Autonomous Vehicle Evolution

New Industry revolution has already begun. -Industry 4.0 - Automotive Industry started to be changed as well. Autonomous Vehicles are one of the most conspicuous news for everybody. This is also exciting when we track how fast it realizes. Let us understand the steps of vehicle automation.

In the basic step, we - human- control it all. power, steering, acceleration and brakes.

Who owns what in automotive industry?

Here is a nice video showing who owns which brand in world automotive ındustry.

Thanks to Interesting Engineering for the video 

World Automotive Production is 98 million units.

World 2017 automotive production statistics data recently shared by OICA. Total production increased from 95,5 M to 98M with 2%.

Here are some interesting data;

• China increase percentage is 3%. Last year the ratio was 15%.
• EU production did not change.
• South America production increased 21% after 3 years. Increasing is coming from Brazil.

Graph 1. World Automotive Production - (1999 - 2017)

Turkish Automotive Industry 2017

Turkish Automotive Industry closed 2017 with a new production and export record.  - Total production increased 14% and P.Cars 20%. 1,7 M Vehicles produced in 2017.  - Export increase is 17% in total and P.Cars is 24%. - Export revenue increase is in total 20%, and P.Cars is 41%. The revenue and production percentage difference - I think -  let us understand the technology and R&D usage in Turkey.  

Commercial vehicle production slightly increased. But Heavy truck production is still low comparing to previous years.

Total production increase basically comes from passenger Cars production.

Ford Otosan and Toyota has the increased their export / production comparing to last year. Toyota doubled.

source: www.osd.org.tr

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1940 - 2014 Dünya Otomotiv Üretimi

Dünya'da otomotiv üretimine baktığımızda son 15 yılda çok ciddi değişiklikler göze çarpmaktadır. 1999 yılı ile 2014 yılları arasında coğrafi olarak üretimin dünyada aynı yönde kaydığını söyleyebiliriz.

Dünya Otomativ Tarihi

1680 - Christian Huygens

Dünya Otomativ yolculuğu 1680 yıllarında başlamaktadır. İlk tasarım Christian Huygens tarafından tasarlanan içten yanmalı motordur. Yakıt olarak barutu düşünmüştür. Bu henüz taarım aşamasında kalmış ve hayata geçmemiştir.