"Connectivity and ADAS will drive the next wave of disruption": Sundar Ganpathi
Tata Elxsi's CTO Sundar Ganapathi on how connectivity, ADAS, and data will define the next wave of automotive disruption in India and beyond.
The modern car is undergoing its biggest identity shift in a century. It is no longer defined by horsepower or fuel type alone. Increasingly, it is defined by software, lines of code that manage batteries, enable driver-assistance systems, track performance in real time and update features long after the vehicle leaves the showroom.
At the centre of this transformation is the convergence of connectivity, autonomy, and electrification. What were once parallel technology tracks are now tightly interlinked. A connected vehicle generates data. That data powers predictive maintenance, battery analytics and over-theair updates.
Those updates improve ADAS systems and ...
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23 Feb 2026
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