Car and tech companies are investing in autonomous car technologies with first fully autonomous cars forecast to hit the roads in 2030. Autonomous cars would disrupt automotive and logistics, ICT and electronics, restaurants and accommodation, ...

Bangkok is a metropolis with traffic problems as a result of increasing numbers of new cars each year. Most car drivers need to find the best solutions for the best route to their destination, especially in business where time is important. In-car ...

The increase in popularity of connected devices and related smartphone applications negatively affected the performance of in-car entertainment in the United Arab Emirates in 2016. Unfortunately, the category could not benefit from the high ...

In-car entertainment continued to see a sharp retail volume decline at the end of the review period, with 6% decline in 2016 being slightly sharper in comparison to the review period CAGR. These products are being impacted by a number of factors. ...

Intense competition amongst players slowed down the growth in the average price of car rental in 2015. Although the number of transactions saw faster growth in 2015 compared with 2014, driven by the higher number of inbound tourists, car rental value...

In-car navigation continued to suffer in 2016, as Dutch consumers increasingly used their smartphones rather than a navigation system, as smartphones are becoming bigger, smarter and have better internet deals with larger data packages. Furthermore, ...

The car rental market in the Philippines benefited from several factors during 2015. Increasing demand, rising awareness of car rental services, the developing tourism industry, as well as the increasing number of internet users were among the major ...

Towards the end of the review period, in-car entertainment in Spain continued to suffer from the rapidly rising popularity of cars that are already equipped with factory fitted in-car navigation systems and in-dash media players, as well as the ...

Car rental current value sales grew by just 1% in 2015, while the number of transactions increased by 2% and the number of operators also grew by just 1%. This poor performance can be attributed to the emergence of online car-hailing apps and the ...

Car rental was another travel category hit by the slower economic growth seen in Indonesia in 2015, which limited the performance of business car rental, while weaker purchasing power among consumers hit sales in leisure car rental. Many corporations...

Car rental players face increasing competition from illegal companies which provide car rental services without a valid business license. To continue attracting consumers and tackle the threat posed by their illegal counterparts, car rental companies...

The cost of the Certificate of Entitlement (COE) required for every new vehicle registered in Singapore continued to decline in 2015, spurring consumers to purchase vehicles. As a result, 57,000 new passenger cars were registered in Singapore in ...

In 2015 there was an increasing presence of peer-to-peer platforms such as Uber and GrabCar in the country. These companies constantly promoted the use of their peer-to-peer platforms with attractive discounts and promotions to attract consumers’ ...

In-car entertainment continued to struggle in 2016, with retail volume sales falling by 14% to reach 1.2 million units. This decline was mainly triggered by the technological sophistication of factory standard in-car entertainment devices. Consumers ...

In 2016, in-car entertainment saw an overall volume decline of 4%. Compared to the previous year however, the decline was slower, following a rebound in the sales of vehicles over 2015-2016. As most new cars are equipped with in-car navigation and ...

Despite lingering economic uncertainty in Portugal at the end of the review period, consumer confidence in the country continues to recover and this had a positive effect on sales of new cars in 2016. According to ACAP (Associação do Comércio ...

Upgrading in-car entertainment remains a low priority for most drivers whose budget is limited to car maintenance. This negative trend is further strengthened by the emergence of smartphones as portable media centres and navigation tools replacing ...

Sales of in-car entertainment continue to struggle due the competition that the category faces from factory-fitted in-car entertainment devices such as high-quality in-dash media players and built-in GPS navigation systems....

The growth within in-car entertainment continued to slow in 2016. Although the economy improved and sales of new cars recovered, consumers were more cautious about buying car accessories, as they are no longer considered a priority when buying a car....

The major story for all vehicle travel in Mexico in 2016, including car rental, was the implementation of a government programme called Hoy No Circula, which was enacted in response to high levels of air pollution in Mexico City and Estado de México ...