The car of the future is going to drive itself, brake itself, park itself (more or less) — and be part of a worldwide communications system that will be based on 4G; it will gather and communicate data, that will be used to offer a Facebook-style personalised experience to drivers. That's the vision of the future smart car that General Motors presented at an event in Israel recently, as Gil Golan, director of GM's Advanced Technical Center (ATC) in Israel, shared the company's view of how the vehicles of the future could look.
"Connectivity in vehicles is key to so many things, and it is one of the major trends that is remaking the industry," Golan told the DLD conference. "What we envision is a vehicle that is connected to servers that help drivers get where they have to go, and can communicate with other vehicles, and even with drivers when they are not in the vehicle."