They can even detect traffic lights and read road signs.
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Israeli company MobilEye is responsible for a lot of the safety features available in car models from the US, Japan, and Europe: monocular cameras, for example, along with sophisticated software, assist and notify drivers when there are potential threats, such as cyclists, pedestrians, debris, and barriers. Smart Cars Image Credit: YouTubeīut V2V technology isn’t the only way that cars are getting smarter there are already many more smart features in place than you think. They have already developed an integrated V2X (vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure) roof antenna with the Audi AG, and a 2013 news report stated that car-to-car chipsets will be installed in certain high-end models by 2015. General Motors is one of key players in this innovation, having already committed this technology to their 2017 model Cadillac, but current world leader in V2V is Israeli company Autotalks, who introduced the world’s first automotive-grade hackerproof chipset back in 2013. Other vehicles will then be able to use this information to understand their surroundings, and adapt to the situation by revealing potential problems to their drivers. This goes beyond the beeping sensors that are now commonplace in most new car models - V2V communications will allow cars to broadcast their position, speed, steering-wheel position, brake status, and other data to other vehicles within a few hundred meters. With more than a million people killed in vehicle accidents annually, safety is a huge issue that needs to be addressed, and enabling vehicles to communicate or sense each other may make up for any human error to protect and prevent accidents on roads. While virtual assistants like Siri and Google Now can easily be incorporated into our cars with the use of smartphones, automobiles have moved beyond just talking to drivers - they now talk to each other.Īutomotive innovation is currently exploring V2V (vehicle to vehicle) communications, to see how cars can use wireless connections to ‘talk’ to each other. It’s not likely that this will be widely adopted in the next 5 years - there are many regulatory issues that still stand in the way of allowing every family to use a flying car - but adaptable vehicles that work for both sky and land, and across different terrains, is a huge step forward in automotive innovation. It has been undergoing regular flight-testing programmes since October 2014. The current prototype, AeroMobil 3.0, is said to be able to use any airport in the world, but will also be able to take off from and land on surfaces that are just a few hundred meters long. Slovakian company AeroMobil has created a prototype that incorporates flight features - such as avionics equipment, autopilot, and a parachute deployment system - into a vehicle that fits into any standard parking space, makes use of regular gasoline, and can fit right in with other vehicles on the road. Flying Cars Image Credit: PinterestĮlon Musk may not like the idea of a flying car, but the integration of flight into our daily transport has been a dream of science fiction fans for decades. Here are top 10 cars of the future that exist today. The automotive industry has gone through many attempts to innovate, and while some of them may seem to be far off futuristic dreams, others may be much closer to reality than we realise. Fuel consumption is much higher than it is sustainable, and urban mobility is facing huge constraints in terms of a lack of space and saturation. As American actress and electric vehicle (EV) early adopter Alexandra Paul notably said: “The cars we drive say a lot about us.” We’ve come a long way since the Ford T to have car models to suit various terrains, needs, and even styles.īut moving into the future, the use of automobiles poses huge challenges to the human race. It’s easy to forget how integral automobiles are to our lives. This article originally appeared on Vulcan Post.
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