The demand for product lifecycle management (PLM) software in manufacturing companies is high. This is because PLM deals with different functional levels of an organization such as product designing, manufacturing, and design engineering. The need for managing a product during the manufacturing process has led to the emergence of PLM software and services. The growing product complexity and increase in product portfolio across organizations have led to increased demand for a system that can provide solutions to the production process across industries. The implementation of PLM in an organization provides higher revenue, increases capital efficiency, and reduces cost.

TJA system is a driver assistance system that assists the driver in navigating through traffic conditions in a hassle-free manner. It is considered as a semi-autonomous feature and is offered as a part of ADAS. It is considered as a modified version of ACC. In ACC, the driver's vehicle can lock onto the vehicle in front and can modulate the vehicle speed depending on the speed of the vehicle in front. The vehicle can also come to a standstill and accelerate thereafter depending on the driving style of the leading vehicle.

Automotive sunroofs may be fixed, vent, or sliding roofs that allow light and fresh air to enter the vehicle and also protects against the sun and wind. They can be operated manually or can be driven by motors. They are available in different sizes, shapes, and styles. The first company to come up with sunroof as a standard fitment was Nash Motors Company in 1937. In the subsequent decades, sunroofs became a premium feature among the ultra-luxury vehicles. During the 1990s, sunroofs gradually made way into premium and mid-segment cars as the large-scale investments by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and component manufacturers made it relatively affordable. Currently, many companies are coming up with sunroofs as a standard fitment, which can be operated manually or electronically. While manual sunroofs use levers for the sliding motion, electronically operated sunroofs use motor-driven cables. Most sunroofs that are currently available are electronically driven. Sunroof systems can be factory installed or can be installed aftermarket.

EVs are not the pollution panacea anymore. At least those that obtain power from the power grids are not. Recent reality checks by rationalists worldwide have sharply debunked the myth of the all-encompassing EV solution to vehicular pollution. Although EVs do not emit harmful gases, coal and oil and gas are produced by dirty, pollutive means (read: conventional coal or oil and gas). This has been calculated to roughly equal (or sometimes exceed) that what a conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) car does. Therefore, EVs contribute to the destruction of the environment, maybe far more than the pollution caused by conventional cars do.

The automotive sales have improved worldwide. With the increase in consumers' confidence in various economies, such as the US, the automotive sales in terms of the units sold have improved. In 2016, the largest automotive market, China accounted for 24.9 million units, which are over 27% of the global automotive sales in 2015. In China, the massive population along with strong economic growth is the driving factor for the rapidly growing automotive market. Apart from a strong domestic market, China is an export hub for automobiles and auto components with most of the international original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and tire suppliers having off-shore manufacturing facilities in the country.

In the recent past, safety has become a paramount focus area for OEMs and the entire automotive value chain. This can be primarily attributed to stringent regulatory push advocating safety on roads along with customers attributing safety as a key purchase influencer. Apart from these factors, the intense competition in the industry has forced OEMs to equip more number of safety features in an effort to gain market share.

EPB is an innovation in the braking technology, which has replaced the conventional handbrake with a push button. This in turn creates more in-vehicle space and also enhances drivers' comfort, safety, and convenience. In the early 2000s, EPB was introduced in luxury passenger cars such as BMW 7- Series and Lincoln LS. It has since become a common feature in high-end passenger cars since 2014. TRW pioneered the technology in 2001.

The global automotive industry has to increasingly meet the challenges of regulations and standards set by governments regarding emission of exhaust gasses such as CO2, NOx, and particulate matter from internal combustion (IC) engines. Europe is the leading country to set the standard for emission regulation. Every Euro norm is more stringent and an improvement over the earlier, aiming to reduce harmful emissions and improving the efficiency of the engine. To achieve the demanding limits of emission rules, car manufacturers are increasingly relying on advanced technologies like DOC and DPF as potential emission control devices.

ECU is a computer that controls one or many electrical systems in a vehicle. Modern ECUs employ both microprocessors and microcontrollers depending on the computational requirements. The operation of an ECU is similar to that of the basic input/output system (BIOS) of a computer. The ECU receives inputs from on-board the sensors and provides instructions to the electrical systems and sub-systems based on the received inputs. A modern vehicle may have as many as 80 ECUs to manage its electrical systems.

The global automotive differential market is categorized as AWD market and 2WD market based on the type of the differential mechanism installed in the vehicle. There is an increasing demand for AWD from emerging countries such as China, India, Brazil, and South Korea. The emerging countries are estimated to have the highest growth rate in these regions, contributing to the growth of the global automotive differential market. The market for 2WD is declining as the penetration in APAC, Europe, and the US has declined due to the increasing volume and growth of AWD systems. The open differentials are increasingly being replaced by more efficient and compact electronic limited slip differential units such as eLSD for fuel efficiency as part of vehicle electrification trend.