AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS DELPHI

The Automotive Electronics Delphi (AED) is one volume of a series of studies which attempt to forecast the future of automotive technology. The AED, an extension of Delphi V, is devoted solely to the application of electronics to passenger vehicles. The motivation for this study comes, in part from the phenomenal growth of electronics in passenger vehicles. The Delphi V study, for example, forecast that by the year 2000 roughly 15% of the cost of vehicles will be devoted to electronics. The AED focuses on the future trends in application of electronics to the automobile as applied to passenger cars and light trucks produced in North America. The AED also explores market penetration for new electronic systems. The greatest increases in market penetration are forecast for anti-lock braking and electronically controlled automatic transmissions. The lowest market penetration is forecast for the Head-Up-Display and collision avoidance systems. The AED panelists see two factors which will significantly influence the commercial introduction of new electronic technology. The first factor is the benefit to the customer in relationship to cost. The second factor is the potential for significant performance benefits such as increased fuel economy or decreased exhaust emissions.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

  2901 Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109-2150
• Publication Date: 1989-8

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 140 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile industry; Delphi method; Electronics; Forecasting; Markets; Trend (Statistics)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00491202
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 28 1990 12:00AM