Considering I’ve just recently upgraded to a ride with working air conditioning and automatic windows, I’m a bit behind on the latest that automotive technology has to offer. Nevertheless, connected and autonomous cars are consistently adding new features, refining existing platforms, and pushing the boundaries of design.
To name a few, Continental is hard a work adding two new tire concepts to their existing series of smart technologies, the ContiSense and ContiAdapt. The latest innovations are even finding their way into the vehicle development process, as Ford utilizes HoloLens technology to assist in automotive modeling.
Gathering data from The 2017 Strategy & Digital Auto Report courtesy of Statista, the graph below illustrates the projected number of autonomous cars that’ll be driving about between 2025 and 2030 in the U.S. According to the figure, 2025 may house 2.1 million autonomous vehicles. In five years’ time, that number is expected to drastically increase, reaching 20.8 million by 2030.
The list for autonomous features is long on both the pro and con side of the aisle. No matter what the forecasts say, only time will tell just how driverless the future will be.