Like it or not, it seems the car of tomorrow won’t just be able to drive itself, it’ll also be your friend. Take the NeuV concept car. The name, pronounced “new V,” stands for New Electric Urban Vehicle; Honda unveiled it at the 2017 CES. The NeuV is a boxy, two-seat urban runabout fitted with an artificial intelligence system known as the Honda Automated Network Assistant, or HANA. Developed in collaboration with SoftBank, a Japan technology group, HANA can detect the driver’s emotional well-being and can make suggestions and recommendations to the driver based on past interactions.
HANA isn’t the only trick hiding under the NeuV’s headerless windshield; the EV also serves as a ride-sharing tool. Thanks to an automated driving mode, the NeuV is able to pick up and drop off passengers when its (theoretical) owner isn’t using the vehicle. Additionally, energy within the NeuV’s 20.0-kWh battery pack can be sold back to the electric grid. Fully charged, Honda claims the NeuV can travel between 100 and 200 miles. Along with wireless charging, the 114-inch-long concept also includes an electric skateboard in its cargo bay and a full-width touchscreen display across its dashboard.
For those more interested in two wheels than four, Honda also revealed a self-balancing motorcycle concept at CES. The Riding Assist is a two-wheeled motorbike that incorporates technology gleaned from the company’s Uni-Cub personal mobility device to maintain balance at a standstill without the use of gyroscopes. There is, however, no word on plans to bring the technology to the company’s production motorcycles.
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