An entire generation of aftermarket pioneers may remember cruising the boulevard and blaring Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are a-Changin’” from their recently invented stereo-cassette radios in the ’60s.
SEMA News recently spoke with representatives from the mobile electronics industry to see where the market is at present and where it's headed.
The 2015 SEMA Market Report examines the products, sales channels and installation trends for mobile electronics, a $3.6 billion segment of the specialty-equipment industry.
As technology changes and products are being developed for just about any vehicle, buyers are turning to the SEMA Show to discover the latest trends in automotive technology.
From tire-pressure monitoring and powertrains to navigation and smartphone integration, nearly every facet of today’s automobile is controlled, managed or affected by some type of mobile electronics. As the field has expanded, an increasing number of products are introduced each year in the SEMA Show’s New Products Showcase, and an ever-growing throng of buyers seeks information about the most innovative systems and components.
At the 2009 SEMA Show, 10,603 buyers filled the aisles looking for the latest mobile-electronics products and innovations.
Other than powertrain components that have to coexist with vehicle on-board computers, mobile-electronics components can often be the most complex specialty-equipment accessories added to a vehicle.