Ten Future Technologies That Will Revolutionize Your Next Car
10.) Solar chargers
Fisker might be dead, but some of the Karma's technologies should really make it into the mainstream. Solar panels can charge the battery, power the air conditioner or the infotainment system as long as it's sunny. It's a great way to improve your mileage without sacrificing performance. Sure, you can have it as an option on your Prius, but why isn't it standard equipment?
9.) Head-up display as standard
If you've ever driven a car with HUD, you know how much safer it is. You don't have to shift focus and your eyes are can stay on the road thanks to all the important information projected to your windshield. This is probably one of the best thing that came out of fighter jets.
8.) Rev-matching manuals
Car makers claim manuals are dying because they are inefficient, but that's hardly true. With a rev-matching stick shift, you get the most out of the engine without being Walter Röhrl. The 2014 Corvette Stingray is getting the technology, but why don't all new cars?
7.) Utilization of waste heat
An internal combustion engine generates a lot of heat energy, most of which goes to waste. While regenerative braking is a great way to save some of that, we could do much better at improving efficiency by harvesting more of that grilling power, especially from the exhaust gases.
6.) KERS
If it works in racecars and high-end supercars, it should do well in your grocery getter as well. Somethingwittyer is the Anti-Grammar Hammer tells us about the benefits of a KERS flywheel system:
5.) Predictive suspension
For a fair bit of money, you can get an adaptive suspension with magnetic dampers nowadays. That's fantastic, but how going one step further? manifold engines, wanting for time likes the idea:
4.) Affordable carbon fiber
Pushing down the price of lightweight materials like carbon fiber is the only way car makers can improve fuel economy significantly. Just ask Lamborghini.
1.) Alternative fuels
Until we all hold our breath for Citroën to work out its high pressure air-hybrid system, let's talk about current technologies. Basically, fossil fuels won't lost long and it kills those precious pandas, hydrogen needs massive containers and has no infrastructure, while batteries are heavy without providing enough range. Whoever comes up with a cheap green petrol (ha-ha!) will be the next king of the universe.
If you've ever driven a car with HUD, you know how much safer it is. You don't have to shift focus and your eyes are can stay on the road thanks to all the important information projected to your windshield. This is probably one of the best thing that came out of fighter jets.
8.) Rev-matching manuals
Car makers claim manuals are dying because they are inefficient, but that's hardly true. With a rev-matching stick shift, you get the most out of the engine without being Walter Röhrl. The 2014 Corvette Stingray is getting the technology, but why don't all new cars?
7.) Utilization of waste heat
An internal combustion engine generates a lot of heat energy, most of which goes to waste. While regenerative braking is a great way to save some of that, we could do much better at improving efficiency by harvesting more of that grilling power, especially from the exhaust gases.
6.) KERS
If it works in racecars and high-end supercars, it should do well in your grocery getter as well. Somethingwittyer is the Anti-Grammar Hammer tells us about the benefits of a KERS flywheel system:
5.) Predictive suspension
For a fair bit of money, you can get an adaptive suspension with magnetic dampers nowadays. That's fantastic, but how going one step further? manifold engines, wanting for time likes the idea:
4.) Affordable carbon fiber
Pushing down the price of lightweight materials like carbon fiber is the only way car makers can improve fuel economy significantly. Just ask Lamborghini.
1.) Alternative fuels
Until we all hold our breath for Citroën to work out its high pressure air-hybrid system, let's talk about current technologies. Basically, fossil fuels won't lost long and it kills those precious pandas, hydrogen needs massive containers and has no infrastructure, while batteries are heavy without providing enough range. Whoever comes up with a cheap green petrol (ha-ha!) will be the next king of the universe.
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