Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Hybrid Cars vs. Intelligent Cars

While reading through the different posts and articles on slashdot I came across a post that dealt with Hybrid Cars vs. Intelligent Cars. More specifically about how certain cars save more energy than others. Supposedly they are classifying an intelligent car as a car that uses some kind of sensor to detect traffic, in order for the car to brake, which will ultimately save more fossil fuels. When the hybrid car was brought into the world, it could sense backed up traffic or a red light up to sixty seconds that it took for the car to get there, so that it could shut off its jets. Now with this newly manufactured car known as the Intelligent car, one can save up to 33 percent more on gas because the new sensors can see almost 180 seconds ahead. This is very interesting to me because it seemed as if hybrid cars were going to be the wave of the future, with gas prices rising so high lately. But what do you know, someone is always coming out with something new and better..Until next time, drive slow homie

1 comment:

Bosch's Blog said...

Wow! Intelligent cars seem to be a great idea. I am in the market for a new car and seriously considering the hybrid market for a potential purchase so this is extremely interesting to me. (Anything to save some $$$ on my hour long commute from the city.) It will definitely be interesting to see what other innovations come to market in the next couple years. I saw on the Today Show that there are companies developing fuel cells from potato plants. (They are a renewable and eco-friendly source! yay green!) Hopefully their trials are successful so $5/gallon for gas does not become a reality.