The automotive industry is a hotbed of innovation, with activity driven by increasing penetration of electronics and technologies such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, the Internet of Things, robotics and cloud computing. GlobalData’s Technology Foresights report has identified 290+ innovation areas that will shape the future of the industry, ranging from emerging to maturing technologies. Resilient spoke wheels, auto-transmission lubrication circuits, ignition switching engines, engine purge actuators, electro-dynamic braking, adsorptive vapour recovery system estimation, collision avoidance braking control system, and direct injection type engines are some of the innovations that are currently in the early stages of application or have been steadily increasing in adoption.
