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Differentiated Customer Experience, Innovation, And Data Insights Key To Product Stickiness For Connected Cars: Deloitte

At 69 per cent, Indian customers are the group of buyers who are concerned with the security of biometric data generated and shared with external parties by connected vehicles.

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Deloitte India’s latest automotive report emphasises the need for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to build a connected car strategy that contains a differentiated customer experience at its core backed by technological innovation and data insights to cater to the new-age digital consumer.

Reimagining success for automakers thus means understanding customers on a more personal, emotional, and experiential level throughout the entire customer journey by being “customer-centric” rather than “product-centric”.

As COVID-19 elevates the dependency on smartphones, digitisation, health, and hygiene are taking centre stage. A connected car’s proposition of minimum touch ethos, user preference awareness, and convenience-led customer experience will be key value drivers for OEMs.

Thriving in such a technology-fuelled world will therefore need OEMs to leverage the power of data at one end, whilst also ensuring that cyber security strategies are well embedded across their entire ecosystem, starting from design, manufacturing, and sales to dealerships.

Commenting on the launch of the report, Rajeev Singh, Partner and Leader – Automotive, Deloitte India said, “Today deeper customer engagement via added components of enhanced data-driven customer experience provides OEMs the opportunity to monetise data and increase product stickiness.

While designing the right customer experiences, cybersecurity will go hand in hand with the ease of using various features. For OEMs to thrive in the new-normal, there is a need for them to expand horizons of development and partnership strategies across a wider gamut of the industry ecosystem, which will help cater to the increasing demand from the discerning Indian consumer, while elevating product development and servicing standards”.

Key trends/observations emerging:

Personalisation – Differentiated experience plays an important role in personalisation. In-car or in-vehicle infotainment, including automotive navigation systems, video players, USB and Bluetooth connectivity, carputers, in-car internet, and Wi-Fi, capturing key information on drivers’ preferred destinations and pastimes, will stand at the cusp of providing a fully personalised experience.

Simplicity of tasks - Digital consumers in India today prefer multi-tasking on the go and are tech-savvy smartphone consumers. Having voice recognition and search features available in the car will allow the driver to eliminate any screen time, while driving and performing multiple tasks together.

Cybersecurity - With increased personalisation expected, more data will require to be collected, processed, and analysed. In this situation, OEMs need to ensure that personal preferences collected from customers should be segregated and protected. They would also stand to benefit if the awareness on security and privacy aspects that customers need to be aware of is provided.

Holistic experience: Consumers are always on the lookout for tailored experiences and seamless transitions from car to home as they wander in the technologically changing lifestyle. Vehicle-to-home connectivity helps customers get more work done, irrespective of whether they are at home or elsewhere.


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