System integration: a North American perspective

The electronics revolution in the automotive industry continues in full swing. Automotive electronics were predicted to and did explode in the early 80´s and there continues to be no end in sight. For North American-sourced vehicles it is now predicted that by 1995 the automotive electronics market will reach $14 billion and $21 billion by the year 2000. In the early 1980´s the market was in the $4 billion range