Omnipresence

Connected technology, it’s going to bind everything!

- Bertrand D'souza

The underlying theme of connected cars is more or less the same irrespective of which manufacturer is presenting the idea. Connected cars make life simpler by connecting to a host of services to each other and enable the users to access these even while they are mobile.

The universe of connected cars is immense. It involves hundreds of services providing consumer, enterprise, location and IoT (Internet of Things) solutions. At the Bosch Mobility Experience in Boxberg, Germany, I got a small glimpse into the various areas that Bosch is venturing into using connected technologies, and it’s both immense in scale and excitement. But for space, I’m going to keep this piece restricted to just a few elements.

Connected technologies are in various phases of development. In its most nascent state, it’s providing access to basic functions connected to your smart devices in your moderately smart home. So for instance, you can switch your car on from your smartphone, crank the ignition and turn on the air conditioning without having left your doorstep. More recently, connected cars can even leave the parking spot and drive themselves to you or the other way around.