Cars of the future

A presentation made by Andrei Cain

History Ever since the first automobile was

invented in 1769 by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, constant developments and new features have been introduced to cars.

Notably, the inventions of the “power steering”, “disk brakes” and “airbags” makes today’s driving much safer and more enjoyable.

Also, developments in aerodynamics lead to faster cars that are usually more esthetically pleasing. A good example of a pioneering aerodynamic car is the Citroen DS from 1955.

So what can we expect from a future car?

Aeromobil The AEROMOBIL is a prototype that was conceived as a vehicle that

can be converted from an automobile to an aircraft. The version 2.5 proof-of-concept took 20 years to develop, and first flew in 2013. The prototype was constructed by the AeroMobil Team, based in Bratislava, Slovakia and led by co-founders Štefan Klein and Juraj Vaculik, advised by inventor Dean Kamen.

Hybrid cars A hybrid vehicle uses two or more distinct power sources to move itself.

Some may combine an internal combustion engine and one or more electric motors. However, other mechanisms to capture and use energy may also be included. This lowers the fuel consumption and the air pollution.

The Nissan Leaf is such an example, while also being the first plug-in electric car equipped with Nissan's Vehicle Sound for Pedestrians because the electric engine is too silent.

Electric Cars An electric car is an automobile that is propelled by one or more electric

motors, using electrical energy stored in rechargeable batteries or another energy storage device. Electric motors give electric cars instant torque, creating strong and smooth acceleration.

The perfect example of such car is the Tesla Model S. Launched in 2012, it quickly became the best electric car ever made, as it has the largest range ever seen in an electric car, it doesn’t lack power and at about $40.000 it’s not very expensive, considering you will never ever have to pay for fuel again.

Driverless cars The driverless car is an automated or autonomous vehicle capable of

fulfilling the main transportation capabilities of a traditional car.

Autonomous vehicles sense their surroundings with such techniques as radar, GPS, and computer vision. Advanced control systems interpret sensory information to identify appropriate navigation paths, as well as obstacles.

Some demonstrative systems, precursory to autonomous cars, date back to the 1920s and 30s. The first self-sufficient cars appeared in the 1980s.

Since then, numerous major companies and research organizations, such as Google, have developed working prototype autonomous vehicles.

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Paramagnetic paint has the ability to simply change color when it is receiving electricity and this change is called electroluminescence.

Final words…

The automotive industry is constantly changing depending of what the customers want and what new technologies are developed.

As we can see, the full-electric vehicle is no longer a sci-fi dream and the flying car is almost ready to be launched.

10 years from now, all the cars would have the possibility to drive themselves and some of them even to fly to distant cities for a vacation.

Nobody knows exactly what the future will look like but the rise of gas prices will definitely have their toll on selling new gasoline-fueled cars.

Maybe in the distant future, we won’t have to use cars as a transportation vehicle and we could just teleport wherever we want by just imagining.

Thank you for your attention!

Presented by Andrei Cain