I-Google yethula imoto entsha ezishayelayo

NgoLwesibili olwedlule iGoogle yethule uhlobo lwakamuva lwemoto yayo entsha ezishayelayo. Imodeli entsha ibukeka njengesiphambano esihlangene phakathi kweSmart Car neVolkswagen Beetle. Ayinaso isiteringi, ayinagesi noma amabhuleki, futhi ifakwe inkinobho ethi “GO” nenkinobho enkulu ebomvu ebomvu ethi “STOP”. Isebenza ngogesi futhi ingahamba ibanga elingamakhilomitha angu-160 ngaphambi kokuthi ishajwe kabusha.

I-Google inezinhlelo zokwakha ama-prototypes angu-100, futhi ilindele ukuthi ibe semgwaqeni ngonyaka ozayo. Bahlose ukuthi zakhiwe endaweni yaseDetroit ngosizo lwamafemu angakacaciswa.

I-Google yaqala iphrojekthi yayo yemoto eyirobhothi emuva ngo-2008 futhi isivele ithuthukise izinguqulo eziningana ezihlukene zale moto ezishayelayo (eyokuqala kwakuyiToyota Prius eguquliwe). Ukuhlolwa komshayeli wale modeli kulindeleke ukuthi kuqhubeke eminyakeni emibili ezayo futhi izimbangi zimemezele izinhlelo zokuthi umkhiqizo ofanayo uphume ngo-2020.

Isebenza kanjani into? Ungena ngaphakathi, cindezela inkinobho ukuze uqale futhi umise ukugibela kwakho, futhi usebenzise imiyalo ekhulunyiwe ukukhomba indawo oya kuyo. Imoto ihlotshiswe ngamasensa namakhamera avumela ukuthi ihlaziye ukuthi ezinye izimoto ezisemgwaqeni zenzani bese iphendula ngendlela. Izinzwa ziyakwazi ukubona ulwazi ezindaweni ezizizungezile kufika kumafidi angu-600 kuzo zonke izinkomba futhi imoto ihlelwe ukuthi ibe nesitayela sokushayela “sokuzivikela, esicabangelayo,” esihloselwe ukuvikela abagibeli bayo. Ngokwesibonelo, imoto ihlelwe ukuthi ilinde kuze kube yilapho amarobhothi ephenduka luhlaza ngaphambi kokuba iqale ukuhamba.

Imoto ibukeka ifana kakhulu nomlingiswa wopopayi okhohlakele, kuya ebusweni bayo obumamathekayo. Abaklami bahlele izibani zayo zangaphambili nezinzwa ngale ndlela ngenhloso, ukuze ibukeke “ka-Googley kakhulu”, nokwenza abanye abantu bakhululeke emgwaqeni. Akucaci kahle ukuthi abantu bazobe benethezeke kangakanani nenqwaba yezimoto zopopayi ezingashayeli emgwaqeni eminyakeni embalwa edlule.

Nakuba umbono wekusasa uyintsha impela, futhi umphakathi omningi wezobuchwepheshe unomdlandla, abahlaziyi abaningi bayakungabaza ukuba wusizo kwalolu hlobo lomkhiqizo kanye nezinkinga zesikweletu. Ijubane elilinganiselwe lemoto (40 km/h) liyenza ihambe kancane emgwaqeni, inezihlalo ezimbili kuphela nesikhala esincane somthwalo. Abahlaziyi nabo bakugxekile ukubukeka kwayo okuwubulima, bethi ukuze uthole noma iyiphi intshisekelo yomthengi umklamo kuzomele ushintshe.

Kukhona futhi izinhlobonhlobo zezinkinga zesikweletu kanye nokukhathazeka mayelana nephutha lekhompyutha noma ukwehluleka. Imoto incike ekuxhumekeni kwe-inthanethi ukuze izule futhi uma isignali yehla, imoto iyama ngokuzenzekelayo. Kuphinde kube nombuzo wokuthi ngubani obhekene nengozi uma imoto engashayeli ibandakanyeka engozini.

Umkhulumeli we-Insurance Bureau yaseCanada uthe, "(Kusesekuseni kakhulu) ukuthi siphawule ngemithelela yomshuwalense wemoto yakwaGoogle engashayeli." Intatheli yezobuchwepheshe yaseCanada uMat Braga uphinde waphakamisa udaba lokukhathazeka ngobumfihlo babasebenzisi. Ngenxa yokuthi imoto iklanywe i-Google, izoqoqa idatha ngemikhuba yayo yabagibeli. I-Google okwamanje iqoqa idatha kubo bonke abasebenzisi bayo ngokusebenzisa injini yokusesha kanye nezinsizakalo ze-imeyili, futhi ithengise lolu lwazi kwabanye abantu.