Cars that can move automatically have the ability to reduce
the fuel consumption, as said by Nady Boules, the director of General Motor
Electric and Controls Integration Lab.
Many carmakers are working on development of such automatic
cars.
Fully automatic cars will be more rationally designed, which
will make them lighter in weight and thereby help to decrease fuel consumption.
These automatic cars will have further possibility of
controlling acceleration in a favorable manner and this will be a plus point to
reduce fuel consumption as fast start and tough braking can result in 40%
increased fuel consumption. Boules said that 10-15% of fuel consumption could
be reduced by the space of four meters from a moving truck. Moreover,
vehicle-to-vehicle communication can also work in reducing fuel consumption by
coordinating traffic intelligently and decreasing accidents.
Parking a car automatically could save fuel by eliminating
the need for drivers to circle around the parking lot in order to find the free
space. Here, the concept of car’s automatic parking to the nearest parking
space will work, after dropping off the owner from the car, even if parking
space is located half a mile away. Similarly, at the time of leaving, the owner
will send a signal to the car through smart phone or any other device and car
will automatically pick him up. Smart vehicles will need less maintenance and
thereby can reduce fuel consumption by 30%.
When the signals are red, the car will automatically
switched off and it will be switched on just before the green signal.
Boules reported that cars with partial attention to the
vehicle’s steering wheel and the accelerator will probably come by the end of
this decade and fully automated cars will come by the next decade but certain
new rules and regulations will be enforced.
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