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Juno 17 1982
Cars of future will be light
it, weight loaded with electronic*
n u m S io fe .^ T
g n g ,echno,° 8 y J"d
increasing
number of external influences, no one can say exactly how that new
ta r you buy in the year 2fMM> w ill look
fa lf £ rc ‘ k 7 ,nC !nd,ca,lons- however, in projections o f how the
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m e i X i s T f"thr '£ n’f en a,\ A composite picture comes from
"embers of the Society of Automotive Engineers, a nonprofit,
technical organization with nearly 40.IMM) individual members in 79
countries, the Automotive Information Council, the Motor Vehicle
Manufacturers Association and. yes. the automakers themselves
Many of the-concepts tor these vehicles of the future already are
on the drawing boards The final decades o f the 2(llh century should
ta lly different ways ol translat
ing com bustion into pow er.
Through the end o f this century,
it is probable that the engines
lam iltar to us today w ill con
tinue to be our predominant
power plants
V-K reign ends
C learly, the reign ol the V-K
engine as king of the highway is
over and. it it survives in any
form at all. it w ill be in the form
ot the S 6-4 sanation introduced
on some 19X1 Cadillacs
’¡ " ‘*5
* nd ^ a,lcn8 'n8
'he people whose job it is to
The main reason for these
'he car you II choose to dnve a score or more years from
changes is the tetieral regulation
that requires each car company
Because of the massive amount of initial engineering design
to achieve an average o f 27.5
work, testing, and retooling that is necessary (all of which require
miles pet gallon across its full
arge capital expenditure), the lead lime to bring a new vehicle Io the
line of I9H S m odel year cars
driving public is measured in years
This compares with the 19
Brave new w orld
miles per gallon requirement
i .u
.
changes, design today is pnmar
for 1979 cars
Many of the new breed ot ,|y influenced by t.mr external
S till, manufacturers are op
ferce’
enviiw w new .
timistic they w ill beat the 1985
k l T ™ i * " ' . ' ' ha.p" " ’
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governm ent
standard by at leas, three miles
9 7 4 ' ° * b" ards * *
as regulation
per gallon
Because these forces w ill
I he cost o f revam ping
in is new serie» o f car».
continue to dominate the future
facilities and products over the
rhic h include the Ford hucort
design ot passenger cars, the in
nest live years to produce such a
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<1’ry ' ler \ vars
tmvative automotive engineer
fleet average amounts to $60
nd the G M X c a n . are the au
w ill leas! the way and the stylist
billion, making fuel efficiency
»motive engineer * response to
will have to conform
the- No I goal for the domestic
* realities of a new world If is
Much engineering emphasis
automakers
V T ,,
,h“* ” C° “ ,n C U C M o f
,s curTCntly being placed on ,lr
to m o rro w s engines are
3 billion to bring these cars to
velopm g new powerplants
likely to be 25 to 5(1 percent
' ^ ”5*.
.
* * * ' 'hat w ill not only use less
smaller than today s standard
W hile consumer preferences
fu e l, but d iffe re n t types of
powerplants and w ill use super
* * sires once dictated moM
fu el- and dnvctraim with radi
chargers and turbo chargers to
fuel-efficient
boost their modest output
More sophistication
The future may place more
emohasts on diesel engines and
more sophisticated electroni
cally-con tro lled gasoline en
gines Some turbines and elec
tric cars also may debut, such as
the ele ctric vehicle G eneral
Motors is talking about intro
ducing in 1985.
ba tte rie s, lo w e r fa b ricatin g
costs tor plates and separators,
more efficient motor designs,
better speed controls and an in
e x p e n s iv e , r e lia b le way to
monitor the supply o f energy
remaining in the storage bat
tenes
But G M still is seeking a good
supply of nickel powder and bet
ter lightweight plastics for its
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