The Connected Car – A system-of-systems: Exploration of challenges in development from experts view

Abstract

The automotive industry, like many other sectors, is significantly changing. Besides emobility, light weight construction and smart materials, digitalization is one major driver of change. Online services like real-time traffic information are already a major differentiating factor in the automotive industry. According to a forecast from Gartner, there will be over 250 million cars with wireless internet connection by 2020 [15]. The Connected Car will more and more be connected to its smart environment and become part of a complex system-of-systems, which will cause new challenges in development.