AUTOMAKERS Toyota recently showed off their ultra-compact, single passenger electric vehicle dubbed the Smart INSECT at CEATEC Japan 2012
The Smart INSECT (an acronym for Information Network Social Electric City Transporter) features flashy gull-wing doors and incorporates new features like face and voice recognition. Motion sensors and cameras recognize pre-registered drivers as they approach, and will greet them with blinking lights, sounds and messages from the instrument panel. It also anticipates the driver’s intentions by tracking body movements, such as opening doors automatically when the driver reaches for them.
Its detailed GPS navigation system is connected to the cloud-based Toyota Smart Centre, which hosts a virtual agent that provides navigation instructions via voice command. As user data accumulates in the cloud, the system learns the driver’s preferences and common destinations. It also makes suggestions – from restaurants to playlists – on personal tastes, and allows owners to lock up their house or activate home’s AC on the way there. Priced at approximately US$10,000, it can achieve a top speed of 60 km/h and has a range of about 50 km. reserve of fat. The mammoth, named Zhenya after the boy’s nickname, will become the main exhibit of the Taimyr Regional Museum.
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