Issue 03/2017

connected car head-up display
Tech & innovation

To drive or not to drive?

21 April 2017 by Claire Marchand
Imagine someone who hasn’t driven a car in the past 30 years. Taking the wheel of a modern car today, this person would probably be lost trying to figure out all the electronics inside. Voice command, self-driving cars...
Bombardier PRIMOVE technology
Tech & innovation

Charging on the go

21 April 2017 by Clark Warrington
Each day buses log thousands of kilometers following routes on the streets of cities and towns around the globe. It may seem unremarkable, then, for a fleet of buses to have provided a total of 500 000 kilometers of...
Systems in intelligent cars use biometrics
Digital world

Biometrics for consumer markets

21 April 2017 by Antoinette Price
Fingerprint, palm, iris, voice, facial and gesture recognition will aid advances in driver-assistance systems and vehicle security. Incorporating cloud analytics will generate useful information and allow notifications...
Thermoelectric generator (TEG) installation in exhaust system of BMW saloon
Greentech

Energy harvest ‘feeds’ road vehicles

21 April 2017 by Morand Fachot
Recovering energy can offer attractive solutions for providing additional power to motor vehicles at the same time as cutting their fuel consumption and emissions. They rely on a number of systems that recover thermal...
Active wellness car seat for driverless vehicles
Tech & innovation

Are we driving or ride sharing?

21 April 2017 by Antoinette Price
In the next decade, cars will be well on the way to, or have reached the goal of becoming fully self-driving. As the industry continues to develop new levels of autonomous vehicles, the whole notion of personal transport...