I desire I’d kept every problem of auto reveal since day one. had I done so, I’d have a copy of the ‘Samsung is coming’ headline as well as story I composed soon after we introduced in 1988. In the three decades since, Samsung has ended up being South Korea’s largest as well as most profitable company.
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Very intentionally it’s simply dabbled in the vehicle game so far – mainly, however not entirely, via its downplayed fringe business, Renault Samsung Motors. however I’ve always suspected that when (not if!) the giant introduces itself completely on the worldwide automotive stage, it’s far as well large, wealthy, clever as well as proud to do so in conjunction with a traditional vehicle maker.
If revenues are anything to go by – as well as they are since they fund the greatest levels of R&D, salaries, finest purchases plus the right factories in the right countries – then Samsung leaves most old-school vehicle makers appearing like cottage markets scratching to make a living. A 17 per cent year-on-year hike in annual revenues to almost $20billion puts it among the world’s top 10 firms.
On its own, Samsung was about as profitable last year as Ford, Renault, Hyundai as well as the VW group combined. It’s rich sufficient to ended up being more of a major EV player as well as now has the will, plus the technical capabilities, to go deep down the auto road. If it can do state-of-the-art aircraft, armed forces vehicles as well as globally considerable consumer products, it can definitely do driverless or driveable electric vehicles as well as trucks. Samsung vehicles or vehicle tech are set to ended up being as much a part of our lives as its other devices, such as smartphones.
The business just recently paid $8billion to obtain Harman, which will greatly help in its assault on the worldwide EV market. The two firms last week established the Samsung Automotive innovation Fund before adding that they’ll play a “leadership” function in supporting as well as shaping linked vehicles.
When its EVs (some Samsung-branded, some not) arrive, all these consumer products will be speaking to as well as working with each other. At the extremely least, your Samsung phone will replace your sat-nav device. as well as don’t rule out your EV immediately changing on your Samsung entertainment system as well as central heating when it detects you’re heading house on a winter’s night. Not that you’ll necessarily requirement to, since your ‘Samcar’ might double as a small detached home on wheels.
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