The automobile industry is one of the fastest-growing markets for IoT-based solutions. By 2020, more than 250 million cars are expected to be connected which highlights the impacts of IoT in automotive industry. The number of installed connectivity units in vehicles is likely to increase by 67% over the next two years, and consumer spending on in-vehicle connectivity is expected to double by the end of the decade. Drivers around the globe expect their vehicles to become smartphones on wheels, and IoT is already proving car connectivity to be the most promising futuristic technology.

The number of installed connectivity units in vehicles is likely to increase by 67% between 2018 and 2020.

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The trend is clear: cars are becoming software- and data-centric, and you can hardly overestimate the role of over-the-air (OTA) software updates and data platforms within IoT in automotive manufacturing. Using the automotive data platform and fleet management system, vehicles can receive feature updates, software upgrades, safety improvements, bug fixes, and map and traffic updates. Perhaps you’ve heard of the recently released open-source OTA Connect by HERE that’s designed to integrate into an automaker’s backend servers. Automotive IoT solutions like this are what make the boldest connectivity ideas reality and unite the Internet of Things and automotive.