Automotive Sector. Automotive industries involve with high-cost products and it has the needs to fulfil the innovation needs of the consumers. Now the automotive industry is about mobility and so the Internet of Things (IOT). Let’s see how IOT will change the automotive industry in upcoming years.
CONNECTED CARS
→ Nowadays Infotainment plays a major role in decision taking process of purchasing a vehicle. A connected car is a vehicle that uses internet connectivity to communicate with outside systems. This system can include apps that can unlock your vehicle, GPS and also allows vehicle to vehicle communication.
→ We can experience seamless experience by getting our vehicle connected with smart devices like our smartwatch and smartphones. It can get remote access of our vehicle’s status and all the informations can be seen through our smart devices connected with our car.
Major features we can gain from Connected Cars:
* In case of a break-in, which can remotely prohibit the engine restart, restricting the car to being started.
* It allows us to easily locate your vehicle in a crowded parking space without facing any difficulty.
* Vehicle tracking will be the main feature of Connected Cars. You can share and locate your live vehicle location with your family and friends allowing them to track your vehicle’s location.
* In event of an accident you can register phone numbers to notify them.
* All safety alert and notifications such as speed alert, low speed alert etc can be delivered to customers at right time without any delay.
IMPROVEMENT IN ROAD SAFETY
→ IOT can also be used to make roads safer through alerts and notifications by detecting the accidents and even bad driving. Now many vehicles come with electronic stability program, ADAS collision warning, ADAS emergency braking and other ADAS features which works through IOT. →With IOT, we can monitor driver habits and send recommendations to the driver. Using GPS we can track braking, idling and speeding habits, an alert can be automatically sent to them. This information can help road experts and engineers to devise plans that can alleviate traffic conditions.
SOLVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN CITIES
IOT can be used for swarm intelligence in traffic which allows traffic operators to coordinate cars in order to reduce congestions. We can see where common checkpoints are and identify the time and days when the roads are busy. This information can help road experts and engineers to devise plans that can alleviate traffic conditions.
BUILD BETTER ROADS
With IOT, the ministry of roadways can build roads that can help detect roads militance needs, traffic usage and accidents statistics helps in building roads based on preventing them. In future IOT also enables engineers Turing roads into energy sources by using various means like solar energy which also gives great benefits in electric cars. With IOT electric cars becomes easy to maintain and fulfil everyone’s needs.
REDUCING ENERGY USAGE
Using IOT, we can implement phased traffic lights and Smart parking. IOT driven tools have helped to reduce the city’s toxic gas emissions. In Jamshedpur. IOT connected streetlights are used to track movements and determine when the street lights are needed and turning it off when they were not in need. This saves a lot of energy. thus, energy consumption can be achieved through IOT (Internet of things).
One thing is sure about IOT, when it is used in automotive Industry it reduces the likelihood of human error, and enhance quality control which makes major changes in Transportation. Now automotive Industry has entered into a new era. This technology has already made our vehicles smart, safer and effective. Think about it’s future, It’s Unimaginable. Let’s wait to grab them.
