AI Will Reshape Cars, Factories And Auto Jobs: Bosch India

Artificial intelligence is emerging as the next major disruptive force in the automotive industry, with its impact extending far beyond autonomous driving. In this conversation with Autocar Professional’s Mukul Yudhveer Singh, Bosch India’s Shankar G Rao, Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Chief Digital Officer, and Dr Caleb Munigety, Head, Enterprise AI, discuss how AI is transforming vehicles, factories, supply chains, engineering and the automotive workforce. The discussion explores why Bosch currently sees the clearest business impact of AI inside factories, including quality inspection, predictive maintenance, energy efficiency, production scheduling and inventory optimisation. The two executives also explain: • Why future vehicles could become continuously learning AI systems on wheels • How AI could reduce automotive development cycles by 30-40% • Why testing, validation and synthetic data may deliver greater gains than code generation alone • How AI will change the skills required inside automotive factories • Why the industry needs engineers who understand both automotive systems and AI • How edge computing and hybrid AI could transform battery management systems • Why hardware capability will remain essential, but software, data and AI will increasingly differentiate Tier 1 suppliers • Whether India can emerge as a global automotive AI engineering hub • How AI could accelerate the rise of self-learning and lights-out factories • Why standards, certification and responsible engineering will become critical as AI adoption increases The conversation also examines whether AI could widen the gap between technologically advanced suppliers and traditional component manufacturers, and how the automotive supplier ecosystem may consolidate around full-stack companies with capabilities spanning hardware, software, AI, data and cybersecurity. Watch the full discussion for an in-depth look at how artificial intelligence could reshape the automotive industry over the next decade. Speakers: Shankar G Rao Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Chief Digital Officer, Bosch India Dr Caleb Munigety Head, Enterprise AI, Bosch India Hosted by: Mukul Yudhvir Singh Autocar Professional #ArtificialIntelligence #AutomotiveAI #BoschIndia #AutomotiveIndustry #Manufacturing #SoftwareDefinedVehicle #ElectricVehicles #FutureOfMobility #Industry40 #AutocarProfessional