Aftermarket service

As the aftermarket segment adapts to the connected car ecosystem, subscription-based models and mobile apps can become prominent. The features and services of these vehicles are also modeled as aftermarket packages rather than being built-in or sold separately.

In an emergency, the mobile platform provides assistance through remote maintenance. A mobile operating system integrated with the car’s web application platform alerts OEMs to emergencies and assists in generating assistance requests. Illegal access to critical data and operating systems can emerge as a problem in this process, but enhanced automotive cybersecurity plans can prevent this from happening.

With no cybersecurity concerns, you can use the sensors provided by the car’s embedded hardware board design to collect real-time data. This data is essential for conducting long-term evolution (LTE) lab tests to ensure compliance with the protocol. One of the main goals of the Mobile Internet of Things (IoT) is to promote commercial use of low power wide area (LPWA) solutions in the licensed spectrum-with less effort within the parameters of applicable regulation. Increase the number of applications with. You can use long-term concept trials and demonstrations in the lab to embody a particular solution and ensure that LPWA requirements are met. However, the design of advanced electronics such as automatic braking, collision avoidance and fuel saving systems is paramount to the security and economy of the vehicle.

From an aftermarket perspective, advanced systems engineering enhances overall vehicle management by basically generating logbooks of different types of data. Once insights are extracted from user-specific data such as individual driving patterns and real-time metrics of vehicle performance, OEMs are ready to deploy customer-focused solutions.

The average age of on-road vehicles in the United States reached 11.6 in 2016, and all signs show continued buoyancy in the aftermarket segment. Efficient digital-driven value-added services generate significant revenue and ensure customer loyalty. Large multinational companies have implemented aftermarket connected car solutions aimed at providing an after-sales business model for efficiently working with customers, dealers, lenders, insurers and OEMs.

The future is the convergence of digitization, connected devices, and increasing network capacity. The confluence of these concepts will transform the way aftermarket services are delivered. Already, today’s IoT-powered manufacturing ecosystem leverages sensors at various stages of the production process to collect and record real-time information and updates. With improved connectivity, you can use the captured data to benchmark your operating model against digital simulations of your ideal working system.

Obviously, ensuring access to related technologies such as sensors, semiconductors and artificial intelligence is very important for suppliers and OEMs. For a long time, semiconductors have been used especially in the consumer electronics sector. However, the advent of the connected car network has helped to grow the aftermarket services it enables, leading to the adoption of semiconductor technology in the automotive industry.

In April 2016, the European TRACE project was launched to ensure the safe use of semiconductors in the automotive sector. The project includes semiconductor companies as well as major automakers and suppliers.

Digital technology is clearly changing the way OEMs and suppliers engage with commercial and personal vehicle owners, opening up endless possibilities for the rapidly expanding aftermarket.

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