The world is fast changing. Changing for good
and changing for bad. It is always safe to take the good sides and leave the
bad sides alone. The rise in technology advancement comes as good as the next thing coming
down the line. Every year the auto industry is constantly bringing us new
technologies, whether it is for climate change prevention, safety,
entertainment, usefulness or simply for the sake of creativity.
Many new cars in
2016 including the African Kiira Motors –Uganda and Innoson Vehicle - Nigeria, are either specifically built
for safety or have some sort of safety focus to them. Some of the latest car
innovations I have found are some truly exciting technologies that could
revolutionize not just the automotive industry but human transportation in
general.
Then, is the
question, so what's in store for future
cars? As an Environmentalist, I am always looking out for features that are
green and functionality that encourages environmental protection. While I may
not provide a precise answer in a hurry, but based on technological experts’ opinions
in various domains across the globe and exploration of the power of analytics on
vehicles currently being tested and what
is on the road today, one could have an idea of some new technology that will
most likely make waves in the nearest future.
Take for instance, with the
rising level of global temperature caused by climate change, technologies are
somewhat tilting to green cars. The automotive
industry has started to shift in producing more green cars due to pressures
from consumers and government at all various levels on the importance of
environmental protection. The term green cars is used to
describe vehicles that have low impact on the environment or simply put have a
small carbon footprint. Over the
coming decades, you will see an evolution of vehicles that will eventually
become electric cars. There are going to be several stepping stones in getting
there though. Like Toyota Prius have demonstrated how much more fuel
efficient our vehicles can be. Hybrids use an electric motor as well as a
traditional engine to power the vehicle. Full hybrid cars can function on
electricity only - only for a certain amount of time. Some of them also have
regenerative breaking, where the energy from the braking process is captured to
generate electricity and used to recharge the batteries.
There are also green cars that
are 100% electric. While some people think this is impossible, Tesla
Motors is producing electric cars that travel hundreds of kilometres on a
single charge - and travel at highway speeds too. And in March 2016, they
have just unveiled Tesla Model 3 with a price tag of $35,000.
In the light of this development,
there have been debates if the human driver is still needful in the nearest
future as there are smart cars that can auto-drive. Recently, as noted by Alex
Davies on wired.com, connected car company Harman
and automotive design firm Rinspeed have
explored and envisioned what cars might look like when a human driver becomes a
thing of the past.
One of the latest predictions is that the cars in the nearest future
will be wonderful masterpiece having complex functionality including a bookshelf.
With a bookshelf having paper books, you can agree with me that future cars and
a library have something in common. In this case, where the autonomous driving system
gets a steering wheel, the passenger gets ... a bookshelf. It's not exactly the
first thing you'd expect to find in a car made for the future, but Harman
believes paper books will hold sway—and that there's a place for humor in
concepts cars like this one.
Thank you for reading.
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