The auto industry is going through a lean patch (passenger vehicle sales dropping in April, by a margin not seen since the last 8 years) due a number of factors including high cost of ownership, increase in insurance prices, NBFC credit crisis, lack of white collar job creation in urban centers etc.

Hard to believe but the precursor of what we know today as the “Hyperloop”—the idea of transporting goods and passengers through low-pressure pneumatic tubes—dates back to the 18th century. It bounced back into the limelight in 2013, thanks to the Alpha paper published by Elon Musk.

The tantalizing possibilities of connected cars will be increasingly evident in 2019 as ideas like car-as-marketplace, features-on-demand (FoD) and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pick up pace, finds Frost & Sullivan’s Global Connected Car Market Outlook, 2019. Everyone stands to benefit—automakers, adjunct industries

The scorching pace set by the global electric vehicle (EV) market is laudable. In 2007, just about 100 EVs were sold worldwide. By 2017, this figure had risen to one million, doubling over the course of the year to reach sales of two million units in 2018. The market is on track to break new records in 2019.

Slow and steady has been the leitmotif of the global automotive passenger vehicle aftermarket. In keeping with such trends, revenue growth continued at the 4%-5% mark for the third consecutive year in 2018. However, the market is due to be shaken out of its stupor.

The Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011-2020) in Europe has been marked by progressive legislation aimed at enhancing vehicle safety and reducing the number of road fatalities. In line with this, the recent revision by the European Union to the General Safety Regulation (GSR) mandates as many as 11 vehicle safety features