🎥 At the recent IAA MOBILITY 2025, our Mobility Advisory Director Hikmet Cakmak caught up with Rachel Forestier, Group Marketing Director at Valeo, to unpack how software is redefining the car and the customer experience.   Highlights from the conversation: 🔹 Software as a product: OTA-upgradable features across ADAS, interior experience, powertrain, thermal and lighting 🔹 AssistXR: uses existing car sensors (in/out) for an efficient customer assistance 🔹 Safety & UX: HD signaling with MiniLED for clearer communication with road users 🔹 Electrification at scale: integrated systems, lighter/compact designs, high-speed e-motors to offer affordable solutions 🔹 Sustainability: CAP50 roadmap; remanufacturing/new materials; a magnet-free e-Drive targeting ~40% lower CO₂ footprint 🔹 Ecosystem: partnerships with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Qualcomm and Momenta for the ADAS software stack   👉 Watch the full interview below to hear Valeo’s 5–10 year vision: safer, more sustainable, software-driven, AI-enabled - and affordable car.   Connect with Hikmet to discover the opportunities reshaping mobility - and how to capture them.   #SoftwareDefinedVehicle #affordableEV #ADAS #AI #Sustainability #FutureOfMobility

🚗 Smart Mobility 2030: When Cars Become Platforms, and Mobility Becomes Intelligence The automotive industry stands at a historic inflection point — one that will redefine what a “car” truly is. Once a mechanical product engineered for motion, the car is now evolving into a connected, intelligent, adaptive platform — a living node in a vast digital ecosystem. This is not simply electrification or autonomy; it is the digital re-invention of mobility itself. 🔹 From Machine to Intelligent Ecosystem Vehicles are becoming software-defined, sensor-rich, and AI-powered — capable of seeing, predicting, learning, and communicating. The convergence of connectivity (5G/6G), artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, cloud computing, and edge analytics is creating a new industrial reality: the vehicle as both a data center on wheels and the fourth screen in our digital lives — after television, computer, and smartphone. For consumers, this means the car is not just transport — it’s an experience: immersive, predictive, personalized. For OEMs, it means the vehicle has become an upgradable, monetizable platform — where value shifts from manufacturing to software, services, and data. 🔹 The New Competitive Equation Traditional automakers compete not only with each other, but with tech giants, energy firms, and mobility startups. The battleground is no longer horsepower or even battery range — it’s intelligence per kilometer. Success will hinge on mastering three new dimensions: 1️⃣ Software architecture – shifting from component integration to central compute and cloud-based orchestration. 2️⃣ Experience design – redefining UX, in-car connectivity, and cross-platform continuity as sources of brand equity. 3️⃣ Ecosystem partnerships – building alliances across AI, telecom, energy, and infrastructure to deliver seamless mobility. 🔹 Talent, Culture, and the Human Equation This revolution is as human as it is technological. Tomorrow’s automotive engineer must think in algorithms, systems, and user experiences as much as in torque, fuel, or steel. The skills of the next generation — software, AI, UX, cybersecurity, and data analytics — will define the new “engine rooms” of the industry. And leadership itself must evolve: from command-and-control to ecosystem orchestration, from vertical efficiency to cross-disciplinary agility. 🔹 The Strategic Imperative For executives, this moment demands a re-architecture of thinking: ➡️ Treat data as a core asset, not a by-product. ➡️ Design cars for updates, not obsolescence. ➡️ Build supply chains that can sense, respond, and learn. ➡️ Align sustainability with digitalization — because smart cars are also the enablers of cleaner, more efficient cities. 🔹 Beyond the Road The most visionary frontier lies beyond asphalt: flying cars, autonomous fleets, and extreme off-road intelligent vehicles. What sounds futuristic today will define the competitive reality of the 2030s. #MobilityTransformation #SmartCars

🪑🤖 When Comfort Meets Automation: Nissan’s Intelligent Parking Chair 🚀 Imagine a chair that parks itself. That’s exactly what Nissan has introduced with the world’s first Intelligent Parking Chair, inspired by its car technology. Here’s how it works: ✅ Chairs move automatically to a set position. ✅ A 360-degree roller system powers mobility. ✅ Ceiling-mounted cameras create a bird’s-eye view. ✅ Real-time wireless transmission guides the route. 🔑 Innovation Lessons We Can Learn: 1️⃣ Cross-Industry Inspiration – Ideas from one field (car tech) can transform another (furniture & lifestyle). 2️⃣ Everyday Automation – Smart technology isn’t limited to vehicles; it’s reshaping how we live and work. 3️⃣ User Experience First – Automating repetitive tasks, even like arranging chairs, enhances human comfort. 4️⃣ Visual + Digital Integration – Combining cameras, sensors, and AI enables precision in physical spaces. 5️⃣ Future of Smart Living – This concept shows how autonomous systems can expand into offices, homes, and beyond. 💡 Takeaway: Innovation thrives when we reimagine existing tech in unexpected places. Nissan’s chair is more than a gimmick — it’s a glimpse of automation’s role in our daily lives. 👉 Follow me Latest Innovations News for more fascinating breakthroughs at the intersection of AI, tech, and design. #Innovation #Automation #SmartLiving #AI #Nissan #LatestInnovationNews

There’s a strange moment when you realize your car is smarter than it feels. It’s packed with processors, sensors, and a high-speed network – yet from your seat, it mostly feels like a dumb shell that happens to move when you press a pedal. 🧩 Behind the Scenes: From Voice to Vehicle That gap between potential capability and practical accessibility led to the “Car MCP” idea. When I started this small trilogy of ideas – first, “Teach Mode,” where users could define app-level voice APIs; then “Agentic Voice,” where those voice actions became reasoning loops for any app – the car naturally emerged as the next frontier. Phones already handle reasoning beautifully. Voice interfaces are improving. But cars? Cars are like 1990s intranets – siloed, proprietary, and barely interoperable. Every OEM reinvents the same APIs for locks, seats, charging, or navigation. That’s when it hit me: we don’t need smarter cars. We need standardized cars – cars that expose their capabilities safely to whatever reasoning system you trust. A Model Context Protocol for vehicles. Not another “smart assistant.” Just a reliable schema for what your car can do, what it shouldn’t do, and when it needs your permission. The breakthrough thought was: “Your phone stays the brain; your car becomes the body.” The car doesn’t need to think – it just needs to declare what’s possible under defined constraints. Once you see it that way, everything clicks. The AI doesn’t live in the car; it interfaces with the car. It doesn’t replace driving – it orchestrates context. If I were taking this into development, I’d start simple: - A lightweight open-source bridge on an OBD-II or BLE adapter. - It reads the CAN bus, wraps endpoints in a capability schema (“climate.set_temperature”), and assigns safety levels. - Your local agent (on your phone) connects, plans, and executes with explicit confirmations. That’s the MVP: semantic OBD, not “AI in the dashboard.” The difference between a walled garden and a protocol that lets your agent safely collaborate with your car. The more I think about it, the more it feels inevitable. The agent ecosystem will need standardized ways to talk to the physical world – starting with cars. And when that happens, every drive becomes an orchestrated experience: the agent knows you’re leaving work, that you like 70°F and lo-fi when unwinding, and that your partner should get an ETA. But it never acts blindly. You’re still in the loop. That’s the real future of hands-free mobility – not replacing humans, but encoding trust, visibility, and structure into the systems that move us. If I had to summarize the evolution across these last three ideas, it’s this: - Teach Mode – humans teaching machines how to listen. - Agentic Voice – machines learning how to reason. - Car MCP – the environment learning how to cooperate. Together, they hint at something deeper: the emerging grammar of human–machine interaction. Not a smarter world, but a more composable one.

As we step into a new era of technological innovation, Mercedes-Benz Vision V is not just a glimpse of the future — it is a reality reimagined through AI, electrification, and advanced mobility. This vehicle isn't just about transportation; it's about transforming how we experience space, time, and connectivity. At the heart of this stunning concept lies AI-driven automation and intelligent design, where the car adapts to its environment, learns from its occupants, and anticipates needs before they arise. This isn’t just a car; it’s an extension of human intelligence, transforming travel into a seamless, personalized experience. In an era where intelligence is embedded in everything, Mercedes-Benz Vision V is the epitome of future mobility: ⚡ Electric Drive: Fully electric powertrain that ensures a sustainable, silent, and efficient ride. 🤖 AI-Powered Integration: A self-learning vehicle that connects with its driver, the environment, and even the cloud to optimize performance and efficiency. 🌐 Smart Interior: The cabin itself is an interactive space, offering intelligent displays and personalized settings based on AI. The AI revolution is not a distant dream; it's happening today. With Mercedes-Benz leading the charge, we're stepping into a world where every journey is smarter, safer, and more sustainable. 🔑 The future of intelligent transportation is here. Will you embrace it? #MercedesBenz #AI #SmartMobility #FutureOfTransportation #ElectricVehicles #Sustainability #AIIntegration #AutomotiveDesign #Innovation

𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 🛍️ 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 📥𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐏𝐃𝐅 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐞: https://lnkd.in/deFrhw6Y 📊 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐳𝐞 & 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡: Automotive Gesture Recognition refers to the technology that enables drivers and passengers to control in-car systems—such as infotainment, climate control, and navigation—through hand or finger movements, without the need for physical contact. This innovation enhances driver safety by reducing distractions and supports the growing demand for intuitive, touch-free interfaces in modern vehicles. Global Automotive Gesture Recognition Market size was valued at USD 24.48 billion in 2023 and is poised to grow from US$ 28.91 billion in 2024 to US$ 109.41 billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 18.10% during the forecast period (2024-2032) according to a new report by Intellectual Market Insights Research. 📈 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬: ▪️ Demand for touchless HMI in vehicles — safer, more intuitive control of infotainment, climate, and navigation ▪️ Rise of electric & autonomous vehicles — gesture tech enhances user experience in modern vehicles ▪️ Regulatory push for safety — reduces driver distraction, aligns with stringency in ADAS standards ▪️ AI + sensor improvements — vision-based, radar, infrared, ultrasonic systems are more accurate and responsive ▪️ Luxury-car feature race — gesture controls are a differentiator in high-end models 🏭𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬: Continental, DENSO, Magna International, ZF Group, Valeo, HARMAN International, NXP Semiconductors, Synaptics Incorporated, Visteon Corporation, Panasonic, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Renesas Electronics, MELEXIS, gestigon - a Valeo brand, Elmos, STMicroelectronics, Volkswagen, Texas Instruments, Synaptics Incorporated, Visteon Corporation and more.... 🌍 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬: ▪️ ▪️ North America: Major market in 2024–2025; strong OEM adoption in luxury & EV segment ▪️ Europe: Large, regulated market with high gesture-tech penetration in German premium cars ▪️ Asia-Pacific: Fastest-growing, driven by China and India’s EV expansion ▪️ MEA & LATAM: Early-stage adoption, growing through luxury import vehicles #IMIR #IMIRMarketResearch #AutoGestureRecognition #TouchlessHMI #ADAS #SmartCockpit #VisionBasedTech #DriverSafety #GestureControl #EVInnovation #APACGrowth #MarketReport2025

Dashboard Displays: The Silent Revolution in Automotive Once upon a time, dashboards were just speedometers and fuel gauges. Today? They’ve become the digital heart of the vehicle. = LED: Clear, bright, reliable – the foundation of modern displays. = OLED: Sleek, flexible, power-efficient with stunning contrast. = 3D Displays: Adding depth & immersion, reducing driver distraction. = Augmented Reality (AR) HUDs: Projecting guidance directly onto the road, enhancing driver confidence. Why AR matters more than ever: Traditional mirrors often distort distances and struggle in poor weather. AR overcomes this with: >> Accurate distance perception >> Blind spot awareness >> Clarity in rain, fog, and glare >> Integrated navigation & safety overlays This transformation is not just about aesthetics – it’s about safety, experience, and connectivity. The car dashboard has evolved into a digital cockpit, integrating infotainment, navigation, ADAS, and driver wellness all in one immersive ecosystem. As Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs) become mainstream, dashboards will be the most important interface between humans and machines. The next decade will decide: Will our dashboards remain assistants, or evolve into true copilots?

A couple of years ago, I posted a couple of blogs on the "key ingredients of the in-car user experience" and "how to set yourself up to redesign the car around the user" - these blogs are still on the Capgemini Mobility pages: https://lnkd.in/e3dQyiia https://lnkd.in/ercmv-5J Since then, we've seen an explosion of Generative AI but the original assertions still hold, it's just clearer now how the future of Automotive Intelligence is going to shape up. The automotive industry is witnessing a fascinating transformation, much like watching a unicorn evolve from myth to reality. Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs) are only the beginning of this revolutionary journey. Just as an octopus adapts to its environment with remarkable intelligence, tomorrow's AI-Defined Vehicles will learn, evolve, and respond to their surroundings in real-time. These vehicles will process complex data streams, making autonomous decisions that enhance safety, efficiency, and user experience. But the real game-changer? The emergence of Customer-Defined Vehicles. Like a penguin perfectly adapted to both water and land, these vehicles will seamlessly switch between user preferences and needs. Just imagine: 🔹 Dynamic personality adaptation  🔹 Predictive comfort settings  🔹 Intelligent energy management  🔹 Personalized driving dynamics  🔹 Context-aware entertainment systems The future of mobility isn't just about transportation - it's about creating experiences as unique as each driver. We're moving from "one-size-fits-all" to "fits-you-perfectly" mobility. #AutomotiveInnovation #FutureOfMobility #AIinAutomotive #DigitalTransformation #SmartMobility Fabienne LEFEVER Oussama Ben Moussa Alper Güven Virginie TOUSSAINT Jayashree R. Sebastian Köster Tobias Meyer Angélica Duffé Narcisse Lima

💡 Artificial Intelligence is transforming the automotive industry! AI drives the evolution of driver assistance systems and advanced infotainment solutions 🎯. It enables more precise diagnostics, seamless device integration, and intuitive vehicle control 🚗💨. Tier-1 suppliers like Bury are investing in these technologies to meet market demands and enhance customer satisfaction 🌍. This is also a path that opens new opportunities for collaboration with car manufacturers and software providers 🤝. #AI #Automotive #Innovation #Bury #SmartMobility #TechForDrivers #FutureOfAutomotive #Infotainment