JUST A CAR OR A SMART CAR..??

FUTURE CARS WILL BE SMARTER..

• SMART GESTURE CONTROL  

Believe of this as built-in sixth sense. The AUDI MMI operating system allows you to impulsively run an array of systems including steering, entertainment, interior, even ride dynamics on models opting an Audi drive. The product is a balance of unfussiness, intuitiveness and classiness to enhance your ownership experience.

• AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY                                                            

Having augmented reality flaunt on a car windscreen will append a lot of functionality to the car. We would be able to see information like swiftness, navigation details and even the name of an incoming call with minimalistic designs on our windscreens.

                                                                     

Head-up displays are absolutely something of the future that we should look forward to. It’ll keep our eyes on the road by giving us all the significant information without having to look at a center console display or our smartphones.                                                                                                

 An app named HUDWAY ( in your appstore),by keeping iphone on the dashboard of your car and navigation information (from your iPhone) will be reflected and displayed on your windscreen. It looks very cool but it’s not good under certain conditions, e.g. when the surrounding is too bright for the information to be clearly visibile on your windscreen.

• ENERGY STORING PANELS                                                                       

 Exxon Mobile predicts that by 2040, half of all new cars coming off the production line will be hybrids [source: Kahn]. That's great news for the environment, but one of the problems with hybrids is that the batteries take up a lot of space and are very heavy. Even with advances in lithium-ion batteries, hybrids have a significant amount of weight from their batteries. That's where energy-storing body panels come in.    

The panels would capture energy produced by technologies like regenerative braking or when the car is plugged in overnight and then feed that energy back to the car when it's needed [source: Volvo]. Not only would this help reduce the size of hybrid batteries, but the extra savings in weight would eliminate wasted energy used to move the weight from the batteries.

Toyota is also looking into lightweight energy storing panels, but they're taking it one step further and researching body panels that would actually capture solar energy and store it in a lightweight panel [source: Bey].

Whether future body panels collect energy or just store it, automotive companies are looking into new ways to make our cars more energy efficient and lightweight.

• COMMUNICATING VEHICLES

Communication between vehicles doesn’t mean you can call up the car in front of you and ask it to move out of your way. It’s more like machines communicating with each other so that there’ll be smoother traffic and less congested roads.

This technology will also increase road safety by reducing collisions between cars. For example, your car can warn you about a car that’s coming from your blind spot. If implemented correctly, this technology will significantly increase road safety, efficiency, and driving experience.