OEMs & Importers – AutoFacets Insights

AI Is A $215 Billion Opportunity For Automotive OEMs: McKinsey

afadmin — Thu, 10 May 2018 13:59:10 +0000

Artificial intelligence is powering the trends that will disrupt the automotive industry and presents a $215 billion opportunity for OEMs, according to a new report from McKinsey & Company. AI is a key technology in autonomous vehicles, connectivity, electrification and shared mobility – the four “disruptive and mutually reinforcing” trends creating buzz in the automotive industry, the

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Next-Generation Mobility Stratifies OEMs

afadmin — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:32:22 +0000

Early last November Waymo announced that while it will continue its tests in Washington, California, and Texas, it was ready to start ferrying consumers in its fleet of driverless minivans in Chandler, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona. Later the same month GM’s management team held an investor day to present the roadmap of its autonomous vehicle program and

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New Opportunity for OEMs: Fit-for-Purpose Vehicles

afadmin — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:38:27 +0000

Every car owner in America has, at some point, gingerly tied down an item that is too big to fit in the car and hoped it would not fall out or returned from a camping trip and found it really difficult to parallel park the off-road pickup truck. Not every car is right for every

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Connectivity breathes new life into carmaker prospects says GM

afadmin — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 09:03:14 +0000

Connected cars are just the beginning of an exciting journey for OEMs, General Motor’s Kurt Hoppe told Louis Bedigian. The future of mobility is changing drastically thanks to a wide variety of new and innovative technologies. From cameras and sensors for autonomous driving to connectivity and the IoT, the cars of tomorrow are likely to

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Auto Trader highlights OEM and dealer websites disparity

afadmin — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 14:14:45 +0000

Auto Trader’s 2017 Digital Excellence Study has indicated that automotive beats nine comparable sectors when it comes to customer experience online. Based on 40,000 reviews from 10,000 consumers, the survey recorded customers’ response to 145 websites from leading brands across 10 comparable industries. In total, 37% of consumers scored the automotive sites a nine

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Akio Toyoda

afadmin — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 11:55:39 +0000

We need to consider mergers or acquisitions to procure new automotive technologies, including self-driving technologies.

OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers and IT companies to focus on digital infra

afadmin — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 11:37:13 +0000

Automobile OEM’s, Tier-1 suppliers and technology companies are setting up new business units focusing on digitalisation and hiring professionals to create short and long term strategic plans, says a white-paper released by Frost & Sullivan and digital-security firm Irdeto. Automobile manufacturer’s current digital transformation strategy roadmap is to develop digital services and then move to

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Jim Hackett

afadmin — Fri, 26 May 2017 09:19:13 +0000

Income from connected cars to boost earnings

Automotive OEMs and the app-pedal

afadmin — Thu, 25 May 2017 10:49:21 +0000

With the advent of Mobile Apps, now the wheel has spun into new areas and issues like more software, less hardware, upgrades, brand image, integration, clutter, lack of expected functionality and interoperability. Automotive consumers have become increasingly tech-savvy and have started using mobile applications for each phase of ownership starting from research to maintenance. To

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Richard Rau

afadmin — Sat, 20 May 2017 10:21:16 +0000

There’s a consolidation of self-driving car technology occurring in the industry.