C Talk | Frank Bunte, CEO of A2MAC1: Standardized platforms are the way to go for the future development of automotive industry

Nowadays, new technologies in the automotive industry are evolving rapidly, and major OEMs are constantly pushing for new products and hence are forced to shortening development cycles to retain their competitiveness. For this reason, more and more designers and engineers are choosing to leverage benchmarking data and tools way more upstream in early concept phase to determine the competitive edge of their future vehicle platforms and keep up with the future global technology trends of car development.

On April 19, Gasgoo CEO Tina Zhou met with Frank Bunte, CEO of A2MAC1, a global automotive benchmarking solutions company, at A2MAC1's booth at the Shanghai Auto Show to have an in-depth conversation on A2MAC1's competitive benchmarking solutions, industry trends, and insights on how the automotive industry is leveraging more data and AI to disrupt the digital future of vehicle development.

"In the near future, the key to the automotive industry is to create a standardized automotive platform to drive modularization across platforms, segments and even across brands. It's the way OEMs can remain their cost competitiveness and meet the rapid evolving sustainability and decarbonization targets," said Frank Bunte, during the interview. With rich experience in big data analytics and a powerful global vehicle data platform, how does A2MAC1 see the future trend of the automotive industry? And how does it provide AI enabled solutions for the whole industry? In the process of digital transformation and disruption of the automotive industry, where should traditional OEMs go?

The video above gives you an answer.