Our today's guest is Mr Shantanu Daware, he heads the Centre of Excellence for In-Vehicle Infotainment and is the Global Head of In-Vehicle Infotainment and Telematics at a global organisation, he has close to 2 decades of experience in Automotive Infotainment and Telematics domain.

In this episode, we have asked the following questions: -

- What is an Infotainment System? What are the main features of today’s Infotainment system?

- With Google’s Android as an Infotainment OS. What changes we can expect in the next decade in Infotainment systems? Feature applications will become just downloadable options?

- In continuation to the above question. What differences will the Infotainment system of premium cars have our others?

- What are connected cars? What impact will it have on the Infotainment system?

- Please share your vision for the Infotainment system for the next decade.

- Please share your suggestions with young automotive engineers. How should they plan their career considering the technological advancements in this field?

My guest today is Nikhil Jadhav, a UI/UX Design Manager for the Automobile Unit at Tata Consultancy Services. Nikhil has 14 years of experience in print and digital media, as well as 3D graphics. He is also a certified business analyst, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, and usability expert. Nikhil will share with us his insights on how to align UX strategy with business goals, and how to create delightful user experiences for automobile products.

In this episode, we discussed the following questions: -

- What is UI/ UX? What is the difference between both?

- Let’s compare the UX of Automotive Infotainment over web apps and mobile apps.

- How does driver safety play an important role in the UX and CX of infotainment apps?

- How do user journey and Empathy Maps help in UX designing?

- We live in an era where we use various physical devices such as mobile phones, tablets, desktop computers, laptops, smart devices and car entertainment systems, as well as virtual technologies such as augmented reality and mixed reality. These technologies have different applications in projecting information on screens or glasses. How can we ensure that an application is consistent and compatible across these different platforms?

- Minimalism is a key concept that influences many UI design trends. How can we describe the current state and direction of UI design?

- How does animation contribute to the user interface design of automotive apps?

- Please share your suggestions with young UX designers. How should they plan their career considering the technological advancements in this field

Today's guest is Mr. Vishwash Vaidya, he is an Engineering Consultant and chief Innovation Officer, he has over 3 decades of experience in embedded system design and development for automobiles In this episode, we asked the following questions: -

- How has the Indian automotive industry built its autonomy in Embedded system development?

- The story of Tata Motors creating its unit by benchmarking existing embedded systems?

- What innovations happened in this industry in the last 2 decades?

- What are the challenges in the development of automotive embedded systems?

- What future innovations will be realized in the next decade?

- What challenges self-driving cars and cybersecurity will bring?

- Please share some advice with aspiring engineers. What should they focus on?

Welcome to Automotive Absolute Our today's guest is Mr Nagaraj Agadi. He has more than two decades of experience in the evolution of electronics in the mobility industry and software as part of automobiles. In this episode, we asked the following questions: -

1. When was the first ECU introduced and by whom?

2. The technical specifications of early ECUs, their RAM or processors?

3. How safety was enhanced using ECUs over time?

4. Please share some innovations over the last 2 decades.

5. Safety mechanisms being implemented and will be visualized in future?

Please listen to the complete episode and share your opinions.

Hello and welcome to our podcast I'm your host, Priyesh Peswani. I'm an automotive HMI expert and a technical architect who loves to explore the latest trends and innovations in the automotive domain. But before we dive into that, let us take a moment to appreciate the amazing connection that we share with each other and with our planet. Out of all the possible planets in the countless universes, we are lucky enough to be born on Earth, a beautiful and diverse home for life. And out of all the possible times in history, we are living in an era of unprecedented innovation and progress in automobile technology. This is something that we both are passionate about and want to learn more about. That is why I invite you to join me on this journey where we interview the automobile industry experts and learn from their insights and experiences. Together, we will discover the latest trends, challenges and opportunities in this exciting field. So buckle up and get ready for a ride!