Cars in India to take a leap into the future
New Delhi: It may not be enough any longer that
you are able to sync your smartphone to your car. Auto makers want their
cars to be smarter.
The kind of cars that can access the Internet, read out your emails,
messages and social media updates, put out displays on an LED screen,
pull up a route map, or make calls—all on the command of your voice. Or
call an ambulance in an accident.
Smart cars, possibly with ecosystems of their own, aren’t products of the distant future.
Sankalp Kale, in fact, believes he will be able to buy
one of these maybe soon after he graduates from engineering school next
year.
That, of course, would be a car with several smart
features, but far fewer and less powerful than what global car makers
are envisaging.
At the recent Delhi Auto Expo, the 21-year-old student of SRM University in Ghaziabad was glued to Tata Motors
Ltd’s ConnectNext concept car, the kind of car he might want to own one
day. It claims to offer cloud connectivity and a human-machine
interface.
Tata Motors’ Zest, Hyundai Motor India Ltd’s Xcent, and Ford India Pvt. Ltd’s
Figo—compact sedan concepts that were on display at the auto show—will
boast of similar technologies after their commercial launches.
JAWED EQBAL
PGDM 1 ST YR
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