DEVELOPMENT AND PERSPECTIVE OF AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY LEONARDO DA VINCI CONSIDERED THE IDEA OF A SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLE IN THE 15TH CENTURY IN 1769 CUGNOT PRESENTED A PROJECT OF THE FIRST STEAMPOWERED VEHICLE IN 18 TH CENTURY PHILIPPE LEBON PATENTED A COAL-GAS ENGINE THE THREEWHEELED "MOTORWAGEN," FIRST CREATED BY KARL BENZ IN 1886, BECAME THE FIRST PRODUCTION AUTOMOBILE HENRY FORD DID NOT INVENT THE CAR; HE PRODUCED AN AUTOMOBILE THAT WAS WITHIN THE ECONOMIC REACH OF THE AVERAGE AMERICAN. WHILE OTHER MANUFACTURERS WERE CONTENT TO TARGET A MARKET OF THE WELL -TO-DO, FORD DEVELOPED A DESIGN AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THAT STEADILY REDUCED THE COST OF THE MODEL T. INSTEAD OF POCKETING THE PROFITS; FORD LOWERED THE PRICE OF HIS CAR. SOME FUTURE CAR T E C H N O L O G I E S T H AT W I L L B E AVAIL ABLE IN 2020 WI-FI In fact, connected cars are the third fastest-growing technological device, following smartphones and tablets. D I G I TA L DA S H B OA R D A N D HOLOGRAPHIC D I S P L AY your car’s system can be linked to whatever cloud service your smartphones and tablets use, allowing you to keep up with texts, calls, emails, social network updates, and apps from behind the wheel CA R -T O - CA R COM M UN I CAT I ON Cars be able to share data with other cars on the road and warn drivers of accidents, as well as figure out alternate routes based on real-time information — which in turn will help cut down on traffic and increase safety on the road. INVISIBLE C H AU F F E U R S A N D COPILOTS Technically, the invisible chauffeur already exists — Google has been test-driving driverless cars in California. Nevada recently approved licenses for “autonomous vehicles”. And General Motors claims it will have its own driverless cars on road by 2018. An invisible copilot, however, has already made its way into upcoming models.
