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\"back<\/a>In the movie “Back to the Future Part II,” Marty McFly travels to October 21, 2015, to save his children, yet to be born in the original “Back to the Future” in 1985. Watching these movies in the 80s, who didn\u2019t covet the ultimate time machine, Doc\u2019s DeLorean car? Fast-forwarding to today, the future is now. Cars may not be time machines, but they do have some pretty amazing capacities.<\/p>\n

Could Doc have imagined that Silicon Valley — not Detroit, or Germany, or Japan — would hold the future of the automotive industry? Drive through the Valley, and, chances are, you\u2019ll see lots of Teslas, built nearby in Fremont, California. Tesla<\/a> is not just an automaker; it\u2019s also a technology and design company with a focus on energy innovation. It has revolutionized the automotive industry by taking the maintenance and high gas costs out of owning a vehicle. With a battery that can be recharged at home taking up very little space underneath the car\u2019s chassis, Tesla has changed not only the face of automotive energy consumption and related pollution reduction; it has also altered how we use space in cars, as there are markedly less parts in these low-maintenance electric vehicles.<\/p>\n

In Mountain View, California, chances are that you\u2019ll come across one of Google\u2019s self-driving cars<\/a>. Making the case for such vehicles, their website reads: \u201cAging or visually impaired loved ones wouldn’t have to give up their independence. Time spent commuting could be time spent doing what you want to do. Deaths from traffic accidents\u2014over 1.2 million worldwide every year\u2014could be reduced dramatically, especially since 94% of accidents in the U.S. involve human error. \u201c Who knows if and when these vehicles will become mainstream, but those statistics make a compelling case for their ongoing exploration. And rumor has it that neighboring Apple, in Cupertino, California, is also staffing up an automotive division<\/a> and is about to enter this race for the future of cars.<\/p>\n

Amid all of these exciting advances, there remains much work to be done. I wonder, are Americans picking their cars now based, in part, on interface capabilities? The New York Times<\/em> covered this a bit in September in a piece called \u201cComplex Car Software Becomes the Weak Spot under the Hood<\/a>.\u201d Advances like automated braking have huge upsides safety-wise, but then, too, there is new potential for multiple points of failure. My friend\u2019s Jeep Grand Cherokee, which has an interface she loves, was recalled for a software upgrade<\/a> because hackers proved they could take control of one of these SUV remotely. That\u2019s scary!<\/p>\n

Innovation in this industry may never reach time-machine capabilities, but the future is exciting, including what\u2019s available here and now. I don\u2019t doubt that Marty McFly and Doc would be surprised at the technological advances they\u2019d find between 1985 and 2015 — or have much sympathy for the inability of my phone and my car to talk. We\u2019ve come a long way in thirty years, and who knows where cars will be in thirty years — perhaps not only self-driving, but flying! After all, the Terrafugia prototypes<\/a> are well underway. Now that would really be something.<\/p>\n

Think you’re a “Back to the Future” fan? Check out these 30\u00a0facts<\/a> about the classic movie trilogy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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