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The automotive has come a long way from the steam driven tricycle of late 18th century to what it is today. Continuously driven by human aspiration for mobility and independence, it isn’t a mere instrument to get from point A to B anymore. Automobiles – and we’ll more specifically talk about cars have become an integral and inseparable part of ...

The automotive industry is at the cusp of transformation. Features like connectivity, electrification, advanced driver assistance technologies like affordable cameras, radars, etc., are paving the way for autonomous driving. However, these automotive trends have made Integrated Circuits, System-On-Chips, ECUs significantly more complex and they now include multiple processors, DSPs, ASICs, FPGAs, peripherals, etc. To accompany the complex hardware, a variety of modern software is ...

Traffic congestion worldwide is a recurring/ubiquitous phenomenon that reduces productivity, increases pollution from stranded or slow-moving vehicles, and impacts the health of travellers through increased stress levels. Additionally, due to inadequacies in ground transportation infrastructure in many densely populated cities around the world, especially in emerging markets like India, alternate modes of transport for better connectivity are of paramount need ...

The automotive industry is shifting its focus toward electric vehicles (EV), with a long-term objective of developing sustainable and environmentally friendly technologies for the future. In the last few decades, electric motors have found increasing use in automobiles due to increasing automation for greater passenger comfort. Motors are used in various systems of an automobile, such as the windshield wiper, ...

If you had a chance, what would you ask an aspirational leader? The leader whose life is filled with enriching experiences, courageous career moves, and pursuit of excellence in personal and professional life. Through SAEINDIA, I got a chance to catch hold of one such leader from her busy yet productive life. I ensured I asked her some difficult questions ...

How can Universities bridge the gap in engineering education and create industry-ready students? Introduction The Automotive Industry is being disrupted by technologies such as electric, autonomous and connected vehicles. The industry is also disrupted by radically new business models like shared mobility. The technologies that enable these disruptions – AI, IoT, Robotics, Renewable Energy, Energy storage, Advanced materials, Additive manufacturing ...

Convergence of Electric, Connected, Autonomous and Shared Vehicle Technologies Summary – The western section of SAEINDIA has initiated a new technical talk series by eminent automotive experts. The expert speaker, Dr Shankar Venugopal, described how the future of mobility is being shaped by disruptive technologies like electric, autonomous and connected vehicles and disruptive business models like shared mobility. Dr Shankar ...

Introduction Global Automotive industry currently is at the crossroads – the future is being shaped up by technology and business model disruptions across. The manufacturing of the vehicles is being transformed by digital technologies and the transformation is popularly referred to as Industry 4.0. The emerging automotive industry is fueled by the convergence of fast-growing technologies in products, multi-disciplinary collaboration, ...

Introduction  The automotive industry is being disrupted by many new and exponentially growing technologies that include autonomous driving, electrification, and smart & connected systems for vehicles. There is a rising demand for skilled automotive engineers who can leverage these new technologies to develop robust engineering solutions, to transport people and goods in a safe, sustainable and cost-effective way. Universities are actively ...

Impact of shortage of semiconductor chips on the Automotive industry A modern high-end vehicle uses a hundred million lines of code, and this number is expected to double in the near future [1]. The latest automotive products extensively use software, electronics, and connected devices to offer smart features to their customers and this trend translates to using more than three ...