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| Autonomous vehicles: Thinking Beyond |
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Mercedes-BenzSi At this point you still do not believe in the viability
of autonomous vehicles, it is simply that you have not read enough
about it. In the current state of technology, it is already perfectly
clear and clear that one of these vehicles can carry out the driving
tasks in a much more advantageous and efficient way than a human: it is
able to obtain information from the environment in an infinitely more
complete way, has better reflections, does not tire, does not itch or
compete absurdly with other drivers , Don't drink ...
The
statistics of the tests carried out so far leave no room for doubt.
Apart from the entry of new competitors or new innovation platforms –
Apple already contracts openly executives with extensive experience in
the automotive sector, and plans its strategy to try to bring the
disruption to that market – automotive companies have long since stopped
considering a future of simple "driving aids" and went on to put the
focus on the vehicle autonomous , not only for tourism, but also for
issues such as trucking. Some investments, such as the recent
acquisition of here and its portfolio of technologies for intelligent
vehicles, prove it. The conditions are already simply legal and ethical,
no longer technological. We are talking about a trillion-dollar market
between the provision of new infrastructures, efficiency gains and
foreseeable security advances.
The
question now is to try to understand the new environment to which this
type of technology will step. The present moment, in which the law
obliges a human driver to remain behind the wheel to take control if
necessary, it is obviously a state of transition: there is little doubt
as to the fact that passengers will be exclusively that, passengers,
without any possibility of interaction with the driving. In fact,
everything indicates that the autonomous vehicle, in a majority way,
will be a device that generally will not be in the hands of the users,
but it tends to be offered mainly as a service. An evolution that leads
to the second level the question of the unit price, for the sake of a
much higher efficiency that allows its profitability. From the moment
the availability of this type of vehicle begins to become generalized,
or to be considered as a reasonable alternative for the optimisation of
transport in the cities, we will be talking about a completely different
scenario, in which the idea that we have of vehicle changes completely.
Vehicles
in which luxury will take another type of connotation: the important
will no longer be a powerful engine or a nice line, but a comfortable
interior in which we can sleep during our displacements, consume
content, or hold meetings in TelePresence. What happens when the
activity of the passengers ceases to be conditioned by the incidents of
the driving, and the time of displacement is completely liberated?
Possibly, we will see an increase in the number of businesses that raise
drive-thru options, or pick up from the vehicle, because we will be
able to consider a much more efficient use of the time that we spend in
it, and decide to have breakfast or lunch in the vehicle in full
comfort. Or take advantage of that time of displacement as working time,
with access to the tools and the connectivity necessary for it. Options
that completely alter the idea of interior design that we have today of
a vehicle.
A
level of change in both the approach of the vehicle as well as in the
cities and businesses that develop in them, which, at this time, is
impossible to anticipate. But certainly a much more relevant discussion
than whether the vehicles will lead alone or not. That part,
technologically, is already more than exceeded. In terms of innovation,
the focus is no longer as much in technology as it is in its adoption
phase.
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