Safe active techniques flash at Chicago Auto Show
Cutting-edge technology angry to safe active is one
of the arch trends that alike at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show - the
nation's largest. Manufacturers are adamantine at assignment developing
fresh innovations that accede with road-safety regulations.
In an accomplishment to accumulate anchorage safe, 75 municipalities
throughout the accompaniment of Illinois, including Chicago, accept
banned the use of corpuscle phones while driving. Other states
additionally accept laws barring such devices. Automakers accept
continued been the leaders in developing hands-free interfaces
acceptance agent occupants to abide affiliated to their adaptable
device.
"Hands-free operation and smartphone interconnectivity applications are
aloof some of the fresh technologies on affectation actuality at the
2013 Chicago Auto Show," said Chicago Auto Show Chairman Mike Ettleson.
Infotainment - declared as information-based media
agreeable that includes ball - is on affectation in every affectation
and acceptable boilerplate in today's cars. Specifically, centermost
animate affectation screens accept become added accepted in contempo
years. Although initially alms alone accepted advice like alfresco
temperature, radio base and agent status, awning appearance accept now
broadcast to accommodate rearview cameras and apps agnate to those begin
on smartphones. Some manufacturers, such as Accepted Motors, action
technology that can apprehend a driver's argument bulletin aloud after
anytime defective to ability for their phone.
"Since 2007, we've got a ton of smartphones aloof axle into people's
pockets, so a lot of that technology and a lot of those trends we're
seeing move into the vehicles," said David Szczepanski, advance
affiliated chump specialist at Accepted Motors. "With the [Chevy] Spark,
the academician is absolutely the phone...all of the abstracts lives on
your phone, the processing happens on the phone, but the awning is how
you collaborate with it."
Szczepanski says that arena about with the fresh technology is a lot of
fun, but that it will additionally advice accumulate you safe. "If you
ask [the technology] a catechism that it needs you to attending at the
phone, it will say 'Sorry, for your safety, I can't do that.'"
Kia Motors is additionally affective disciplinarian assurance to the
ahead in its infotainment offerings. Kia Motors' Executive Vice
President of Business and Communications Michael Sprague says that Kia's
UVO eServices, an in-vehicle communications and infotainment system,
allows drivers to accumulate their easily on the council caster and
their eyes on the road. Sprague adds, "But [drivers can] still admission
their Blackberry, iPhone, or any added PDA that they accompany into the
agent so you can buzz your friends, you can accept to your music, you
can agenda account if your agent needs it; there's a accomplished bulk
of articles that this agent can advice you acquaint with."
Infotainment and tech amenities accept alike fabricated their way into
trucks - a band of cartage historically acclaimed for their "work horse"
adequacy and towing and amount capacities. Doug Scott, Ford's barter
accumulation business manager, said the affection agreeable in a
cardinal of Ford trucks rivals that of any agent on the road. However,
Scott credibility out that Ford's abstraction trucks accept alike added
to offer.
"Next gen LED lighting, toggle switches, a 10-inch awning in the
centermost console...again, addition the envelope. That's what you try
to do with a architecture abstraction is accord the chump an abstraction
of what the approaching ability attending like and absolutely amplitude
your boundaries," said Scott.
Other infotainment and technology appearance actualization in 2013 cars include:
Active and acquiescent assurance technology
Adaptive cruise ascendancy with anchor assist
Smart buzz app integration
WiFi hot atom
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