TE Automotive /// Driving the Data-Fueled Future Page 1
TE CONNECTIVITY TREND PAPER
DRIVING THE DATA-FUELED FUTURE
Automotive Trends, Challenges, and Solutions for Data Connectivity
Vehicles are getting smarter, providing
ever-increasing levels of safety, security,
convenience, and efficiency. At the core of
this improved level of intelligence is com-
plex decision making based upon informa-
tion generated and gathered both inside and
external to the vehicle. Decisions based upon
data can be as simple as initiating an audible
chime if a door is opened while the vehicle is
moving, or as complex as an automated eva-
sive maneuver when a threatening in-path
object on a mountain pass is detected.
Add to these extremes the traffic manage-
ment scenarios, with vehicles communicat-
ing to roadside signs as well as to each other.
And all of this while streaming the latest
movies from the cloud to a rear seat info-
tainment display.
While petrol and diesel have been the fuels of
the first century of transportation, electricity
and data are clearly the catalysts propelling
us to the future. Now more than ever, data
must move from its source to intended des-
tination flawlessly, seamlessly, quickly, and
in volumes and environments once unimag-
inable.
These data connectivity challenges are not
trivial, and TE Connectivity (TE) is collabo-
rating with customers and suppliers, across
various industries, to address these chal-
lenges.
