By 2020

Top 10 Advanced Car Technologies that you can expect by the year 2020

10. Re-configurable Body Panels

There is an increase in demand for both SUVs and trucks todays. So what if you could have both the types in one car? A SUV with lightweight body panels and advanced motors that retract the roof and side glass into the lower body panels!!

 9. Smart/Personalized In-Car Marketing

By 2020 the average car will be fully connected to the internet, meaning your vehicle will provide marketers with a powerful set of metrics to customize their message. So, get ready for personalized, location-based ads in your car’s display.

8. Four-Cylinder Supercar

As the name suggests, a super car with just 4 cylinders and having 200+ horse power

7. Active Health Monitoring 

 A car that can pull over and call paramedics when the driver has a heart attack. The car seatbelt or steering wheel sensors that track vital statistics and most of the cars will just wirelessly pair with devices like your phone, tablet etc So when the sensors trigger that there is something wrong with the driver, it automatically calls the paramedics.

6. Remote Vehicle Shutdown

When your car is stollen you can shutdown your car with the help of a remote. This technology already exists but by 2020 remote vehicle shutdown will enter the social consciousness.

5. Active HUD

Head Up Display or the HUD is a technolgy thats been there for a long time but by 2020 we’ll see active glass capable of displaying vibrant images. Imagine a navigation system that actually highlights the next turn (as seen from your perspective, through the windshield) as you approach it.

4. Comprehensive Vehicle Tracking

Insurance companies, and some state governments, are already talking about fees based on how many miles a person drives. There is a good chance that we will see a  future where insurance companies will require comprehensive driver tracking.

3. Biometric Vehicle Access

From KEY to KEYLESS entry, and now the future of entering into your car with key-fob-less entry and start.  You’ll be able to unlock and start your car without anything more than your fingerprint ( or a retina scanner).

2. Driver Override Systems

It means the car actively disregards your commands and make its own decisions. Sounds strange, but there might be situations where you are going to hit a wall, and you still hit the gas pedal, the car overrides your decision and activates the brake. The rapid increase in sensor technology will force a shift in priority, giving the car final say — not you.

1.  Autonomous Vehicle

Not fully autonomus vehicle. Because it will take more than 5 years before a car can drive anywhere. But by 2020 we’ll have cars capable of being fully autonomous in certain circumstances, most likely rural interstates with minimal variables.

source: Forbes