Rinspeed, the Swiss automotive powerhouse of ideas, will be unveiling an electrically powered eye-catcher at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show called the “Budii” concept car. The electrically powered eye-catcher is intended to become the driver’s “best buddy,” and its autopilot the perfect chauffeur that quickly adapts to the habits and preferences of its “boss.”
The Geneva Motor Show will take place from March 5 through 15, 2015. The Rinspeed Budii is already the 21st proprietary concept vehicle of the Swiss “company.
Budii will feature a host of innovations, which following a long-standing Rinspeed tradition will revolve around humans and their needs. In addition, it will take data from its environment and the “experiences” of other vehicles along its route into account. Swiss automotive visionary Frank M. Rinderknecht who is the Founder and CEO of Rinspeed Inc says that the breakneck speed of technical developments “forces us to redefine our relationship with the automobile”. “Until now, what we have primarily associated with auto mobility was freedom and individuality. And - consciously or unconsciously - we are prepared to pay a high price in many regards for these privileges. We need only look at the accident statistics,” he says.
Autonomous driving undoubtedly offers the opportunity to drastically diminish some of the drawbacks of private transport. For example, the number of traffic accidents could drop worldwide. But although it will be less prone to err than humans, even the best technology will not be perfect. “That is something we will have to accept,” believes Rinderknecht, adding that “We should not develop a blind, but rather a healthy faith in the new capabilities of the hardware and soft-ware.” Because in his estimation, cars will do just what we do: “They will keep learning each day, and as a result will get better and better at mastering the complex challenges of modern-day private transport.”
The Budii car will feature a host of innovations which will revolve around humans and their needs. In addition, it will take data from its environment and the “experiences” of other vehicles along its route into account.
The car for the city and surrounding countryside will handle the often inconvenient daily routine trips in-dependently, while the “pilot” will still be able to take the wheel as usual on fun weekend trips. The ingenious twist: the steering wheel is supported by a state-of-the-art sensitive robot arm, which enables both the driver and the front passenger to steer. And if nobody feels like steering, it is simply parked in centre position.
Rinderknecht is confident that the transition from traditional to autonomous driving will take place in stages. Consequently, man and machine will still have a few years left to get used to this new form of mobility and the different interplay between people and technology it will entail, time they both will need.
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