These five technology companies will lead the future of automobiles

You might think that future cars will be dedicated to better power systems and fuel, and if the auto industry can get rid of the oil-based internal combustion structure, the power system (or other low-carbon fuel) can make us go further. Of course, the excesses are underway, though not yet completed, but over the past two years stricter federal fuel economy standards have been passed, requiring carmakers to reach 54.5 miles per gallon 2025 years ago. The legislation will lead to a transition from a traditional hybrid to a battery-powered vehicle.

But power and energy are just precursors to big changes, and there will be less demand for power, and more demand for IT technology: computer technology based on network map sensing driving.

With the development of the computer network Road system, five companies are advocating the revolution. Of course, there will be Tesla.

Tesla: wholeheartedly for the battery

Tesla's value, as bond investment experts say, is not reflected in Model S and other new types of electric vehicles, but in the transformation of energy. Tesla focused on the battery.

Tesla's 5 billion dollar battery factory is the future direction of the company, which makes Tesla's battery supply more automated, and the future will eventually be used in buildings. The success of Model s shows that Tesla is capable of an important role in the auto industry.

We have been talking about the future change of automobiles long ago. Tesla has proved to varying degrees that the car will turn into a battery-powered transport.

Nvidia: Super Processor on Highway

Meanwhile, chip maker Nvidia is still developing technology based on automobiles. The article on ReadWrite a year ago pointed out that 4 million vehicles with built-in Nvidia chips were on the road and another 25 million were being assembled.

At the Los Angeles Auto Show last week, Nvidia showcased Audi TT's use of Nvidia Richer to run vehicle infotainment and navigation functions. The system upgrades make the function in the car can be refreshed, do not need to replace every 5-7 years.

Last week, Audi also announced the "piloted driving" technology, which is an important step towards automatic driving that has been approved for production. These assistive technologies are implemented by NVIDIA Tegra K1 Super Mobile processors.

Google and here: everything for the map

The huge changes that Tesla and Nvidia bring are on the basis of functionality. In addition, Slate and IEEE have recently claimed that the key technology to achieve automatic driving is the mapping of the streets.

Google's self-driving car model has become an example, with maps roaming the streets capturing images and using LIDAR data to create a detailed map path. Perhaps in the next five years, Google makes automatic driving commercial, it is not necessarily competitive in security, comfort and convenience, but traditional car manufacturers will become more dependent on software as an important part of transportation.

That's why Google and here will change driving. Many people know how powerful Google is in terms of maps and positioning information. But perhaps the reader is unfamiliar with this, described as "the world's largest and most well-trained" team, with more than 6,000 people in 55 countries. Here the map has been used by four-fifths of car manufacturers in the navigation system. The "Predictive traffic" product-based on predictive analytics and cloud computing-can be used to predict possible car crashes in the next 12 hours.

Uber: Turning a car into a mobile network

You can complain about Uber attacking reporters, but it's hard to deny their influence. Uber, the King of mobile service applications, tells us that the way to use a car may not include owning a car. Sharing the economy may bring huge economic impetus to the car industry.

This is the first time that we can move from A to B travel, without considering buying, fueling, maintaining, financing, insuring, parking, and so on.

The automotive industry is a combination of hardware, software and business models, an integrated use of electric systems, sensing controls, and a map based computer network. You may not agree with Tesla, Nvidia, Google, here and Uber as the 5 giants that rocked the auto industry, who do you think?