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Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation announced today that they have developed the world’s first predictive Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Connected Shift System, enabling the vehicle to automatically shift to the optimal gear after identifying the road and traffic conditions ahead. Hyundai and Kia plan to apply the technology on future vehicles. During system development, the companies filed about 40 major patents in South Korea and abroad.

While the technologies used to automatically shift depend on drivers’ preferences, such as Smart Drive Mode – available on most current Hyundai and Kia models – ICT Connected Shift System is the first ICT to automatically shift the gear according to road and traffic conditions.

ICT Connected Shift System uses intelligent software in the Transmission Control Unit (TCU) that collects and interprets real-time input from underlying technologies, including 3D navigation equipped with a precise map of the road as well as cameras and radar for smart cruise control. The 3D navigation input includes elevation, gradient, curvature and a variety of road events as well as current traffic conditions. Radar detects the speed and distance between the vehicle and others, and a forward-looking camera provides lane information.

Using all of these inputs, the TCU predicts the optimal shift scenario for real-time driving situations through an artificial intelligence algorithm and shifts the gears accordingly. For example, when a relatively long slow down is expected and radar detects no speed irregularities with the car ahead, the transmission clutch temporarily switches to neutral mode to improve fuel efficiency.

When Hyundai and Kia tested a vehicle with an ICT Connected Shift System on a heavily curved road, the frequency of shifts in cornering was reduced by approximately 43 percent compared to vehicles without the system. Accordingly, the system also reduced the frequency of brake operation by approximately 11 percent, thereby minimizing driving fatigue and brake wear.

When rapid acceleration was required to enter a highway, the driving mode automatically switched to Sport Mode at the merge, making it easier to the traffic flow. After merging with traffic, the vehicle automatically returned to its original driving mode, enabling safe and efficient driving.

In addition, the engine brakes were automatically applied upon release of the accelerator pedal by determining speed bumps, downhill slopes and location of the speed limit change on the road. The changes in distance from the front car were detected by the front radar to adjust appropriate transmission gear automatically, which improved driving quality.

The system is also in line with autonomous technology, which is developing day by day. The ICT Connected Shift System will deliver both improved fuel efficiency and stable driving experience in the era of autonomous vehicles by providing improved performance in response to real-time road and traffic conditions.

Hyundai and Kia are planning to further develop the ICT Connected Shift System into an even more intelligent transmission technology that can communicate with traffic signals based on LTE or 5G communication and identify drivers’ tendencies, resulting in further refinement of gear-shift control.

“Vehicles are evolving beyond simple mobility devices into smart mobility solutions,” said Byeong Wook Jeon, Head of Intelligent Drivetrain Control Research Lab. “Even a traditional area of the automobile, such as the powertrain, is becoming a high-tech technology optimized for smart mobility through efforts to integrate ICT and artificial intelligence technologies.”

https://brandspurng.com/2020/02/20/hyundai-and-kia-develop-worlds-first-ict-connected-shift-system-photos/

What’s the difference between this and what Tesla is already doing?

FrancisAdl:
What’s the difference between this and what Tesla is already doing?

what is the difference between completed and finished?

Technology is bae!

Okay.

Meanwhile a 1st klas graduate of mechanical engr cannot fix ordinary bulb in diz part of d world.....Na so so formulas dy der head

Dull Lazy Nigerians.

This right here is Hardwork. Not selling grasshoppers and Moimoi on the street of Lagos. FOOLS!!!

Thank God.. 6G is opened now... Nigeria first abeg


Tecno shud pls include 6g in my phone abeg

Irrelevant to Nairalander's

bigiyaro:
what is the difference between completed and finished?

Complete means u av done it well...

Finished means u didn't do it well

Tesla had this years ago on there Auto pilot

Some Nigerian roads will definitely confuse this car... with all it's Radar Systems!!

Some portholes are just soooo hidden and some are too wide. Lol

Technology have virtually taken over everything we do in life. ICT andTechnologies is the future.

When it comes to technology, Korea is number 1, followed by Japan and China,

Amazing stuff

Interesting.. Nice One... Hope Innoson Will them Soonest

mayklef:
Meanwhile a 1st klas graduate of mechanical engr cannot fix ordinary bulb in diz part of d world.....Na so so formulas dy der head

One and the same.

Great! For a long time they've been doing copy copy like my brother, Innoson. It's good thing that they're now contributing to the enhancement of auto technology. One day my brother too will invest in research and development and also starts to contribute something meaningful.

Kudos the Korean giants!

Country that makes you live a complete life.

RapistOnBail:


Dull Lazy Nigerians.

This right here is Hardwork. Not selling grasshoppers and Moimoi on the street of Lagos. FOOLS!!!

With the corrupt system of Nigeria I don't think you're allowed to say that.

These cars will have to be reprogram to suit our potholes if they should come to Nigeria.

Mymynd4u:


Complete means u av done it well...
Finished means u didn't do it well

They are the same thing. Stop the stupid argument

Hmmm

When you thought to yourself this is great innovation and immediately realize you are in Nigeria as NEPA reminded you by dem usual habit...
Chai, local man has suffering...

FATHER!!! it's time to pick my call SIR.

Innoson to follow suit soon

RapistOnBail:


Dull Lazy Nigerians.

This right here is Hardwork. Not selling grasshoppers and Moimoi on the street of Lagos. FOOLS!!!

You inclusive. What have you done that the world can celebrate you for, and you can also claim patent for; or what have you done in your immediate family that they can celebrate you for?

This car go dey get accidents well well

waiting for innoson motors to produce the nigerian version

Hypocrit:
You inclusive. What have you done that the world can celebrate you for, and you can also claim patent for; or what have you done in your immediate family that they can celebrate you for?

He is actually Right. He might not have anything, but with the vast knowledge he expresses on Nairaland, I tend to agree with most of what he says.

Hypocrit:
You inclusive. What have you done that the world can celebrate you for, and you can also claim patent for; or what have you done in your immediate family that they can celebrate you for?

Because he hasn't achieved anything in life, he shouldn't speak up the truth? This is actually the Mindset of a NIGERIAN and that's exactly what's stops development. You all got to change your characters for development to occur.

we have talents like this in Nigeria, only that corruption, bad government and shortcut to success have blinded our eyes��

Nice one