Cars of the future

corktina

How do you see cars developing?

How long until we dispense with traditional controls and drive using Wii technology, either as a joystick or wire-free?

djimi

I personally cannot wait until next year when we have flying cars :pac:

Anan1

I see self driving cars becoming the norm - ultimately if you want to drive (as opposed to direct the car) yourself you'll probably have to go to a track.

deandean

This.
Tesla Model S

http://www.teslamotors.com/models

corktina

deandean wrote: »

This.
Tesla Model S

http://www.teslamotors.com/models

that's now isn't it rather than the future?

MidlandsM

I'm personally looking forward to one with a built in Orgasmatron.

afatbollix

More and more crap to make it safer...

You wont be able to turn off traction control or have fun in a car.

Id say us petrol heads will have to have two cars one for every day driving with a overlord looking down on us to make sure we are safe and a weekend car that doesn't have electronics.

deandean

corktina wrote: »

that's now isn't it rather than the future?

Yea but maybe I'll be able to afford it in the future

Anyways the OP referred more so to controls. IMO it's hard to beat the traditional steering wheel. You can't hold a joystick with your knee while you shave, use the phone & have a coffee on the way to work.

corktina

MidlandsM wrote: »

I'm personally looking forward to one with a built in Orgasmatron.

deandean

MidlandsM wrote: »

I'm personally looking forward to one with a built in Orgasmatron.

Here ya go:
http://sublimesatisfaction.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/the-car-vibrator-a-rabbit-you-plug-into-your-cigarette-lighter/

MidlandsM

lol ...no thanks deandean, but that back in yer bedside locker will ya!


twas' the Orgasmatron from the Woody Allen movie ....gas! lol

corktina

hard to see how that would add to your control of the car !


(Rabbit injection I guess)

Mc Love

Have to admit this looks impressive: There is a video on the link too




http://www5.mercedes-benz.com/en/innovation/welcome_to_2025/?csref=_sm:in_glbF125_fbk_kw01_pc

Zascar

Electric is the future. The Tesla's are pretty dam amazing so far, and the technology is really only in its infancy.

Take a look at this video showing the Mission RS - and electric Superbike. This is the first one that is in any way good, and its bloody amazing. 160bhp, 100% torque, 120+ miles per charge, and it can charge very quickly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC6v4yjJ5CY

Just imagine what we'll have in 5-10 years when this technology advances and they'll get way cheaper too.

Days 298

The future of cars and the future of cars in Ireland are 2 separate things.

0.8 Litre Hybrid diesel... *drool*

That said maybe the public transport lobbies will tax us out of private transport.

Red Kev

Cars will be self drive. Controls such as steering wheels, pedals etc. will disappear, leaving it possible to totally redesign the interior of cars. Instead of 5 forward facing seats they can face each other much the same as in a train carraige. Thee design of cars will change radically, there will no longer be the need for a 3 box design, cars will be more interior focussed, and will be more cigar shaped on the outside to reduce energy use.

Eventually driven cars will be banned from major urban routes as they slow things down. They will be restricted to weekends and less used roads. As all cars are computer controlled commuting times will drop massively, less need for traffic lights etc.

There will be less direct car ownership, instead cars will be pooled. You have a smartphone ap and you order your car to pick you up at a certain time in the morning to go to a certain destination. You can share this trip or parts of it with other people in your "pool" to save costs.

Cars will be electric, powered by fast charge capacitors, not by batteries as we know them. This will also change infrastructure as we know it. There will also be less space given over to onstreet parking as self automated cars can park more compactly than driven ones.

ShadowHearth

One side Petrol price other side Government Taxes and charges.