The writer is chief executive of Switch Mobility
Motorists of a certain vintage will have noticed that fixing a car has become ever more high-tech. When I started in the automotive industry more than four decades ago, a wrench, pliers and spanners were the tools du jour. Today, mechanics and technicians are equipped with laptops, iPads and advanced diagnostics computers to help them repair a faulty vehicle.
The reason for this is simple. A modern car contains around 100m lines of code. To put that into context, a top-spec airliner has 14m lines. In the next decade, it is estimated that most passenger vehicles will need around 300m lines of software to keep them on the road. In other words, cars are becoming increasingly reliant upon electronics.