#Will car makers become internet companies? Connected vehicles will create a new business opportunity proving the internet-based mobile services to the driver. Car manufacturers will soon be competing against technology companies to provide the online services to connected cars. Autonomous connected vehicles are seen as the first major market for so-called internet of things (Iot. This will be an important market for IC and hardware system suppliers. But arguably the biggest market opportunity will be in the provision v of online services that support the Iot devices in the car. Car manufacturers see this as their domain and they want a major slice of the business. But to do this they will have to compete with IT firms and partner with software suppliers. According to chip supplier NXP: Existing automotive technologies and business models that have worked for the car industry for a century are not so well suited to a changing car market with autonomous vehicles and Iot-connected cars. In order to address the connected vehicle opportunity it will be necessary to form cross-industry groups. This will combine car makers with electronics firms and software services suppliers. No single sector will be able to capitalise on this market, due to its diversity and the range of technologies required. Putting electronics management systems in cars was only the beginning. Connecting vehicles to the internet will add a far greater level of complexity to the automotive business model. NXP believes car makers will find themselves fighting on two major battlefronts. Their core activity will be designing new forms of autonomous connected vehicles, but to be successful in the connected vehicles market they will need to develop and sell internet based services. Whether they are successful in doing this will determine they business growth in the years ahead.
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