The graphic above shows the result of a study done on autonomous cars by IHS Automotive Consulting and Advisory Services.
When salty slush splashes up on the sensors?
Chevrolet made its latest futuristic concept debut during Shanghai GM Gala Night 2015, this model is called Chverolet FNR. It’s a futuristic autonomous electric concept car that offers you a glimpse of our future mobility according to Chevrolet, it will captivate you at first sight.
The project team from engineering, design, and electrification teams drew on their past experience from developing electric vehicles. The objective was to come up with a unique, futuristic, intelligent vehicle for future younger consumers by taking advantage of innovative car networking technology. This concept car features a futuristic capsule design with crystal laser headlights and taillights, it also boasts dragonfly dual swing doors, magnetic hubless wheel electric motors, and of course, a wireless auto-charge system.
From : Chevrolet
Chevrolet FNR is a futuristic concept car equipped with a variety of intelligent technologies that you usually see in sci-fi movies. There are sensors and roof-mounted radar to map out its environment, allowing for driverless operation, Chevy Intelligent Assistant as well as iris recognition to work well. This car also serves as your personal assistant to map out the best route when you setup your destination.
During self-driving mode, you can swivel the vehicle’s front seats up to 180-degrees to face the rear seats and have face-to-face conversation with other passengers, creating a more intimate setting.
The 1956 motorama movie projected a future contrasted with the present; in the present (1956), a nuclear family of hot and perspiring convertible occupants are attempting to travel to the beach - but they are stuck, immobile, in an insufferable freeway traffic jam. In a flash-forward to the future, they are cruising at high speed in air conditioned comfort along an automated freeway (with no other vehicles to be seen) in their turbine-powered Firebird.
The concept (now over fifty years old) was that this future was not unreasonably remote, and would be provided by General Motors, yet is consistent with current projections (2008) for future automotive travel using electronic vehicle control and improved highway infrastructure.
It might be able to deal with single potholes, but what will it do with clusters of 20 or so?
And will it be able to distinguish between a shallow puddle and a foot-deep crater filled with water?
Am I the only one who sees these cars as a future tool of dictators? Once they’ve become widespread in society, they’ll eventually become mandatory. And once that happens, forget going anywhere your Kitty Overlords (or any overlord) doesn’t want you to go.