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What the future of auto industry is like?

Auto industry has started witnessing new trends, and they are soon going to transform the face of this sector.

Have a look at seven such trends on which auto industry's future will depend.
With the rise of smartphones, connected vehicles are making their presence increasingly felt in auto industry.

Such vehicles allows to share internet access with other vehicles on the road. They are extremely helpful for crash or accidents avoidance, thus ensuring safety of the passengers.
Who will bother for driving, just sit and relax inside the vehicle. Yes that is what going to happen. No drivers.

This has made auto sector an open market, where tech and IT companies like Apple, Google have chances to succeed.

Daimler recently has road tested its autonomous trucks also.

In Picture: Google's self driving car
Future vehicles will definitely not be called machines, having engine and other parts. Rather they will have powers of a human brain.

Steering wheels which are programmed to provide a "feel" of the road are already there. As the user makes a turn or accelerates, the steering wheel responds by resisting turns or slipping out of control.

With research projects going on everywhere starting from vehicles which will be able to detect potholes, and seats analysing the driver's heart rate and breathing to monitor health and stress, to brain wave monitoring to improve driver concentration and reduce accidents.

In Picture: Jaguar Land Rover's technology research project to detect, predict and share data on potholes
Going to a nearby showroom, and buying a car has started losing momentum. More and more companies are opting to go online.

Buying a car or a two wheeler is no longer a predictable, linear, unidirectional process.

According to the Accenture global automotive survey 2015 of 10,000 customers across eight countries (including India), 93% of all surveyed drivers seeking to purchase a new car use some form of digital process to research their buying preference.

In Picture: BMW UK's recent online car buying service for entire product range
Robots will soon replace workers in auto industry. Lets have a look at what the situation is in an emerging market like India now.

Volkswagen India has 123 robots at its Pune plant while Hyundai Motor India, the subsidiary of the Korean carmaker, has 400 robots at its factory in Chennai. The entire body shop, most of the paint shop and parts of the final assembly line in these plants are now automated.

If the welding of an entire car gets completed in just 84 seconds, who will not want automation in vehicle manufacturing plants.

In Picture: Spot welding in the automotive industry in BMW factory
Watching cars on roads is a common thing, but what would be really interesting is watching them flying high at sky.

Small, privately held American automobile manufacturer Terrafugia is developing a flying car called TF-X.

On May 7, 2013, Terrafugia sowed the seeds for the TF-X, which is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle and would be the first fully autonomous flying car.

It will carry four people, have non-stop flight range of at least 500 miles.

It is still in the early stages of development, with a production date estimated at 8-12 years in the future. The price will be consistent with high-end luxury cars.

In Picture: Terrafugia's flying car TF-X

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