Kiwi Nick
8th December 2014, 17:59
There are lots of members of this site that believe it is the responsibility of F1 to be a leader in automobile technology and innovation. Clearly the FIA believes that is the case, as evidenced by the new formula and its embrace of energy harvesting, storage, reuse, fuel efficiency and the use of computer systems to maximize efficiency in the use of fuel.
But there is a concerted push by many "thought leaders, automotive and high-tech executives, and government officials" and automobile companies like Volvo and Mercedes toward self-driving automobile technology. Will the FIA succumb to the pressure?
Can you imagine F1 without drivers? Or, rather, with a series of computers and nifty algorithms driving the car? If F1 is really wedded to leading innovation is that change inevitable?
The following is the forward from a whitepaper by KPMG
For 125 years the automotive industry has been a force for innovation and economic growth. Now, in the early decades of the 21st century, the pace of innovation is speeding up and the industry is on the brink of a new technological revolution: “self-driving” vehicles.
The new technology could provide solutions to some of our most intractable social problems—the high cost of traffic crashes and transportation infrastructure, the millions of hours wasted in traffic jams, and the wasted urban space given over to parking lots, just to name a few. But if self-driving vehicles become a reality, the implications would also be profoundly disruptive for almost every stakeholder in the automotive ecosystem. As one industry executive put it, “Everything, from how we move goods to how we move ourselves around, is ripe for change.”
KPMG LLP and the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) collaborated on this report, interviewing leading technologists, automotive industry leaders, academicians, and regulators to develop hypotheses on how self-driving vehicle technology could unfold and its potential impacts. It is clear from our research that any company remaining complacent in the face of such potentially disruptive change may find itself left behind, irrelevant.
For those who embrace innovation and opt to lead rather than follow, a new frontier is opening in the realm of mobility services.
We hope you will find our report illuminating and that we will have opportunities to discuss our findings with you in the near future.
http://http://www.cargroup.org/?module=Publications&event=View&pubID=87
But there is a concerted push by many "thought leaders, automotive and high-tech executives, and government officials" and automobile companies like Volvo and Mercedes toward self-driving automobile technology. Will the FIA succumb to the pressure?
Can you imagine F1 without drivers? Or, rather, with a series of computers and nifty algorithms driving the car? If F1 is really wedded to leading innovation is that change inevitable?
The following is the forward from a whitepaper by KPMG
For 125 years the automotive industry has been a force for innovation and economic growth. Now, in the early decades of the 21st century, the pace of innovation is speeding up and the industry is on the brink of a new technological revolution: “self-driving” vehicles.
The new technology could provide solutions to some of our most intractable social problems—the high cost of traffic crashes and transportation infrastructure, the millions of hours wasted in traffic jams, and the wasted urban space given over to parking lots, just to name a few. But if self-driving vehicles become a reality, the implications would also be profoundly disruptive for almost every stakeholder in the automotive ecosystem. As one industry executive put it, “Everything, from how we move goods to how we move ourselves around, is ripe for change.”
KPMG LLP and the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) collaborated on this report, interviewing leading technologists, automotive industry leaders, academicians, and regulators to develop hypotheses on how self-driving vehicle technology could unfold and its potential impacts. It is clear from our research that any company remaining complacent in the face of such potentially disruptive change may find itself left behind, irrelevant.
For those who embrace innovation and opt to lead rather than follow, a new frontier is opening in the realm of mobility services.
We hope you will find our report illuminating and that we will have opportunities to discuss our findings with you in the near future.
http://http://www.cargroup.org/?module=Publications&event=View&pubID=87