Automotive HMI Popularity Set to Boom in India in Future

The burgeoning requirement for in-vehicle connectivity is fueling the demand for automotive human-machine-interface (HMI) solutions in India. Nowadays, people want to stay connected with the outer world, even while traveling. Moreover, automobiles are increasingly becoming more connected with the outer world via cloud services. Due to the changing customer preferences, automotive manufacturing companies are launching partnerships with consumer electronic or information technology (IT) vendors in order to integrate in-vehicle connectivity features in their offerings.

For instance, AirWire Technologies, which is a U.S. based company, received a contract from Reliance Jio Infocom Ltd., which is a telecom operator in India, for manufacturing connected car devices. Additionally, Reliance Jio Infocom Ltd. is currently in talks with leading automobile manufacturers— Hyundai Motor India and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.— for installing connected car devices in their passenger vehicles. The incorporation of these devices in passenger vehicles will allow passengers to access services such as entertainment, telematics, location-based apps, and WiFi hotspot. 

Increasing installation of these features is driving the demand for HMIs, as these devices are required for displaying the information and enabling smoother interaction of users with in-vehicle connectivity systems. These factors are fueling the expansion of the Indian automotive HMI market. Additionally, the soaring sales of vehicles in the country, on account of the booming population and increasing urbanization rate, are also driving the growth of the Indian automotive HMI market. According to the India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF), the sales of automobiles grew in the country at a CAGR of 1.29% from FY16 to FY20 and reached 21.55 million units in FY20.

Hence, it can be said without any hesitation that the demand for automotive HMI systems will surge in India in the coming years, mainly because of the rising requirement for in-vehicle connectivity features and the soaring sales of premium cars in the country.

Self-Checkout Systems Market Key Reasons For the Present

The rising adoption of contactless payment procedures is one to the key factors fuelling the surge in the demand for self-checkout systems across the world. Contactless payment processes are increasingly being conducted with the help of smartphone-enable payment options and near-filed communication (NFC) technology. This concept allows the shoppers to use their smartphones for scanning the items that they want to buy at a service point-of-sale (POS) terminal. These systems allow the customers to make payments without being in direct contact with the payment machine, which in turn, drastically reduces the time taken for payment.  

The other major factor pushing the demand for self-checkout systems is the lower labor requirement of these machines for their operation. Many companies are increasingly adopting self-checkout systems in their stores on account of the fact that these systems reduce the labor costs. Moreover, multiple self-checkout systems can be easily operated by one person and this allows the stores to deploy their staff  to the sales floor and assist customers with their shopping, thereby enhancing the overall customer experience. 

Due to the above-mentioned factors, the revenue generated from the worldwide sales of self-checkout systems is predicted to increase from $2,522.1 million in 2017 to $4,642.7 million by 2023. The global self-checkout system market is expected to progress at a CAGR of 10.7% during the forecast period (2018–2023). There are two types of self-checkout systems — wall-mounted and countertop systems and standalone variants. Of these, the wall-mounted and countertop self-checkout systems are expected to record faster growth in usage during the forecast period, owing to the lesser space requirements of these systems. 

Across the world, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region registered the fastest growth in the utilization of self-checkout systems over the last few years and this trend is predicted to continue during the forecast period as well. This is mainly attributed to the fact that in the various APAC countries such as India, Japan, and China, the store owners are increasingly incorporating the use of advanced technologies such as self-checkout systems in order to reduce labor requirement and enable faster human-free checkouts.

Therefore, it is certain that the demand for self-checkout systems will boom in the coming years, due to the growing adoption of automated technologies in store operations and the rising popularity of contactless payment processes.