Connected Cars Driving Sales

Connected cars are another hot trend reported by BI.   Cars are increasingly being connected via 4G and wifi and the car radio will become somewhat redundant.



I wonder if BI has considered that people won't need things like GPS satellite navigation systems built into their cars if they have smartphones with these capabilities built in? I'm sure car makers will fill their new models with electronic gadgets, but I suspect many customers will rely on their smartphones for connectivity, navigation and entertainment.  I'll be buying dumb cars myself, and using my smartphone for all the smarts.

Author David Smith is President of Silicon Valley Business School, where he is teaching a class on Entrepreneurship & Startup Management.
David Smith also Brokers Technology Transfers and Patent Sale Transactions with Tynax, the Global Patent Exchange.