Bosch Partners With Mahindra For the AdrenoX Connected Car System On XUV700

Bosch has announced that it has partnered with Mahindra for the new age connected car system on the new XUV700. The XUV700 has been launched and it represents a massive upgrade in terms of technology for cars made by the Indian stable. Bosch revealed the connected car platform was designed and engineered in India and it will be managed by it. It will also be adapted for the XUV300. It features a cutting edge end-to-end security system that uses technology from ESCRYPT. Some of the key aspects of this system include enhanced safety, with features like safety alerts, driver drowsiness alerts and over speeding alarms that too in personalised voices. It also provides emergency assistance using e-call/SOS and is enabled through the AdrenoX connect app.

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"In line with mobility megatrends of personalised, automated, connected, and electrified (PACE), Bosch considers vehicles as a third living space. We believe that connectivity as part of the smart mobility system is a critical element to derive various applications to effectively engage the user and to provide an impeccable user experience. With years of deep automotive domain expertise and strong on-board and cloud software competencies at Bosch in India have enabled us to deliver state of the art connectivity solutions for Mahindra. We are excited to partner with Mahindra and are looking to continuously enhance the customer experience by augmenting the AdrenoX connected system with additional features in near future," said R K Shenoy, Senior Vice President for Mobility Engineering at Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Private Limited.

The dual screen is stunning with highly impressive graphics running the new AdrenoX interface

There are a number of creature comforts facilitated by AdrenoX like pre planning of trips with the help of the mobile app, pit stops, reminders all of which are integrated with the navigation system on the car. Usual connected car features like remote start stop, remote climate control and remote window control and lock and unlock can be accessed from both the smartphone app and smartwatch app.

There is a content play as well. There are applications preloaded in the infotainment system that provides access to information like news, horoscope, weather, points of interest and location and travel recommendations. Bosch has partnered with a number of content providers for the same.

The XUV 700 can also be integrated with smart homes. Using Alexa which is part of the AdrenoX experience you can control smart devices at home from the car itself remotely. All of this can be achieved using just voice commands. Users can also geo and time fence the car, get all kinds of telematics and vehicle health information and also have access to a dedicated valet mode.

The cabin has seen a complete overhaul and fitting for a Mahindra flagship with every sophisticated and top notch

"We at Mahindra are excited to partner with Bosch to enable robust new-age mobility solutions for our global brand XUV700. Our joint endeavour is to build a cutting-edge ecosystem of real-time connectivity, infotainment and telematics for our customers," said Velusamy R, Chief of Global Product Development, Automotive Division, M&M Ltd.

The XUV 700 is poised to upend the SUV market in India with its hyper aggressive pricing, long list of premium features of which AdrenoX is also a big contributor and its new powertrain and size.