Everybody knows that the car is a marvelous machine. The experts predict that cars of the future will be made of plastics and carbon fibers that will be much stronger than steel and much lighter in weight. Even the engines will be made of these materials.
Cars of the future will be smaller and lighter but their designs will probably be similar to those of the latest models of the modern sports cars. There will probably not be any extreme design changes for a long time.
The real frontier for cars of the future lies not in body design but with computer activation. Cars may someday actually drive themselves. Highways would probably be wired so that cars could be programmed to travel a certain route and make the trip with or without a driver. Everyone in the car would be able to relax, even take a nap, as the car speeds along at hundreds of kilometers per hour. The car would be radar-and computer-controlled to never touch other driverless cars, trucks or buses on the road. Changes of destination along the way could be made from a computer in the car to a central computer controlling and regulating the traffic.
Most automobile designers and engineers believe that such cars are certain to be built in the future, perhaps, even as early as the early 21st century — which would make it in your lifetime.
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