Vehicle maintenance will never be the same

Adjustments and innovation have long been a hallmark of the vehicle maintenance industry. However, with dramatic changes reshaping the industry occurring much more frequently, it has become paramount that shops strategically embrace changes in order to, not just survive, but prosper. 

That is a considerably formidable task. Among the impacts changing how vehicles are serviced and maintained are the:

• Accelerated rise in advanced onboard technologies.
• Increasing availability of vehicle data and information from the proliferation of onboard sensors and telematics systems. 
• Growth of increasingly intelligent, inter-connected and instrumented vehicles. 
• Expanding regulatory requirements on fuel economy and emissions. 
• Evolution of autonomous vehicles. 

This extensive whitepaper is a roundup of views from 14 various organizations involved in the fleet maintenance industry -- including OEMs and suppliers -- on what they feel are the most transformative and disruptive technology trends over the next five years.