{"id":80390,"date":"2017-01-14T18:25:38","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T17:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e52.nl\/?p=80390"},"modified":"2017-01-14T18:25:38","modified_gmt":"2017-01-14T17:25:38","slug":"where-smart-mobility-meets-traffic-a-glimpse-into-the-future-of-the-automotive-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/where-smart-mobility-meets-traffic-a-glimpse-into-the-future-of-the-automotive-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Smart Mobility meets Traffic, a glimpse into the future of the automotive industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

The full\u00a0<\/span>connective autonomous car.\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Cars that aren\u2019t only self-driving, but also communicate with other cars. These <\/span>full connective autonomous cars <\/span><\/i>don\u2019t just \u2018talk\u2019 with each other but also with several points on the road, is there going to be a traffic jam? The car will take a different route, by itself. This makes the driver as we know him now unnecessary. Sending an email in the car on your way to work? No problem.<\/span>
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From march 26 to march 31, the AutoMotive Week 2017 will take place at the Automotive Campus in Helmond. A week that\u2019s organised by 14 parties that are thinking about the future of mobility. Under the motto \u2018learning by doing\u2019 \u2013 because just thinking isn\u2019t enough \u2013 there is a lot to do and experience. The theme of the week is: Where Smart Mobility meets Traffic.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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A scenario for the far future? Possibly. But things can go very fast, says Bram Hendrix of <\/span>AutomotiveNL<\/span><\/a> at the Automotive Campus in Helmond. As an example he mentions a video about telephones, which was made in 1999. \u201cNobody saw anything good in such a device. But look at the situation today, the smart phone has become indispensable in our lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to Hendrix there always has to be someone to be the first to embrace a technology. He laughs: \u201cWhen the first mobile phones appeared, they looked like fridges, moreover, no one had such a thing so who were you supposed to call?\u201d But more and more people purchased a \u2018fridge\u2019 and the phones became smaller over time. \u201cIt went unbelievably fast, especially realising that people were very sceptical when internet became available on mobile phones.\u201d Technology is improving in little steps and more and more people are convinced of the benefits of it. That\u2019s also how it goes in the automotive industry. <\/span>
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\u201cCars are taking over more and more people\u2019s tasks. It started with the cruise control, that maintains a certain speed, set by the user. When the driver brakes, the cruise control is turned of. The cars that are appearing on the market today are taking a step further. These are equipped with <\/span>adaptive cruise control<\/span><\/i>. This form of cruise control scans the road and reacts on other road users. This way the speed of the car is adapted to the car in front of the driver.\u201d<\/span>
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People were again quite hesitant about this at first. An example from 2014:<\/span><\/p>\n