Zoom! Get out of the mental backseat. Because our automotive future is coming. It’s teeming with transportation technologies that will whisk us to a world with electric cars humming along in near-silence, and autonomous vehicles that drive themselves. In this auto-tour of the future, we’ll point out some of the technologies bringing passengers along on the ride of their lives
Electric Vehicles Take the Lead:
Gas-guzzling motors are a thing of the past asEVs are being catapulted into the mainstream by conscientious consumers, government incentives and rapidly falling battery rates.Not only are EVs better for the planet but they’re often smoother and more pleasurable to drive. Want to learn about charging your EV on the go? Check out this informative blog post on ‘EV charging infrastructure’!
The Road to Autonomy:
When you get up for work in the morning, perhaps you go straight from your bed into the car. After a novel but short drive, you arrive at your office, ponder the day’s activities and start tapping away at your keyboard. Little do you know, you are not driving at all as a self-driving car is traveling to your work, handling the daily commute instead. In the near future, it’s likely that self-driving car technology will continue to develop, leading to increasing safety and unprecedented convenience. For many years now, researchers and inventors have been theorizing and refining visionary ideas of automated, self-driving cars. Imagine a map with a red route that stretches from your living room to your office. Initially, this loaded phrase would seem like a conceit. Nobody lives in their car, but soon most of us could, while the car whizzed us comfortably and safely to work and back again. Powerful computing systems such as dual and quad core PCUs, which have also given us the iPod and video games such as Need for Speed, are combined with powerful sensors such as radar and computers on chip that alert a driver of objects in their blind spot – or cars drifting into them. However, besides building rudimentary self-driving car prototypes, these inventors and researchers have also been confronted by significant issues, such as creating robust operational frameworks and efficient sensor systems for such vehicles. Interested in learning more about the ethics of self-driving cars? Read our blog post ‘The ethics of the self-driving car’.
Connected Cars: Your Car, Now Smarter:
It truly will be the Scattery Age for driving. As a result of this merging field, there are now more automobiles with built-in Wi-Fi, seamless smartphone integration and real-time traffic information. Picture driving down the highway, streaming music, texting on the fly, and never taking a wrong turn again. Too much information on these connected car features? Take our ‘Choosing the best connected car features for you’ quiz and get oriented.
