From cars to mobility: innovations in


automotive connectivity


'Established players such as BMW, Jaguar, Toyota and Volkswagen, among others, have been steadily introducing hybrid and fully electric vehicles to their ranges.'


We are currently experiencing a phase of rapid change in the automotive industry that may profoundly alter the way we travel. Consultancy McKinsey has called it ‘the Second Great Inflection’, to draw a parallel with that period in the early 1900s when the introduction of the Model T finally made it possible for individuals to travel at will over relatively long distances. The ‘horses to cars’ transition of the First Great Inflection will be matched by a ‘cars to mobility’ transition in the Second, McKinsey argues, in which we rethink what freedom to travel means to us, and how we achieve it. One of the key enablers of this change will be a vast increase in the amount of data flowing through cars, and between cars and their environments, made possible by new forms of connectivity.


Tracking trends


There are a number of key trends in the automotive industry that are helping to pave the way to the Second


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