What if Apple hadn’t canceled its plans for an Apple Car? What might such a vehicle looked like in, say, four years from now?
A Feb. 15, 2015 article by Scott Nyquist at the World Economic Forum gives some hints. The author thinks the “car of the future” (not necessarily one built by Apple) will:
° Weigh much less. “Carmakers are investing heavily in figuring out how to adapt costly carbon fiber to manufacturing.”
° Be greener. “Future cars will certainly spew fewer particulates and greenhouse-gas emissions.”
° Be self-driving (although that may take longer than 10 or even 20 years to become the norm).
° Do self-diagnostics, such as telling you when a tire is low or a brake pad needs replacing.
° Interact with users. The future car could detect if you’re sleepy and take appropriate action if you’re driving.
° Interact with other cars. Future cars may “talk” to each other to, for example, send a warning signal when they’re getting too close.
° Interact with infrastructure. embedded sensors would let vehicles know about road or traffic conditions.
° Offer Augmented reality. Dashboards will be able to spot and identify objects on the road ahead.
° Be a hybrid vehicle or electric only. Personally, I’d bet that an Apple Car will be electric only.
(The concept art in this article is courtesy of ApfelBlog.)
