Aiming to take driving experience to a whole new level, Land Rover's dedicated team of experts is continuously devising, building and testing new vehicle technologies.
Avant-garde features such as All-Terrain Progress Control and Intelligent Seat Fold technology are already available to Land Rover drivers, but this doesn't make the British automaker rest on its laurels. The technologies it is currently developing will soon find their way to its future vehicles.
They are as follows:
Pothole Alert
Wherever you are in the world, potholes are an inevitable part of your driving experience. To address this issue, Land Rover is developing and further enhancing its Pothole Alert …show more content…
Augmented reality creates the view, which is not only designed for challenging 4x4 off-road driving, but also aimed at helping in the urban environment.
Driver Wellness Monitoring
When it comes to the development of Land Rover vehicles, driver safety is a top consideration. This is why the future car technologies team of the company has been testing ways to track the driver's health.
One approach being tested is the use of medical grade sensors in the steering wheel and seat which keep track of the driver's heart and breathing while driving. Keeping track of these vital signs will imply a sudden change in heart rate or breathing, which may signal danger. In the event of a health emergency, this will prompt the autonomous driving technology to bring the car to a safe stop.
According to Land Rover, the sharing of the car's GPS co-ordinates with emergency services is also a further extension to the testing its team undertakes and a possible future addition to the automaker's in-car