Samsung to enter the automotive industry

South Korea's Samsung, one of the largest global TV and smartphone manufacturers, is expected to enter the automobile market soon as it has filed patents for a new electric motor and tires for electric vehicles as well as in-car electronics that relay information to the driver.

The company has already published these patents through competent institutions in the USA and South Korea, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Among these patent filings is the one for creating car communications between the driver and the potential Samsung EV.

When you climb into a Samsung EV, the car could know who you are based on the phone you carry. A link between the smartphone and the car could mean the EV’s dashboard interface mirrors what shows on a future Galaxy phone, including instant access to your music, contacts, and apps.

More importantly, the EV could know your meetings for the day and show the routes you need It could tell you whether you’ll need to charge somewhere along the way to make it home. It could take calls based upon the contact’s priority and have a familiar touchscreen that looks and functions just like your phone.

It’s a long way from a patent to a car, but Samsung’s interest shows that the intersection of smartphones and cars is moving inexorably forward. How soon that will happen, and what it will look like, remains unknown.