Being connected is not just about knowing where you are or streaming music, it is knowing about the vehicles around you and the telemetry that will continuously monitor the vehicle, passing information in real-time to a hub that can alert you to impending servicing needs or faults. This information can also be shared with service centres, as well as a wealth of other data that will make your life in the vehicle safer.

It will enable better Just In Time (JIT) supply chains, as parts will be able to be pre-ordered, delivered and fitted quicker, as well as pre-empting a more damaging or catastrophic failure, much like fixing the little chip in your windscreen, before it becomes more serious.

With the numbers of EV’s on the rise and the slow move away from tax being able to be billed at the point of supply (the pump on the garage forecourt), it’s likely that the existing RFL and fuel taxation system will be replaced by a ‘pence per mile’ charge. This being calculated via recording the distance you have travelled (each day, week, month or year) in your connected car, presumably not storing the journey route or details, but merely the distance. Then automatically uploading this distance record, periodically, to a central hub/agency to deduct a charge direct from your bank or via your salary or bill to your business.