August 11, 2022
Precision agriculture and the digital farm
From autonomous tractors and smart irrigation systems to drones, connected technologies are transforming the way we feed the world.
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From autonomous tractors and smart irrigation systems to drones, connected technologies are transforming the way we feed the world.
In 2019, Ford’s Jim Hackett admitted that “We over-estimated the arrival of autonomous vehicles.” More than three years later, are we any closer to the vision of a fully self-driving car?
Ever since the first mass-produced consumer vehicles rolled off production lines, manufacturers and users alike have sought ways to personalise the driver and passenger experience. Software-defined vehicle development is revolutionising what that means.
Just two years ago, Cubic managed and connected 3 million devices. A year later, we hit 6 million. We’re only half way into 2022 and already we’ve reached our latest milestone of 10 million.
With autonomous vehicles a few years away, the next 3-5 years are going to be all about user experience and value-added services, says Cubic Telecom CEO Barry Napier.
Vehicle data is exploding. The next generation of automotive leaders will be defined by how they manage the opportunities while keeping the customer in the driving seat.
An estimated 470m connected vehicles will be on the road globally by 2025, and automakers are looking for new ways to better manage – and monetize – the data explosion set to follow.
As digital technology becomes a key differentiator for automakers, Gartner predicts that software will become the key driver of growth and profitability.
Today was something of a whirlwind tour around some of the less tangible aspects of connectivity. On a day when several sessions were geared towards investors, there were also a lot of talks on possibilities, future applications of tech, the big ideas that aren’t quite up and running but everyone’s excited (or sceptical) about.
