The future of driving is here, at least for Audi, which demonstrated its self-driving car features on the Audi A6 Avant at the International Consumer Electronics Show this year. Using ultrasonic sensors, radar, and video cameras, the car can allow drivers in heavy traffic to engage an autopilot system that will pilot the car up to 37 mph. Audi also showed off its concept RS7 Sportback, which has the capability for remote control parking for drivers.
Audi's self-driving cars will let drivers put autopilot in control in congested traffic situations.Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/audi-shows-self-driving-cars-article-1.1249419#ixzz2LSlfB1Ap
Audi's new autonomed cars will erase the pain of driving in traffic jams or squeezing into tight parking spots, in addition to letting drivers feel like a certain famous fictitious secret agent.In "Tomorrow Never Dies," James Bond eludes his captors by hiding on the back seat of his car and driving it via a remote control located in his mobile phone. When the film came out in 1997, some remarked that it was a little far-fetched, but autonomous and remote-control car technologies have existed for many years, and now, a little more than a decade later, Audi is essentially demonstrating the exact same features -- minus the heat-seeking missiles and smokescreen -- on two of its executive sedans.
Whereas in the Bond film, the technology was designed to protect the dashing secret agent from henchmen working for a maniacal media baron, Audi's systems have been installed in two vehicles, one created to save drivers from the drudgery of gridlocked roads and the other from the stress of trying to park and exit a vehicle.
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First publically demonstrated in an Audi A6 Avant as part of this year's International Consumer Electronics Show, when a driver encounters stressful driving conditions such as heavy congestion or major traffic jams, an autopilot system can take over and guide the vehicle with perfect lane discipline at speeds of up to 37mph (60 km/h). Using ultrasonic and radar sensors as well as video cameras, the car can maintain a safe distance from the vehicle in front and reduce speed or apply the brake if necessary. It is also aware of blindspots and of distances relevant to crash barriers and highway markings and can even react cooperatively to other cars attempting to change lane or overtake. All of which allows the driver ultimate peace of mind and a chance to relax when those around him or her are becoming more and more stressed.
Parking a car is one thing, but parking a car in a tight space and then managing to exit it, along with the other passengers, babies, strollers and luggage without bumping doors against walls or even other cars is another.
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The Audi RS7 Sportback concept offers remote control parking via smartphone app.
When asked how long consumers would have to wait before these features finally make it in to their cars, Audi spokesperson Holly Robinson responded: "From the technical point of view, we are sure that a system as presented in Vegas can be in the market not later than the end of this decade."
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