You have seen Alphabet autonomous cars. You have Audi's self-driving cars and even Tesla's. But have you seen Nissan self-driving car ? OK, maybe you just did. Pictured above with Nissan Motor Co. CEO Carlos Ghosn is the Intelligent Driving System, or IDS for short. It is the Japanese automaker own take on the future of driving and, as with other cars of the future, this one is fully equipped with all the technologies needed to drive by itself:laser scanners, 360 degree camera ,laser sensors, sonar sensors and computer chips.
The Nissan IDS Concept is a self-driving electric car that has a carbon-fibre body and does not produce pollution at all. This might just be the car you will drive in five years time.In fact Nissan thinks all cars of the future--including the ones from Google,Tesla,Audi,Honda,Mercedes etc-- should look exactly like its IDS concept car.
It uses a 60 kilowatt-hour battery that can go as far as 200 miles on a single charge, has wireless charging technologies and piloted park that allows you to automatically
park this beauty with a smartphone as well as seats that rotate to allow you and your friends have a swell time together while Artificial Intelligence in the car handles the driving.
There is an LED on the sides of the vehicle(Nissan calls it the Intention indicator) that shines white when the IDS senses that someone--say a pedestrian or cyclist-- is close by. In other words, it is the car's own way of saying it is aware of what's going on around it.There are also displays that convey messages clearly to them. The Nissan autonomous car can say ''Good Morning!'' when you hop in or ''After you.'' It can even say to pedestrians ''Go ahead, I will wait for you to cross!'' Simply put the Nissan self-driving car is a friendly guy.
The IDS has two drive modes: Manuel Drive mode and Autonomous(Piloted) drive mode. Manual mode simply allows you be in control of the car and take full responsibility if anything happens--just like you drive your car right now.Although the car can intervene if a situation is beyond your control, at least to avoid danger. Also, in manual mode, all four seats automatically face forward, interior lighting turns blue and a heads-up display that shows route and other driving information shows up.
In Piloted mode, the Nissan IDS concept takes the driving completely from you. It still mimics the way you drive your regular car. Oh,You will love how its steering wheel move back into the centre of the instrument panel and a large touchscreen comes out to replace it when the driver selects piloted mode. Kindly watch the video above to see this in action.
Furthermore,Once the driver switched to Piloted Drive, the Al takes control of all driving-related operations and all four passengers can sit face to face and do whatever they want inside the car. As Nissan puts it, ''it is like relaxing in a living room.''
Nissan Motor Co. hopes to have fully autonomous cars like the Intelligent Drive System Concept car on our roads as early as 2020. Ironically, technology giant Google, Honda, Volkswagen and some other giants in the automotive industry have also see 2020 as the year
self-driving cars will become commercially available to the general public.
What's your take on this? Do you love Nissan's IDS concept vehicle? Let me know your thoughts in the comments.
