The automotive industry is full of advanced technologies—and always has been.
Whether for safety, entertainment, comfort, or innovation, manufacturers are tirelessly developing the latest technologies every day.
In recent years, automation has been a key focus for global automotive giants. Manufacturing innovation has given us so much in the past—what the future holds is almost unimaginable.
In a way, it's almost like we're starting over, because future cars will be so advanced that we'll hardly recognize them.
With that in mind, I think we should look at some smart technologies that we can expect to emerge by the end of this century.
What can we expect?
Vehicle-to-vehicle communication
In a perfect world, there would be no car accidents. Unfortunately, we can't predict the future, nor can we foresee what will happen around the next corner. But what if our cars could?
Vehicle-to-vehicle communication, or the well-known V2V system, will “use Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC), a two-way wireless channel that enables V2V-equipped vehicles to communicate with each other over a distance of approximately 300 meters, and its broadcast updates 10 times per second.”
In fact, your car has already communicated with multiple vehicles on the road ahead and calculated a plan for you (the driver) to avoid any potential collisions.
Reduce weight and lower cost
For decades, drivers and manufacturers have sought to reduce the weight of the vehicles we ride in.
Ford and BMW are just two manufacturers committed to significantly reducing vehicle weight, introducing more aluminum and carbon fiber compounds. For example, the Ford F-150 features an aluminum body, resulting in a curb weight reduction of 698 pounds!
Lighter cars not only save money on fuel consumption, but also cause less environmental damage.
AR Dashboard
Whether it's Back to the Future, one of the many 007 Bond films, or any other cool movie franchise, you can almost guarantee that augmented reality dashboards will be in use somewhere. Now, this technology is finally moving from the big screen into the real world.
In practice, the augmented reality (AR) dashboard will integrate information from outside the vehicle, such as other moving objects and road conditions, and display it on the windshield in front of the driver. This eliminates the need to obstruct the driver's view forward.
The technology itself was already widely used when Pokémon GO was released to the world in 2016, but now it is used on many different platforms in many different industries.
German automotive giant BMW has been working to develop a highly accurate camera and sensor system that will be introduced into a fully augmented reality (AR) dashboard—displaying every bit of information a driver might need about the road ahead.
The future of automobiles is amazing. We're not sure when these advancements will take effect, but we believe that when they do, they will transform the industry.
