Coming Attractions: 3 Innovations In Auto Coming In The Near Future
Thanks to innovative programs like the Automotive News PACE Award, the auto industry continues to modernize and improve on the vehicles we already love so much today. This year, the 28th Annual Automotive News PACE Awards have been narrowed down to 30 finalists – all with next level improvements to the current way of doing things at automotive manufacturers.
As a consumer, why should you care about these future improvements? Because they have the power to make your vehicle driving experience safer, more efficient, more comfortable, less expensive, and more entertaining – to name a few.
Here’s three new innovations that could be coming to a model near you sooner than later:
1) Bright Way Vision’s Night and All-Weather Camera
While it may look very simple and tiny, the “VISDOM” from Bright Way Vision has the ability to provide continuous high-res visibility through the worst conditions drivers will face. Whether it’s natural difficulties like nighttime driving or rainy weather, Bright Way Vision has a solution.
It’s already been named the “AutoSens Product of the Year 2020” and was was honored by Tech.Ad with their “Outstanding AV Technology Innovation 2021” award.
Why Should I Care:
In many new vehicles from Honda, Nissan, Jeep, and Volkswagen, drivers will find safety systems and features in their vehicle either provided or aided by camera-based or motion-based systems. Features like forward collision warning or blind spot monitoring can only benefit more from a weather-resistant, CMOS-based imaging system like VISDOM by Bright Way Vision. Autonomous vehicles in the future will greatly benefit from a VISDOM-type system from Bright Way Vision.
Learn More: https://www.brightwayvision.com/product
2) GrapheneGuard by Martinrea International
We fully admit, not all automotive breakthroughs are visually stimulating. However, the breakthrough by Martinrea International called “GrapheneGuard” is highly beneficial to the automotive industry and consumers alike.
Martinrea’s invention provides weight saving benefits to brake lines, while also improving their durability and chemical resistance. From what we understand, it makes brake lines lighter, stronger, and last longer. That must be why America’s most loved truck company (Ford Motor Co.) was customer number 1. Additionally and perhaps just as importantly, the introduction of graphene with nylon coated brake lines allows for the development and improvement of other auto components.
Why Should I Care:
Again, we understand if coatings to brake lines aren’t the game-changing improvements you’re looking for exactly. But it’s inventions like these that allow for your vehicle to go through brutal environments, sustain little to no damage, “abrasions”, or corrosion, while making your vehicle lighter. Less weight, better fuel economy. Less damage and corrosion, less repairs and replacement. Did we mention it’s for your brake lines – the part of your vehicle that helps you…brake? Kind of important.
Learn More: https://www.martinrea.com/
3) Augmented Reality Quality Inspection System From Magna International
Every vehicle made in 2022 (and every year to be clear) must be reviewed for quality before it gets anywhere near a dealership lot, let alone a potential buyer. This process can be bogged down by a cumbersome review procedure with redundant documentation. Overall, it is a time-consuming process. There are additional problems as well inspecting vehicles this way – unless the same person inspects every vehicle, it won’t be uniform. The review also must be done by someone with product knowledge and who has been trained beforehand.
Magna International realized this can’t be the most efficient way to inspect vehicles and came up with their own Augmented Reality version of the inspection using Holo-Light’s Software on Microsoft’s HoloLens. In doing so, they invented this “mixed reality” quality control process that uses technology to guide even the most novice inspector. By utilizing a tablet and a full-scale computer-aided design overlay, manufacturers can expect a 40% reduction in inspection cycle time.
Why Should I Care:
There’s so many benefits to this system that we could go on and on about it. This augmented reality inspection system allows the person inspecting the vehicle to take photos of potential part problems, which in itself could be used to create a database of avoidable issues tracked and backed by photography.
It solves all problems resulting from issues of under-trained individuals inspecting vehicles by guiding them step by step, which will in turn help them learn the process as they go. A reduction in inspection cycle time means quicker reviews, more cars out, more cars to sell for everyone in Massachusetts, and less recalls for consumers (better inspections means less parts problems which means less recalls).
Magna’s facility in Graz Austria allows 6 minutes for manual, non Augmented Reality inspections. A reduction of inspection cycle time by 1 minute per car saves 100 days of work in Graz alone – imagine what 40% savings on 6 minute inspections would save (~240 days of work).
See it work for yourself: https://holo-light.com/quality-control-at-magna/



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