What the future of auto industry is like?
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India has started witnessing the importance of EVs, HVs, FCVs, etc. According to Sohinder Gill, Director SMEV, India will be a country a electric two wheelers.
In Picture : Tesla Motors' first all electric SUV Model X
Such vehicles allows to share internet access with other vehicles on the road. They are extremely helpful for crash or accidents avoidance, thus ensuring safety of the passengers.
This has made auto sector an open market, where tech and IT companies like Apple, Google have chances to succeed.
Daimler recently has road tested its autonomous trucks also.
In Picture: Google's self driving car
Steering wheels which are programmed to provide a "feel" of the road are already there. As the user makes a turn or accelerates, the steering wheel responds by resisting turns or slipping out of control.
With research projects going on everywhere starting from vehicles which will be able to detect potholes, and seats analysing the driver's heart rate and breathing to monitor health and stress, to brain wave monitoring to improve driver concentration and reduce accidents.
In Picture: Jaguar Land Rover's technology research project to detect, predict and share data on potholes
Buying a car or a two wheeler is no longer a predictable, linear, unidirectional process.
According to the Accenture global automotive survey 2015 of 10,000 customers across eight countries (including India), 93% of all surveyed drivers seeking to purchase a new car use some form of digital process to research their buying preference.
In Picture: BMW UK's recent online car buying service for entire product range
Volkswagen India has 123 robots at its Pune plant while Hyundai Motor India, the subsidiary of the Korean carmaker, has 400 robots at its factory in Chennai. The entire body shop, most of the paint shop and parts of the final assembly line in these plants are now automated.
If the welding of an entire car gets completed in just 84 seconds, who will not want automation in vehicle manufacturing plants.
In Picture: Spot welding in the automotive industry in BMW factory
Small, privately held American automobile manufacturer Terrafugia is developing a flying car called TF-X.
On May 7, 2013, Terrafugia sowed the seeds for the TF-X, which is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle and would be the first fully autonomous flying car.
It will carry four people, have non-stop flight range of at least 500 miles.
It is still in the early stages of development, with a production date estimated at 8-12 years in the future. The price will be consistent with high-end luxury cars.
In Picture: Terrafugia's flying car TF-X
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