Cars

Concept Cars 2030
and

Self Driving Cars

Miryeong Song A1280345
Katia Bitar A01231652

CONCEPT CARS

A car built to test or show a new design

● These are brand new vehicles, or mock-ups of new vehicles,
that incorporate revolutionary new ideas in technology and
design.

● Concept cars are usually developed from scratch, and only
one or two copies may ever be made.

● In most instances they never even reach the showrooms. A lot
of effort goes into producing a concept car.

Concept cars aren't intended to become production vehicles.

● A concept car is exactly what the name implies: a car designed to
demonstrate a concept. They serve many purposes:

● Used to test the feasibility of new technologies.
● Provide a useful gauge of public interest in new automotive features.
● Allow automotive designers free reign to explore out-of-the-box ideas

that could either revolutionize the automobile industry or disappear into
the dustbin of automotive history.
● In most cases, concept cars aren't fully functional and may not even be
full size.

Examples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8TSSgVLtHU

https://www.businessinsider.com/12-crazy-concept-c
ars-2017-3#inside-the-car-has-a-massive-touchscre
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gesture-control-the-concept-can-also-alert-you-of-up
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Self Driving Cars

A self-driving car (sometimes called an
autonomous car or driverless car) is a vehicle that uses
a combination of sensors, cameras, radar and artificial
intelligence to travel between destinations without a
human operator.

Dr. Dominique Freckmann says “The sensors in a
self-driving car are always observing, are not affected
by the state of the driver (sleepy, angry, etc.), and can
scan in multiple directions simultaneously.”

Self Driving Cars

“Recent NHTSA research shows that approximately 94 percent of accidents are caused by human
error.”

The concept of the Self Driving Cars is “Autonomous driving is a key aspect of the industry’s drive
toward safer roadways.”

Self Driving Cars

What technology makes self-driving cars
possible?

It’s really three technologies, Amici says:
sensors, connectivity, and software/control algorithms.

1) Most of the sensors required for autonomous
driving are available today and are used in
advanced safety features such as blind-spot
monitoring, lane-keep assistance, and forward
collision warning. (radar, ultrasonics, and
cameras).

Self Driving Cars

What technology makes self-driving cars
possible?

It’s really three technologies, Amici says: sensors,
connectivity, and software/control algorithms.

1) Connectivity means cars have access to the
latest traffic, weather, surface conditions,
construction, maps, adjacent cars, and road
infrastructure. This data is used to monitor a car’s
surrounding operating environment to anticipate
braking or avoid hazardous conditions.

Self Driving Cars

What technology makes self-driving cars
possible?

It’s really three technologies, Amici says: sensors,
connectivity, and software/control algorithms.

1) software/control algorithms are needed
to reliably capture the data from sensors
and connectivity and make decisions on
steering, braking, speed, and route
guidance. The decision-making of the
algorithms, must be able to handle a
multitude of simple and complex driving
situations flawlessly.

Bibliography

https://www.fi.edu/science-of-selfdriving-cars
https://hbr.org/2018/08/to-make-self-driving-cars-safe-we-also-need-better-roads-and-infrastructure
https://sabermas.umich.mx/archivo/tecnologia/196-numero-2462/381-vehiculos-autonomos-iun-vehiculo-que-se-conduce-solo.ht
ml

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concept%20car

https://auto.howstuffworks.com/cost-to-build-concept-car.htm

https://auto.howstuffworks.com/concept-cars-on-market.htm

https://www.businessinsider.com/12-crazy-concept-cars-2017-3#inside-the-car-has-a-massive-touchscreen-d
isplay-from-harman-that-comes-with-voice-and-gesture-control-the-concept-can-also-alert-you-of-upcoming-o
bstacles-with-a-heads-up-display-on-the-windshield-12