Is The 2016 Chevy Volt GM’s Future Hybrid System In Disguise?
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Mr. Abuelsamid called Mercedes’ seating vision “pretty pie-in-the-sky for the foreseeable future, meaning the next 10 years.”?
As envisioned by some companies, self-driving cars will have front seats that can face each other so occupants, even the person in the driver’s seat, can chat face to face.
Let me a share a little more context of what I told +Jim Motavalli when we spoke about this since his word count was limited for the news paper.
First, an important aspect of protecting occupants involves keeping them in position so airbags can do their job. That's why more and more cars have knee airbags, so the passenger or driver don't submarine and the frontal bag can work effectively. If the seats can swivel around to any arbitrary position protecting occupants will be nearly impossible. Someday when all vehicles are autonomous and can't crash, this may be viable but until that time which is likely decades away, this ain't happening.
Second, until we have a sufficiently high degree of confidence that the sensing and actuation systems will always work and these vehicles can drive themselves properly under all conditions, drivers will need to remain in position, paying attention to what is happening and ready to take over at any time. This will also preclude these fancy swivelling seats.
I'm not a luddite, I want this stuff to come to fruition for a number of reasons, but I am a realist and understand how extraordinarily hard the problems are that engineers are trying to resolve. ?
Automakers Rethink Seats for Self-Driving Cars – NYTimes.com
As envisioned by some companies, self-driving cars will have front seats that can face each other so occupants, even the person in the driver’s seat, can chat face to face.
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*This past Monday +Chevrolet unveiled the second-gen Volt at #NAIAS2015 *
#TBT After I first wrote about the original concept eight years ago this week, I followed the car all the way to production. Along the way, in November 2009, I was fortunate enough to be among the first group other than GM engineers to get behind the wheel of the Volt with chief engineer Andrew Farah riding shotgun.
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/30/2011-chevrolet-volt-quick-spin/?
#TBT After I first wrote about the original concept eight years ago this week, I followed the car all the way to production. Along the way, in November 2009, I was fortunate enough to be among the first group other than GM engineers to get behind the wheel of the Volt with chief engineer Andrew Farah riding shotgun.
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/30/2011-chevrolet-volt-quick-spin/?
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High-speed track testing demonstrated the need for more downforce and better balance on the 2015 Shelby GT350
+Ford Motor Company designers and engineers added more wing and spoiler after running the hottest new #Mustang at the 'Ring?
+Ford Motor Company designers and engineers added more wing and spoiler after running the hottest new #Mustang at the 'Ring?
Track Testing at the ‘Ring Inspired Shelby GT350 Aero Updates | Sam’s Thoughts
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It's Ford Performance and the all-new GT, GT350R and Raptor?
#NAIAS2015 – Ford Performance Comes out Huge! | Sam’s Thoughts
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The second-generation Chevrolet Volt has arrived
Here's all we know so far about what's changed
#naias2015 #nextgenvolt ?
