Expert Roundtable: Connected Mobility 2020: Faster, Smarter and Cooler?

Panelists: John Waraniak, SEMA, Kelly Funkhouser, Consumer Reports, Kristin Slanina, True Car, Brian Cabell, FCA Group Connected, automated, and electric vehicles must connect with consumer lifestyles and experiences. For many, cars are works of art, access, power, fashion, and fun. They represent freedom and mobility, as well as passion and style. Consumers are demanding greater vehicle personalization and unique ride experiences from their vehicles while reshaping traditional mobility trends of capability, efficiency, and performance and fusing them with new and emerging models of convenience and lifestyle connectivity. Leading automakers and suppliers are designing and packaging their connected, automated, and electric technologies and product content around consumer branding and social context to set themselves from their competition with faster, smarter, and cooler vehicles.