ABI Research anticipates accelerated adoption of automotive software over-the-air (SOTA) updates with nearly 180 million new SOTA-enabled cars shipping between 2016 and 2022. As the automotive industry ramps up its adoption of the technology, ABI Research forecasts nearly 203 million SOTA-enabled cars to ship by 2022. Both SOTA and firmware over-the-air (FOTA) will see a [...]

The EU Commission’s Fotis Karamitsos believes mobility will be considered as a service in the future. The statement came at the welcome event of the CLEPA – European Association of Automotive Suppliers – aftermarket conference in Brussels where the focus was very much on the future mobility. Karamitsos also pointed towards trends such as changing ownership [...]

Volvo has called for the introduction of standardised charging infrastructure for electric cars. It believes that a simple, standardised, fast and global charging infrastructure is needed to cement this technology and ensure customers fully embrace electric vehicles. Volvo’s senior vice president for research and development Dr Peter Mertens said, ‘We see that a shift towards [...]

The Audi Group plans to launch more than 20 new or revised models and to continue its growth in 2016. This year, Audi will maintain its high speed product initiative. With the new Audi Q2 for example, the company intends to conquer a new market segment and continue the success story of the Q family. [...]