Future car technologies

[h=1]Future car technologies[/h]From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



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Potential future car technologies include new energy sources and materials, which are being developed in order to make <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Automobile</a> more <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_living" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sustainable Living</a>, safer, more <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efficient_energy_use" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Efficient Energy Use</a>, or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_emissions_control" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Vehicle Emissions Control</a>. Cars are being developed in many different ways.
With rising gas prices, the future of cars is leaning towards fuel efficiency, energy-savers, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_vehicle" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hybrid Vehicle</a>, battery <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_vehicle" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Electric Vehicle</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel-cell" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Fuel Cell</a> vehicles.
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[h=2]Advanced control[/h]

• <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platoon_(automobile)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Platoon (Automobile)</a> of cars that are controlled by the lead car
• <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_infrastructure_integration" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Vehicle Infrastructure Integration</a>

[h=2]Energy source[/h]Main article: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_fuel_vehicle" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alternative Fuel Vehicle</a>
One major problem in developing cleaner, energy efficient automobiles is the source of power to drive the engine. A variety of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_fuel_vehicle" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alternative Fuel Vehicle</a> have been proposed or sold, including electric cars, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_vehicle" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hydrogen Vehicle</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed-air_car" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Compressed Air Car</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_nitrogen" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Liquid Nitrogen</a> cars.
In one experiment done to improve the future of cars, a new kind of battery was installed which can be easily removed, and recharged in two different ways. First, by a generator integrated with the IC and second by removing the cassettes so that they can be recharged off-board in the home ( Charters, Watkinson, Wykes, & Simpkin, 2008).
[h=2]Energy saver[/h]Conventional automobiles operate at about 15% efficiency. The rest of the energy is lost to engine and drive-train inefficiencies and idling. Therefore, the potential to improve fuel efficiency with advanced technologies is enormous.
Various technologies have been developed and utilized to increase the energy efficiency of conventional cars or supplement them, resulting in energy savings.

• <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regenerative_braking" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Regenerative Braking</a> technology saves and stores energy for future use or as back up power. When conventional brakes are used, 100% of the kinetic energy lost is converted to thermal energy, and dissipated in the form of heat. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regenerative_braking" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Regenerative Braking</a> recovers some of this energy to recharge the batteries in a hybrid vehicle.
• <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bmw</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbosteamer" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Turbosteamer</a> concept uses energy from the exhaust gases of the traditional Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) to power a steam engine which also contributes power to the automobile (Hanlon, 2005). This can increase energy efficiency by up to 15%.
• Compressed air Hybrid is an engine made by researchers at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunel_University" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Brunel University</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">United Kingdom</a>, which forces highly compressed air into the engine, which they claim reduces fuel consumption by 30%. #-Link-Snipped-#
• Utilization of waste heat from D.W. as useful mechanical energy through exhaust powered <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_engine" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Steam Engine</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_engine" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Stirling Engine</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_diode" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Thermal Diode</a>, etc.[SUP]#-Link-Snipped-#[/SUP]
• Using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_fluid_dynamics" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Computational Fluid Dynamics</a> in the design stage can produce vehicles which take significantly less energy to push through the air, a major consideration at highway speeds. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_1-litre_car" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Volkswagen 1 Litre Car</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptera_2_Series" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Aptera 2 Series</a> are examples of ultra-low-drag vehicles.

[h=2]Materials[/h]

• <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duraluminum" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Duraluminum</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiberglass" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Fiberglass</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_fiber" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Carbon Fiber</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_nanotube" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Carbon Nanotube</a> may totally replace all <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Steel</a> in cars (potentially improving lightness and strength). Aluminum, carbon fiber and fiberglass are currently being used more in cars today.
• Plastic and foam for the car's shell; foam can provide additional safety for pedestrians, ... and can also make the car buoyant.[SUP]#-Link-Snipped-#[/SUP]
• <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water-repellant_glass" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Water Repellant Glass</a>

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