Commentary
966 Million Connected Cars Projected In 10 Years
- by Chuck Martin , Staff Writer, December 8, 2019
While fully autonomous cars remain a work-in-progress for somewhere down the road, technology inside cars is coming in a big way to connect those vehicles to many things around them, including other cars.
The value of hardware and software in cars is projected to grow quite a lot over the next few years, thanks to 4G maturing and 5G arriving, in many cases faster than expected.
The number of connected vehicles with 4G or better is expected to grow rapidly, primarily by new vehicle sales, based on a new forecast.
The number of connected passenger cars globally is expected to reach 966 million by 2030, according to the forecast by Tractica.
North America is expected to have a slower growth rate in part because of the longer lifespan of cars on the road, while China is projected to lead the number of connected vehicles on the road until 2030.
Tractica expects the annual value of total hardware and software for connected vehicles to reach $39 billion in 2023 and remain above $35 billion annually at least until 2030.
The car connectivity, referred to as vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-everything (noted for using the dreadful acronyms of V2V and V2X), include tracking and providing information automatically, such as preventive maintenance regimes and vehicle condition data.
In the Internet of Things, anything that moves can, and will, be tracked. Passenger cars will be taking a lead position.
Chuck Martin is Editor of the AI & IoT Daily at MediaPost and writes the daily Connected Thinking column. He is a NY Times Business bestselling author and his latest book is “Digital Transformation 3.0” (The New Business-to-Consumer Connections of The Internet of Things.) He is CEO of Net Future Institute and a frequent keynote speaker internationally. Follow him on Twitter @chuckmartin and contact him at Chuck@MediaPost.com.
Of course China will lead the way, they have over 200,000 million cameras in public watching every move you make. Got to get that "social media approval ranking". So for the sake of ordering a Jimmy John Sub five minutes sooner than by walking in the store................why are people OBSESSED with connecting your whole work life, your social life, your financial records so you can be "connected'?
Sounds to me like a ball and chain......................no one escapes.
Check that count to 965, 999, 996 . My 4 cars will only be connected to my key in the ignition, my hands on the wheel, right foot on accelerator and brake, left foot on the clutch, cell phone shut off on GPS........................THAT'S FREEDOM!!!!