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21 AutoData | May 2018 that hybrid systems, even combined with ethanol engines, and vehicles with the first levels of autonomy will become reality at first, raising the standard of safety and on-board electronics. Further advances in autonomous technologies are expected to be faster in the agricultural sector”. ZF sees the future of mobility in Brazil in a similar way to other markets, seeking to eliminate accidents and emissions. Mi- chel Haddad, regional marketing manager at ZF says “this future will be fueled by advanced technologies that will enable three human capabilities to the vehicles: to see, to think and to act. I think there are still some obstacles só this can become reality in Brazil, which, on the other hand, Disclousure/Continental is a place that receives very good new te- chnologies. We need the minimum bases of industrial competitiveness and public infrastructure to be present, and that is the biggest challenge today”. IT’S A LONG WAY Continental’s systems division believes that most part of new technologies, as expected, will first reach markets such as the United States and Europe andwill take more time to become a reality in Brazil. In any case, it prepares its employees here for the changes, says Frédéric Sebbagh, president of the Brazilian operation. “We are analyzing how all these chan- ges will be put into practice in the country. Our engineers participate in projects abro- ad precisely so they can acquire the ne- cessary knowledge to act in newsegments when they become a reality in Brazil”. It was thinking about that future that Delphi created Aptiv after the spin-off of the enterprise - the new company is res- ponsible for the business in the area of safety and electronics, in particular with regard to active safety, autonomous vehi- cles and connected services, providing IT platforms, software and network ar- chitecture. For Flávio Campos, director of newbu- siness planning for South America, one can define the novelty as “a technology company that is advancing in mobility through design, engineering and training, in search of molds of how the world will move tomorrow”. ZF says it is getting ready and will be ready to provide new items of safety, effi- ciency and autonomous steering, in its understanding, in a pioneering way. Dan Ioschpe, for Sindipeças, unders- tands that it is the ideal moment to gain and absorb new knowledge instead of nurturing a certain kind of denial feeling: “One of the tasks of our associationwith this process of transformation of the sector is to offerways to bringmore knowledge to the companies, so that they can observe with criteria the new trends. There will be lots of opportunities”. This photo was not taken in a computer factory but in one Continental systems unit in Germany.