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My car, my hero: what the connected vehicle will be capable of doing on the streets of the future

Bosch study: “Connected car effect 2025”

Joern Ebberg

Joern Ebberg

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Saving lives and preventing accidents: no, it’s not some sort of costumed superhero, but the connected car in the year 2025. Together with the Prognos research institute, Bosch has looked into the future and assessed what connected vehicles will be able to accomplish using technologies that by then will be wide-spread: highly automated driving, emergency braking assistants, and smartphone integration. The study, which looked at Germany, the U.S., and China, found that by 2025, the implications of connectivity will have noticeable effects on every driver. “Today, computers, smartphones, and the internet are part of everyday life in our society. The same will be true of connected cars in 2025,” says Dr. Dirk Hoheisel, member of the board of management of Robert Bosch GmbH.

Today, computers, smartphones, and the internet are part of everyday life in our society. The same will be true of connected cars in 2025.

Dr. Dirk Hoheisel, member of the board of management of Robert Bosch GmbH

A brief look at the study’s most interesting and exciting facts and figures:

Emergency services assistants

In 2025, connected assistance systems could save 11,000 lives, 300 of them in Germany (U.S.: 4,000, China: 7,000). Besides that, a total of more than 260,000 accidents that result in injuries (Germany: 30,000, U.S.: 210,000, China: 20,000) can be avoided each year – equal to the number of accidents that happen in Berlin over a two-year period.

Binge watching instead of gridlock rage

For people in Germany who drive a lot, automated driving can free up 95 hours a year – enough time for a leisurely marathon of all planned eight seasons of “Game of Thrones.”

To Venus and back

Connected parking technologies could save 480 million kilometers in driving distance (the same distance as going from the Earth to Venus and back again). For example, while searching for parking, cars can report available spots and guide drivers directly to them. On average, car drivers in Germany currently travel one kilometer for each parking search – thus causing additional traffic congestion and emissions.

Lower costs for every vehicle owner

Connected assistance systems will save up to 4.43 billion euros in material costs and collision damage. Of the 450 million euros saved in Germany (U.S.: 3.6 billion dollars, China: 380 million dollars), 100 million euros are due to smartphone integration alone. This means major savings for insurance companies and, in turn, the wallets of every single vehicle owner.

Savings for the environment

Germany’s national park in the Black Forest can process 400,000 metric tons of CO2 over three years – the same amount that connected mobility functions will be able to save in 2025. How is that possible? Highly automated vehicles require less fuel, and technologies for simplifying the parking search cut down on traffic and the resultant emissions.

Study methodology:

Bosch and Prognos assessed a total of twelve technologies for private passenger transport and how widespread they are, before projecting the resulting effects in Germany and the U.S., as well as in major cities in China, by 2025. The model is based on international statistics on development of the vehicle fleet, accident data, and current research, as well as on estimates by experts at Bosch and Prognos.

Mobility is the largest Bosch Group business sector. In 2023, its sales came to 56.2 billion euros, or just under 60 percent of total Group sales. This makes the Bosch Group one of the leading mobility suppliers. Bosch Mobility pursues a vision of mobility that is safe, sustainable, and exciting. For its customers, the outcome is integrated mobility solutions. The business sector’s main areas of activity are electrification, software and services, semiconductors and sensors, vehicle computers, advanced driver assistance systems, systems for vehicle dynamics control, repair-shop concepts, as well as technology and services for the automotive aftermarket. Bosch is synonymous with important automotive innovations, such as electronic engine management, the ESP anti-skid system, and common-rail diesel technology.

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 429,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2023). The company generated sales of 91.6 billion euros in 2023. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. With its business activities, the company aims to use technology to help shape universal trends such as automation, electrification, digitalization, connectivity, and an orientation to sustainability. In this context, Bosch’s broad diversification across regions and industries strengthens its innovativeness and robustness. Bosch uses its proven expertise in sensor technology, software, and services to offer customers cross-domain solutions from a single source. It also applies its expertise in connectivity and artificial intelligence in order to develop and manufacture user-friendly, sustainable products. With technology that is “Invented for life,” Bosch wants to help improve quality of life and conserve natural resources. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 470 subsidiary and regional companies in over 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. Bosch’s innovative strength is key to the company’s further development. At 136 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 90,000 associates in research and development, of which nearly 48,000 are software engineers.

Additional information is available online at www.bosch.com, www.iot.bosch.com, www.bosch-press.com.

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