Hyundai Motor Group outlines roadmap for connected car development
05 April 2016
Hyundai Motor Group has outlined its roadmap for connected car development. The Group will collaborate with leading global IT and networking companies to develop its “Hyper-connected and Intelligent Car” concept.
The roadmap outlines four main service fields that will help develop smarter, more intelligent cars that can receive and utilize data faster than before. The mid- to long- term development focus includes a range of key features, including: smart remote maintenance services; autonomous driving; Smart Traffic; and a connected Mobility Hub that provides security and data management for all elements of the connected car.
Smart remote maintenance service will remotely diagnose and fix vehicle issues before they become apparent.
Autonomous driving provides safety by connecting a vehicle to city and road infrastructure.
Smart Traffic reduces congestion, speeds-up journeys and minimizes social costs by considering traffic and road conditions.
The connected Mobility Hub will feature a mobile hub with strong computing power to make daily life and interaction with the car and its surroundings smarter.
In the short- to mid-term, Hyundai Motor Group will concentrate on technologies related to smartphone connectivity and Smart Home Services, while establishing the core infrastructure that will provide the foundation for future developments. In order to incorporate increasingly complex features in its roadmap, Hyundai will prioritize early investment in these selected areas.
The main areas of R&D focus include in-vehicle networks for high-speed transfer of large amounts of data, and cloud technology to collect vehicle data and provide computing power. Hyundai will also research big data analytics that will allow large data sets to be used effectively, and it will invest in connected car security, essential for protecting the integrity of a complicated platform hosting varying technologies.
Hyundai Motor Group will co-develop connected car technologies through collaborations with global companies.
With previous experience in this field, Hyundai Motor Group has already established the Cloud system, which puts the core infrastructure of connected cars into place. Meanwhile, a group of data scientists have helped Hyundai Motor Group to specialize in data analytics since 2013. The company is utilizing big data in various areas to enhancing R&D and products, and also gathering customers’ opinions.
Along with the roadmap, Hyundai Motor Group plans to embark on a new era of connecting the “Car to Life”, striving to put cars increasingly at the center of lifestyles. This initiative will provide users with a knowledge hub of knowledge, plus the ability to analyze and utilize information. Hyundai’s vision is that the Hyper-connected and Intelligent Car goes beyond converging communications technology and the vehicle to become a high-performing computer on wheels.
Excellent goals.
Wonder who will get (part way or all the way) there first? The race could be ferocious and take 15 to 20+ years?
Improved/smaller sensors, faster, lighter, more energy frugal fully redundant minicomputers with quicker memory and adequate AI will have to be developed and integrated.
ADVs without a driving wheel and/or spare wheel could become reality?
Posted by: HarveyD | 05 April 2016 at 10:45 AM