Nothing will ever be the same. In a few years the cars will be shared. Only a percentage of users will own them. It will not be necessary to drive them. They will drive themselves, thanks to artificial intelligence (AI). And there will also be vehicles that will not even have a steering wheel. Well, the steering wheel will be the driver, who will take you from one vehicle to another depending on your needs and taking all the information with him.
Science fiction? No, it is the near future that Jaguar Land Rover envisions with ‘Sayer’, its prototype steering wheel. And is that automotive companies are in a process of transformation, not to say a revolution. The IBM Institute, in one of its latest industry reports, notes that “people are losing interest in automobiles. Although the car will continue to be a key accessory in personal transportation, consumers expect to use it differently, and they don’t necessarily want to have one in the traditional sense. “
The IBM Institute also says that vehicle consumers are ready for car and Internet innovation and convergence. “And soon new mobility options will transform the lives and expectations of mobility consumers.”
And in this way ‘Sayer’ could have its leading role, if one day it sees the light. The peculiar futuristic Jaguar Land Rover steering wheel would have an artificial intelligence system and could be carried from one vehicle to another to bring the user the driving experience with them, whatever the vehicle they are driving.
Artificial intelligence, in ‘Sayer’ would basically function as an assistant as an advisor, who could, for example, get a vehicle through a rental service when you need to go somewhere. It would also allow you to know when an autonomous vehicle would be about to arrive before leaving for a meeting, so you can make the most of your time preparing that appointment.
Jaguar Land Rover’s idea is for Sayer to be the mainstay of the brand’s next concept vehicle, the Future-Type, but we may never see such a thing in production, analysts say. What Jaguar Land Rover is doing is coming up with some ideas to complement self-driving, and while the idea is very good, it may ultimately be limited to a mobile phone and a cloud storage service.
Sayer has voice activation and artificial intelligence that has the ability to perform hundreds of tasks, which for now will have to be imagined until they can be a reality, or not.
