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Move over Mr Knight Rider, connected cars are finally arriving in India

5G-ready eSIMs will be a key enabler for the automotive sector as the era of connected vehicles dawns

MG Motor India unveiling of MG Hector
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File photo of MG Motor India unveiling the MG Hector

Romita Majumdar Mumbai
For people who grew up in India in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and soaked in on heady doses of the iconic TV show Knight Rider, connected cars would have been pure fantasy. But this June has been an exciting month for car aficionados in India, with the launch of Hyundai Venue and MG Motors’ Hector, the first in the series of commercial connected cars that hit the market.

Hyundai Venue, which claims to be the first connected vehicle in India, uses the company’s the proprietary BlueLink connected technology. Using this technology, the company offer 33 functions to the