Digital Tech Trends Drive the Motor Industry into the Future

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In this edition of Sci-Tech we visit the IAA Mobility event in Munich, in Germany. We’re checking out the latest tech trends driving the motor industry, now and into the future.

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00:00 [Music]

00:08 Hello and welcome to the IAA mobility event in Munich in Germany.

00:13 We're checking out the latest tech trends driving the motor industry now and into the future.

00:19 [Music]

00:26 Some of the biggest names in car making and technology are here, showing off their new designs and innovations.

00:34 With mobility under increasing pressure to become cleaner and greener, the buzzwords are smart and sustainable.

00:43 [Music]

00:48 We can feel there is a strong climate pressure more than ever.

00:51 So we can see everywhere electric cars. The hot topic this year also is about digital.

00:57 We can see some companies coming from consumer electronics such as LG.

01:02 We have Samsung. We can feel that it's all about connectivity, 5G, the cloud.

01:08 So we'll be connected to the home, connected to the office.

01:11 Japanese company Seki Sui makes materials for different industries worldwide, including mobility.

01:19 It's been in Europe for 60 years and supplying the European automotive market since the 1980s.

01:27 The firm says 75% of today's cars in Europe are equipped with its technologies.

01:33 Components for glass are a big focus. This concept car is showing off the windows of tomorrow.

01:41 By touch switching, then the glass can turn transparent and also back to the privacy glass.

01:48 Also for the front door, we also integrated for the car because there are no door handles in the car anymore.

01:55 So we put into the mobile access or also for the touch function with icon display on the glass.

02:01 The latest in-car information technologies are also being showcased by exhibitors here in Munich.

02:08 Seki Sui is focusing on facilitating next generation displays, content visible across entire windscreens.

02:17 Like navigation or mobile phone or radio or clock, that kind of information we can bring into the glass.

02:24 In case of driving, maybe we can put into the full window as a cinema screen.

02:29 And in case of emergency or in case of manual driving, they just disappear from the screen, then back into the normal glass.

02:36 Seki Sui already supports today's windscreen technologies.

02:44 Here at its manufacturing hub in the Netherlands, it makes a special film for head-up displays, which projects information onto the glass.

02:54 One of the issues with the head-up display is a blurred image.

02:57 So with our film, one of them is white shaped, so when interlayered inside of the glass,

03:03 it ensures the right angle for a super clear view from driver position for the information.

03:13 This demonstration car is kitted out with a wedge-shaped film, and we're taking it for a test drive.

03:19 I can see the speed limit, I can see my speed.

03:25 I don't have to bring my eye here to the central display.

03:29 I just can keep it constantly on the road, so if anything pops up, like somebody on a bicycle or pedestrian, I can immediately respond.

03:38 So it's much more safe to constantly keep the eye on the road.

03:43 As well as boosting safety, the film inside the windscreen also has noise and heat-blocking features.

03:50 So while driving, you have the noise from the wind, from the tyres, from the engine.

03:56 And the noise-blocking film ensures that it's much quieter inside of the vehicle, up to 5 decibel more quiet.

04:04 On top of that, we can also, in the same film, add heat-blocking particles to ensure it's more cool inside of the car,

04:13 so you have less usage of the air conditioning.

04:16 Back at the IAA Mobility events in Munich, the challenge now for car makers is staying ahead of the curve and remaining relevant.

04:29 It's like a Formula One race, you know, because they have to take into account everything at the same time.

04:35 You have the digital side, you have electricity, you have autonomous driving.

04:39 But I'm confident, you know, they've been there for one century, and I think for another hundred years, they will still be there.

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04:55 (upbeat music)

04:57 (dramatic music)

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