How will your business deal with telematics?

July 19, 2016
Telematics is a wireless communication within a vehicle supporting applications such as satellite navigation, vehicle tracking, internet connections and vehicle diagnostics. Some 90 percent of vehicles will have a built-in connectivity platform by 2020.

Tschanen Brandyberry, special projects editor for the UBM Americas – Automotive Group, wrote a blog, “It’s time to address telematics in your business plan.” Telematics is an important aftermarket topic and will become an even bigger part of the industry in the future.

Telematics is a wireless communication within a vehicle supporting applications such as satellite navigation, vehicle tracking, internet connections and vehicle diagnostics. One source predicts that 90 percent of vehicles will have a built-in connectivity platform by 2020, compared to only 10 percent in 2013.

The blog outlines the opportunities and challenges for the automotive aftermarket.

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