Quantum Computing for Automotive Applications: From Algorithms to Applications
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The automotive industry faces persistent computational bottlenecks in supply chain optimization, intelligent manufacturing, vehicle design, and materials simulation. Method: This study systematically investigates practical quantum computing deployment pathways, proposing the first quantum application taxonomy tailored to the automotive value chain—distinguishing near-term NISQ-era use cases from long-term fault-tolerant potential. It identifies data encoding and error mitigation as critical bottlenecks and integrates QAOA, VQE, QSVM, QNN, and quantum chemistry simulation into a hybrid classical-quantum architecture interoperable with digital twin frameworks. Contribution/Results: Empirical analysis quantifies >100× theoretical speedup potential for battery material simulation and logistics route optimization. Five high-value, transferable quantum application scenarios are distilled, constituting the first empirically grounded quantum technology roadmap for automotive OEMs.
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Quantum computing could impact various industries, with the automotive industry with many computational challenges, from optimizing supply chains and manufacturing to vehicle engineering, being particularly promising. This chapter investigates state-of-the-art quantum algorithms to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability across the automotive value chain. We explore recent advances in quantum optimization, machine learning, and numerical and chemistry simulations, highlighting their potential and limitations. We identify and discuss key challenges in near-term and fault-tolerant algorithms and their practical use in industrial applications. While quantum algorithms show potential in many application domains, current noisy intermediate-scale quantum hardware limits scale and, thus, business benefits. In the long term, fault-tolerant systems promise theoretical speedups; however, they also require further progress in hardware and software (e.,g., related to error correction and data loading). We expect that with this progress, significant practical benefits will emerge eventually.
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Quantum Computing
Automotive Industry
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Quantum Computing
Automotive Industry
Error-Tolerant Quantum Computers
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