according to a report an estimated 125 million connected passenger cars are expected to ship worldwide by 2022 a 270 increase since 2018 connected car services create an enormous amount of vehicle data which is going to be used for vehicle design improvement and to design new customer services auto oems can also share the data collected from these services to external agencies including government for designing better transport infrastructure traffic management and other government serviceslingraju sawkar general manager global technology services at ibm india shares his views with et cio on how the company is developing solutions for connected vehicles and how connected vehicles would transform the automobile industry advt how will new technologies transform the automobile industry the automobile industry is at the cusp of a technology revolution with the increasing use of connected cars technology software to manage most of the driving function severe scrutiny by regulators on supply chain and auto components hybrid and fuel efficiency goals and everincreasing competition traditional supply chains are being revisited for improving security visibility and transparency sensors iot and software are constantly being tested to ensure accurate and precise driver and driving information is collected for analysis to improve performance big data from multiple sources is collated with car information to further understand the environmental and geological impacts on vehiclesthe coming together of so many different technologies and data sources requires a high level of trust and security around the different data sources that provide the information as a result i believe blockchains will play a key role within this industry in the next few years if organizations need to continue to evolve in this challenging marketibm services are working with auto oems on increasing vehicle interconnectivity what is the ideal outcome that you envision ibm offers connected services for passenger vehicles as well as commercial vehicles these services relate to safety and security convenience services and advanced analyticsbased valueadded services these services provide help in case of emergency situations improving vehicle uptime vehicle health monitor and services and locationbased services fleet owners can monitor condition of their entire fleet and safety and driving behaviour of their drivers advt ibm has been providing it consulting infrastructure services to volvo eicher commercial vehicles vecv for more than two decades now going forward ibm aspires to share and replicate its industryspecific solutions at vecv for example manufacturing 40 connected solutions digital transformation for business ai led innovation and ibm cloud for their infrastructure requirements the hybrid cloud is going to help its employees meet new customer expectations across its business read alsoauto industry urges govt to take immediate steps to improve liquidityoems trouble hurts tyre sales ceat what are the common requirements and demands that youve come across from your customers in the auto sector the automobile sector represents one of the most complex and dynamic supply chains in the world with zero tolerance on customer safety and regulatory compliance as a result automobile companies thrive to bring transparency through all