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Of Smart Cars under IoT

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Car Think!

Under the Internet of Things, cars could think and react and prompt. They could be paired to an owner’s smartphone, home, lighting, heating and control systems. They would be connected to various house appliances. All settings could be adjusted from behind the wheel.

Linkages to smartphones enables a duplication of the car dashboard so as to allow remote monitoring of things such as fuel and oil levels. Smartphones and smart cars would sync with home ecosystem and mobile devices.

The car’s geo-location software would work in tandem with the home cameras and innumerable other sensors, so that the owner and his assets are well connected and the owner well informed of the position.

Car owners could have reassuring car-to-home connectivity. (Car as a home away from home?) Owners would wire-less control connected devices at home from a remote point. Linked smoke detectors could convey any  smoke alarm to the car. A minor mishap like a garden pipe leak at home would be conveyed to the owner even as he is in the car. May be, if connected, the plumber would have an order to execute. 

Cars would communicate with parking lots in its search for parking spaces. Apps are already available to reserve parking slots against due payment. Problems of finding cars in huge sized parking lots are facilitated on the smart phone. Town restraints on parking could be detected and the owner informed of risks. (Parking prohibited in Troy on Wednesdays, for example) 

Alerts on status of car machines would be available. Any problem in the car could be detected; if there is need to fill in fuel, air oil etc. the car would notify. Efficiency levels and maintenance costs are minimized owing to early warning suggestions.The smart car would have diagnostic systems which analyse generated data points to predict latent vehicle issues before they really result in a problem.

Security features that keep the car connected in an emergency. eCall-equipped chip by 2018 that will automatically contact the nearest emergency centre in case of a collision. Plain breakdown could be reported real-time to breakdown services.

Cars could capture conversations and respond (e.g: How far is the ATM?) 

Sensors would also monitor driver behaviour and warn them of sleepy eyes or over limit alcohol intake. Thus IoT enters the arena of behaviourial oversight for safety's sake. Family / Chauffeur trackers that would send reports if the driver has violated agreed upon boundaries

Sensors of the Smart type would advise on: 

• Road topography and conditions
• Fuel Stations and rest rooms
• Proximate vehicle distance
• Obstacles in rear, sides and front
• Blind spot manoeuvring
• Air pressures
• Vehicle engine and engineering
• Seatbelts
• Weather ahead
• All electronic controls
• All crucial elements like gears, brakes etc
• Traffic management
• Food to suit tastes!

We may need drivers no more!!!

Some References

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/engineering/11372205/How-connected-cars-are-driving-the-Internet-of-Things.html

http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=PM&subtype=XB&appname=GBSE_GB_TI_USEN&htmlfid=GBE03375USEN&attachment=GBE03375USEN.PDF

https://www.hpe.com/h20195/v2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA6-5105ENW.pdf

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/unified-communications/business-edition-6000/internet_of_cars.html

http://tf.nist.gov/seminars/WSTS/PDFs/1-0_Cisco_FBonomi_ConnectedVehicles.pdf

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-internet-of-things-is-here-and-it-isnt-a-thing-1471799999

Extract from a forthcoming book by the author. 

Cars before roads: The growth of Indian consumerism

By 2008-09, India's M & HCVs were trending down and has again done so since 2011- 12. However, the LCV segment has been trending upwards, piercing and widening the gap with M & H. The spread of credit fuelled consumer spending in to a relatively CAGR of LCV of 21.4 % speaks volumes of the rising middle class and urbanization of India. It's case of lagging infrastructure which is unable to support this runaway growth in consumer car industry.

Production of Commercial Vehicles
Source: Data Portal India

"A commercial vehicle is any type of motor vehicle used for transporting goods or paid passengers. Light commercial Vehicles(LCVs) are the carrier vehicle with gross vehicle weight of not more than 3.5 tonnes. Heavy commercial vehicles are any goods vehicle which has an operating weight exceeding 7.5 tonnes. The production of Medium and Heavy Commercial Vehicle (M & HCVs) in India was 96752 in 2001-02. It has increased to 278560 in 2012-13, registering an absolute growth of 181808 M & HCVs. In percentage terms, the growth was 188%. Thus the compound annual growth rate is 10.1%. 

The maximum growth rate of 38% was recorded in year 2003-04. There was decline in production by 35% in 2008-09 and 28% in 2012-13. 

The production of Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) in India was 65756 in 2001-02. It has increased to 553184 in 2012-13, registering an absolute growth of 487428 LCVs. In percentage terms, the growth was 741%. Thus the compound annual growth rate is 21.4%. The maximum growth rate of 41% was recorded in year 2009-10. There was decline in production by 12% in 2008-09. 

Note: Original Source is Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, New Delhi and also published in statistical year book 2015 by MOSPI."