All About Future Cars
A lot of people have cars, but there are new technologies coming. Today I want to talk about cars of the future. Ready to learn now and dive in?
Then, let’s get started.
Electric cars.
Electric cars are cool, and some of their pros are that they pollute less and have great engines. Some cons are long charging time, they are not too suitable yet longer road trips, and they are still expensive.
Their biggest problem right now is charging. Each electric car has to be charged and there are fewer charging stations than gas stations.
Electric cars can be be charged at a gas station, but they can also be charged at home and at electric stations. One of them is a Tesla supercharger. Tesla does not have a lot of them globally and not in all the countries. The center of the United States has fewer superchargers than the east and west USA. They also have them in the Europe, East China, Japan, Korea, UAE, Israel and East and West Australia. Some are coming soon. Tesla is continuing to make superchargers all around the world.
You may have heard of the Tesla, the most popular electric car but there is another great one: The Nissan Leaf. The Nissan Leaf is very popular, but a 2021 Nissan Leaf has a range lesser than some of its competitors: 149 miles. So, a Nissan Leaf isn’t the best for people who wants to drive more than the range from Washington DC to New York continuously.
There are DC fast chargers too that work better than the AC (alternating current) at domestic outlets. BMW made an outlet charger. The problem is it is very slow to use a power outlet. A BMW i3 connected to a regular wall outlet would take 43 hours to chare fully. Wall chargers that connect to the wall will be seven times faster than a power outlet. That means it will charge to 80% in 5 hours. BMW i3 has 153-mile range.
Right now the best car for range is a Tesla Roadster. The Tesla Roadster is a car that has a range of 620 miles. A non-Tesla car with the most range is a Chevrolet Bolt. It has a range of 259 miles.
Self driving cars.
Self driving cars will be made by car companies and Apple and Google. Google is making a system with cameras, LiDAR, and Radar. It is called Alphabet Waymo (it was formerly the Google Self Driving Car Project). They have created two vehicles to drive: Waymo One and Waymo Via.
Waymo One is giving rides to people in Metro Phoenix, Arizona. Waymo Via is carrying goods. Apple is planning on making a self-driving car, but there isn’t much information about it. I think Apple’s self driving car will come between 2027 – 2035 since they don’t have much experience in the area, but Reuters says it will release in 2024. Auto experts Ming-Chi Kuo thinks it will come after 2024.
There are currently some problems with self-driving cars. They are very good but there have been some problems. It is hard to make it crash if the camera is blocked and there are blizzards. Right no, there might be injuries and the price is still high. This technology is not there yet and even if it does well, it may not be perfect. Many companies are still working on this technology.