Major Developments in the Automotive Industry

  • Date: 18-Apr-2022
  • Source: Gulf Insider
  • Sector:Transport
  • Country:Gulf
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Major Developments in the Automotive Industry

The automotive industry has proven to be a boon when it comes to accessible and easier transportation. As with the advancement of technology, major developments are unearthed in this sector.

Talking about automobiles, their development started in 1672 with the invention of the first steam-powered vehicle. This led to the creation of the first steam-powered automobile capable of human transportation in 1769.

Today, we have cars armed with state-of-the-art technology such as Artificial Intelligence, voice recognition, an automatic gear system, Bluetooth connections etc. Instead of needing fossil fuels to power the vehicle, more eco-friendly ways have popped up, namely the mass production of electric vehicles powered by batteries in recent times.

We are seeing a surge in developments to ease the process for customers when it comes to this particular sector. A few are developments would be:

Digitised vehicle purchasing

To drive home a more customer-centric and customer friendly approach, a digital transformation can be observed where every customer touchpoint is made available online for them to consider. With technologies such as VR (Virtual Reality) and AR (Augmented Reality), the online shopping experience becomes more complete as the customer can comfortably take a look at all the parameters of the vehicle they seek to purchase.

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