The Future of Automobiles: Cognitive Cars

Abstract

The cognitive car can be regarded as the future form of urban vehicles. Cognitive car implies intelligence not in an isolated form that involves just internal functionality, but also in the context of group that would include neighbouring vehicles and an intelligent transportation system (ITS). The cognitive car would adjust itself for optimum operation (in terms of safety, fuel, traffic, and emissions) by monitoring itself as well as other cars in its vicinity and traffic conditions. Central to the cognitive car are communication, intelligence, information, and sensing.