To be competitive in the marketplace, automotive companies require a deep understanding of external players and technologies that will drive increased vehicle reliability, safety and utility — while reducing environmental impact and providing affordable pricing.

• Reducing emissions and addressing changing customer lifestyles, such as the growing demand for individual and sustainable mobility and alternate fuels and energies
• Evolving with increasingly sophisticated wireless technologies and computer systems, such as telematics for building smarter cars and advanced ergonomics to enhance customers' driving experience
• Delivering against specs and regulations efficiently through new car manufacturing technologies and processes
• Leveraging expertise within and beyond the industry, such as increasing customer safety in vehicles using approaches and insights from Neuroscience, Pharmacology, and Brain Research

With insights uncovered from scientific, patent, news and web content, illumin8 provides companies an easy way to keep up to date with emerging technologies, new product applications, and external players in fast-changing or unfamiliar markets.

• Research a trend such as Sustainable Mobility
• Research a technology such as Dual Clutch Transmission
• Research new materials such as Lightweight Metals