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A long drive into the future

Giving car lovers first-hand knowledge about the automobile industry of tomorrow will be a brand new four-part series, "Future Car", premiering on Discovery Channel this Thursday.

Journeying to test tracks, design centres and manufacturing locations across the world, the series emphasises the fact that car design will undergo a paradigm shift by 2030.

Discussing the programme's relevance and appeal, Discovery Networks India Managing Director Deepak Shourie says: "With rapid convergence of revolutionary technologies, cars of the future will be unlike anything one has seen before. The future is going to be a surprise."

Each episode will explore the crucial components of automobiles in the future. Viewers will get a first-hand look at the "tweel", an airless tyre that never goes flat, as well as ultra-light cars, tiny leaning cars and how the science of virtual touch allows designers to build and test-drive cars in the first episode, "The Body".

The "Brain" episode investigates what will be at the heart of tomorrow's automobiles. In fact, the most powerful computer may be fitted in the vehicle. These computers will coordinate schedules, drive for people, communicate with other cars and choose the safest routes possible.

The "Fuel" episode will reveal never-before-seen footage of the Formula Zero, the first hydrogen-powered go-cart, and Eclectic, a solar-powered car.

Vehicles of the future, for the first time ever, will not rely on one fuel source. In fact people's cars might correlate to where they live and what their driving needs are.

Viewers will get to discover the remote possibilities of automobile technology in "The Extremes".

For the first time, audiences will get to view a new 18-wheel truck whose aerodynamic design alone improves fuel efficiency by 50 per cent. -- Madhur Tankha

-- Madhur Tankha

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