Self-Driving Cars will Look Different: for one, no Man-Eating Grilles
Without an internal combustion engine, without a transmission, without a radiator, tomorrow's cars won't need to look like the cars we know today.
What will they look like? Volkswagen says the self-driving cars of tomorrow won't have angry, man-eating faces, for one.
At the 2017 Geneva motor show, Volkswagen rolled out its Sedric, its first fully electric, self-driving car concept. Capable of Level 5 autonomous driving, the Sedric maps out how Volkswagen will develop cars that can accelerate, brake, and steer themselves.
For The Automakers, Large-Scale 3D Printing Is The Next Powerful Toolbox
"Time is money" is an overused cliché.
Yet, in today's hypercompetitive technology marketplace, it's never been truer.
The most sophisticated CAD (Computer Aided Design), fluidynamics and crash simulation programs used by auto manufacturers cannot replace actual testing and the various stage gates in the large-scale manufacturing process, but that will soon change.
How to Cut Down on Fuel Usage
Fleet managers keeping pace with a changing world face three stark new realities: tighter margins, stricter CO2 emissions legislation, and a growing need to prove environmental credentials during customer transactions. This has put greater pressure on fleet managers and changed the nature of the role they perform.
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To Make Us All Safer, Robocars Will Sometimes Have to Kill
Let’s say you’re driving down Main Street and your brakes give out.
As the terror hits, a gaggle of children spills out into the road. Do you A) swerve into Keith’s Frozen Yogurt Emporium, killing yourself, covering your car in toppings, and sparing the kids or B) assume they’re the Children of the Corn and just power through, killing them and saving your own life?
Any decent human would choose the former, of course, because even murderous kiddie farmers have rights.
But would a self-driving car make the right choice? Maybe yes.
New Safety Features for Your Fleet
by Eliot Bensel
It’s an alarming statistic. According to the CDC, each day over eight people are killed and 1,161 are injured in crashes that reportedly involve a distracted driver. In an effort to combat these staggering figures, more fleet managers are looking to acquire vehicles with advanced safety features. Automakers acknowledge that technology previously reserved for more expensive vehicles is now becoming widely available across less expensive models; and how we keep drivers safe is continuing to evolve.
Advances in Overall Vehicle Safety
Because of advancements in technology, today’s vehicles and drivers are much safer than ever before. Safety-related technologies include emergency braking and collision mitigation, automatic tire pressure monitoring, blind spot detection and side assist, rollover mitigation and even occupant sensitive seats.
