Industry X: Products for the Future

Abstract

The authors of this paper are introducing a new concept for definition of the future of Industry 4.0 and are presenting details and characteristics of the concept Industry X in regard to the current global digitalization of Automotive Industry. Starting from the Mechanical Age (Industry 1.0) and until the Digital Age (Industry 4.0) which is already ongoing, the authors are identifying and defining the shape of the nearby future through the so called “Quantum Age” or the next step in the Industrial Revolution: Industry X.