Self-driving vehicles are fast becoming a focus of progressive car manufacturers, and French automaker Peugeot has joined in with its desire to move the game forward with its show cars.
Ahead of the Geneva Motor Show, Peugeot chose the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017 in Barcelona, Spain to launch its latest concept car, The Instinct. The Instinct sports a hybrid powertrain with a reported 296 horsepower under its hood.
The name of the vehicle in itself is interesting. Reportedly, once its driver turns over control to its auto-drive functions, Instinct takes over by adjusting its behavior to match the driver's mood and schedule, according to New Atlas. How the Peugeot Instinct accomplishes that is still in question.
To help the transition to self-drive, Peugeot Instinct syncs with its owner's diary, which in turn would give warnings if potential delays will be encountered due to traffic or weather conditions. It could also give suggestions for proper departure times so that its owner can meet upcoming appointments on time.
Accordingly, the Peugeot Instinct with its focus on autonomous driving has an interior that aims to make its driver comfortable behind the wheel. Accordingly, the elements of the driver's seat can all be adjusted individually to provide comfort, whether sitting upright, to fully reclined.
Not much can be said about the technology involved in Peugeot Instinct's inner workings since most of it is still concealed. Perhaps Peugeot will expound more during Geneva Motor Show. The good thing about Instinct is that it does not look as wildly futuristic as the company's previous creations, The Verge reported.
According to Peugeot's Mattias Hossann, head of concept car and advanced design, there might be autonomous cars in the future that can only be autonomous and forbidden to be driven. However, admittedly, he says this transition is still a long way off, what the Instinct provides is an illustration and part of the transition.
Furthermore, Hossann adds the Peugeot Instinct to them is a bridge to the future. Moreover, according to him, that is the reason they did not design the vehicle to resemble something that looks like a UFO.
The idea that Peugeot Instinct wants to impart is that drivers will be able to choose how much control they are willing to cede to the car's AI. Accordingly, there are two self-driving modes and two active modes that the car employs to adjust its driving based on data collected from connected devices. Instinct is reportedly designed to work with Samsung's Artik IoT platform.
The Peugeot Instinct makes its official debut next month at the Geneva Motor Show. However, the technology underpinning the car will most likely enter production in 2025 at the soonest. Additional information is provided for by Peugeot's Director of Design, Gilles Vidal in the video below.
