Carsanddrivingareapassionformany.Theyareequallyfascina8ngforthedriversandtheautomobilepeople.Justlikeanyothersphereoflifeautomobilecompaniesare

constantlylookingforwardforinnova8vemeasurestomakethecarsophis8catedandquicktogo.Theautomobile

industrykeepsadvancingthecarsonroadtoensuresafety,entertainment,usefulnessandinnova8on.Someofthe

expectedtechnologicalinnova8onsexpectedtocomeontheroadinthenearfutureareasfollows:

VEHICLETOVEHICLECOMMUNICATION:

Carmanufacturersarehighlyconcernedwiththesecurityofthedrivers.Securityhasbeenthetoppriorityofallmanufacturers.Thera8oofcaraccidentsisthehighestascomparedtothoseinvolvingothermodesoftransport.Inordertoavoidanyaccidentatthecrossroadsorthesignalsetc.themanufacturersarelikelyto

introduceV2Vtechnology.Thetechnologywillcompromiseofawirelesssystemsendingsignalscommunica8ngwiththevehiclenearbyabouttheloca8on,speedanddirec8on.Thiswouldhelpthedriversmaintainthesafedistanceandavoidanyencounter

withtheapproachingvehicle.TheMITisworkingonV2Valgorithmsmakethemechanismmoreelusive.Accordingtoaresearchconducted2010,V2Visexpectedtoreducetherateof

vehiclecrashby79%.

SELF-DRIVENVEHICLES

ThisisbasicallyanideaadaptedfrommanyTVshowsandfic8ons.TheideawastestedbyGoogleengineersin

CaliforniaandNavada.Thecarswereusedformorethan200,000miles.Thesecarsarelikelytorecordtheimagesofroadsalongwithcomputergeneratedmapsexhibi8ngroadsigns,alterna8veroutes,etc.thecarswilldetectthetrafficsignalsandroadsignsmuchbeforethehuman

drivencarscandoso.Withthehelpoflasers,radarsandcamerasthecarswillbeabletoanalyzeandprocess

informa8onaboutthesurroundingsfasterthanahumandrivenvehicle.

THEARTECHNOLOGYVEHICLES

GPSandin-cardisplaysareacommontechnologyinnova8onthesedays.Theyarenotjustensuringpropernaviga8on,butalsoprotectagainstanyunexpected.Thesameideaisbeingmodifiedforfuturevehicles,namely,AugmentedRealityDashboardsorAR.Theinnova8onwillbringalltheexternalobjectsappearonthewindshield,justbeforethedriver.Theideahasbeentakenfromthesci-fific8onwherearobotscansandgeneratesthedetailsabouttheobjectorindividualbeforehim.Theideahas

beenalreadyconsideredbyBMW.Theyaddedthefeatureofthewindshielddisplayinsomeoftheirvehicleswhichcanbringthe

basicfeaturesbeforethedriver.TheynowplantoaddtheAugmentedRealityDashboardwillpresentthedataclosetoreal

lifeinfrontofthedriver.

AIRBALLOONBRAKESYSTEM

Theairbagfacilityhasaddedtothesafetymeasures.Theyarealreadypresentinthevehicles,intheshapeofcurtainbags,side

bags,kneeairbags,seatbeltairbags,etc.Mercedesistryingtoaddamoresophis8catedversiontotheirvehicles.Theywillbefi_edwithsensorstooperatethebag.Thebagsarecoveredwithacoatoffric8oncoa8ngtomul8plythestoppingpowerofthevehicle.The

bagscanraisethecartoeightcen8metersalso.

ENERGYEFFICIENTBODYPANELS

Thistechnologicalinnova8onislikelytohavepolymerfiberandcarbonresins.Thesepanelswillcutdowntheweightofthevehicleby15%andwillalsocapturetheenergyreleasedwhiledrivingthevehicle.Forexample,theenergycreatedwhileapplyingthebrakes

orwhenthecarisnotturnedoffthewholenight.

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