Bike Sense video Jaguar Land Rover created a social video to demonstrate the Bike Sense features.
Tech cars Jaguar Land Rover is introducing a “smart car” with instinctive driving cautions that will likely ease the driver into a more intense vehicle technology, such as self-piloted cars. Within the past few weeks several technological advances have been released among luxury automakers.For instance, German automaker Mercedes-Benz is opening the doors on self-driving automobiles with its F 015 “Luxury in Motion” research vehicle released at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.The new vehicle demonstrates the future of driving with its inward facing seats and self-propelled and self-reliant technology that will be able to fully operate a car without human assistance. The release of Mercedes-Benz’s research vehicle will spark interest and gain attention among those who were previously skeptic about self-piloted vehicles and will likely place Mercedes as a leader in autonomous driving technology (
see story).Similarly, German automaker Audi showed that its Audi A7 autonomous concept vehicle can seamlessly meld into traffic by going on a 560-mile test drive.Audi piloted its concept vehicle, nicknamed “Jack,” from Silicon Valley, CA to Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show, which concluded on Jan. 9. In a time when many automakers are unveiling and testing autonomous driving experiences, showing the realistic implications can help consumers learn to trust the latest technologies (
see story).Technological advances in luxury automobiles will be an adjustment for drivers, but has the potential to diminish some dangers of driving.“This will improve the experience of driving and help reduce the potential for accidents,” Mr. O’Donnell said.
Final Take Nancy Buckley, an editorial assistant on Luxury Daily, New York