10 Great Car Improvement Ideas Which Never Came True

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6. Self-Driving Cars

Despite all of the press about the Google self-driving car and the various competing projects in industry, the autonomously driven vehicle is a car improvement idea that has still not come true. Society is closer than ever to seeing a car that is capable of realizing our sci-fi dreams from the past 50 years however, odds are that we will continue to see the enabling technologies that these cars will require added to standard vehicles. Whether it is auto-mounted sonar, expert camera systems, or smarter cruise controls, the tech has made rapid improvements in the past two decades for alleviating many of the minute tasks required of drivers compared to the 1990s and earlier. Current predictions have a target date of 2025 before self-driving cars will be widespread, but even this projection will likely remain a bit ambitious.