Current trends in in-vehicle electrical engineering applications

Novel electrical engineering applications play a major role in in-vehicle technology. Today´s automobile industry is transforming from mechanically driven functions to electronic and software driven functions. We can see the impact of electrical engineering technology in many parts of vehicle and in all of its operations such as control, power conversion, navigation, communication, entertainment, safety and security. In addition, today´s automobile industry is showing a renewed interest in electric transportation. This paper presents a review on the recent developments in the in-vehicle electrical engineering applications classified into two sections, the embedded systems and the power and energy system, both of which can strongly influence the automobile industry in the future.