By 2020, it is predicted that 250 million connected cars will be on the road, about one in every five vehicles worldwide. Connected cars will allow manufacturers to remotely monitor a vehicle’s health, predict what maintenance work and repair work it needs, and to diagnose its problems.
There are tens of thousands of codes, and the way to fix the problems diagnosed might be different for every single make and model of car.
Connecting those computers to the internet could would impact not only repair service businesses, but also the companies that sell these shops parts and tools, which together with repair shops that aren’t associated with a dealership are called the “aftermarket.”
Read the article at Get Pocket.