Parking sensors, USB ports and Bluetooth have topped an inventory of applied sciences that drivers couldn’t dwell with out, in accordance with new analysis.
The examine by eBay, the UK’s primary on-line market for car elements and equipment, regarded into the attitudes of two,000 UK drivers.
Comfort and luxury options topped an inventory of tech motorists can’t dwell with out, forward of the most recent Superior Driver Help Methods (ADAS), corresponding to lane conserving help, blind spot detection and visitors signal recognition.
High 10 in-car tech most well-liked by motorists
| Parking sensors | 37% |
| USB charging | 29% |
| Bluetooth connectivity | 29% |
| Reversing digicam | 27% |
| Assisted steering | 20% |
| Heated seats | 17% |
| Telephone mirroring (Apple CarPlay or Android Auto) | 14% |
| Dashcam | 13% |
| Blind spot help | 11% |
| Upgraded stereo | 10% |
As one in three (31.7%) of the 36.1 million vehicles on the highway within the UK are greater than 12 years previous, as many as 11.4 million drivers could possibly be lacking out on fashionable options – a lot of which could be simply retrofitted with a easy improve.
To showcase the vary of tech obtainable to modernise older fashions, eBay bought a 2005 BMW 330Ci and fitted a number of top-rated applied sciences acquainted to newer vehicles.
Retro-fitted options embody upgraded in-car leisure to incorporate smartphone mirroring through Apple CarPlay or Android Auto, blind spot warning, a reversing digicam and entrance and rear built-in dashcams.
