The Smart Connected Seat to Enable Real Life on Board Vehicle Proposition-Renault NEXT TWO (*) Connected Seat Show Case

Abstract

Today’s Automotive industry is vastly aligned on the premises that current society’s evolution on ways to communicate, manage data, and interact with intelligent objects is going to define the future vehicle—life on board-services and the corresponding interior’s performance value. In fact, synchronized with the technological evolution, the way how population establishes relations between among intelligent objects (nomadic devices and home appliance, vehicle, etc.) is changing extremely fast towards extensive “self” concept and setting basis for new era of customer satisfaction requirements. Aging and Youngers car users of today are getting used, in the aside connected world of the car, to customized propositions, that allow multitasking, that provides them an Eco systemic functionality always available, symbiotic and interactive, a life companion (quantified self) that cares about. The Seat as part of this new Car interior is an essential enabler of such revolution as provides the unique opportunity to be one the closest vehicle part to the occupant and the first one in body contact surface, providing closed loop actions and information needed or supporting the-Life on Board-Services.

(*) Renault®