The automotive industry is a hotbed of innovation, with over 1.2 million patents filed and granted in the last three years alone. GlobalData’s Technology Foresights plots the S-curve for the automotive industry using innovation intensity models built on over 619,000 patents, revealing 290+ innovation areas that will shape the future of the industry. These include 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. Tyre bead fillers are a key innovation area in automotive, located between the tyre and the wheel rim.
