By: Francois Fleutiaux
February 19, 2018
Today’s cars are already data centers on wheels. They can have up to 100 in-built sensors permanently monitoring speed, engine temperature and braking processes, and collecting a variety of other data. Modern vehicles generate around 25 gigabytes of data every hour! Autonomous cars will generate even more – up to 3,600 gigabytes of data per hour, according to expert forecasts.
Vehicle data isn’t just generated on the road. It originates along the entire value chain, from design and development, through production, sales and use, to maintenance and repairs – all by itself. There is general consensus among experts that companies with the capability to collect, intelligently link and evaluate this data will be among the winners of the digital revolution because they’ll be able to improve the efficiency of countless processes and open up new revenue streams with innovative new services.