Hyundai and Kia have announced the development of the world’s first predictive Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Connected Shift System, which it says enables a vehicle to automatically shift to the optimal gear after identifying the road and traffic conditions ahead. According to both companies, this technology will make its way into their vehicles, and during its development, about 40 major patents were filed in South Korea and abroad.
The ICT Connected Shift System relies on real-time information obtained from a vehicle’s cameras, radar sensors and 3D navigation equipped with a precise map of the road. Using these inputs, the transmission control unit predicts the optimal shift scenario for real-time driving situations through an artificial intelligence algorithm and shifts the gears accordingly.
As an example, when a relatively long slowdown is expected and the car’s radar detects no speed irregularities with the car ahead, the transmission temporarily switches to neutral mode to improve fuel efficiency.
During testing on a heavily curved road, the carmakers discovered that the frequency of shifts in cornering was reduced by approximately 43% compared to vehicles without the system. The system also saw a reduction in the frequency of brake operation by approximately 11%, thereby minimizing driving fatigue and brake wear.
In other scenarios such as merging to enter a highway, where rapid acceleration is required, the system automatically switched to Sport mode at the merge to ease joining the traffic flow. After merging with traffic, the vehicle automatically returned to its original driving mode, enabling safe and efficient driving.
Moving forward, Hyundai and Kia are planning to further develop the ICT Connected Shift System to be even more intelligent that can communicate with traffic signals by using LTE or 5G communication and identify drivers’ tendencies, resulting in further refinement of gear-shift control.
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Bmw have something similar, i wonder if it works as advertised
The car’s battery will be depleted even faster,
More electronics for owners to worry about on the long run
Imagine going to the mechanic n d apek explaining to you
” aah, abang itu gearbok , kena ada internet, sambung sama itu satelite….bla bla bla ”
” weyh lu mau tipu sama saya ka?!?! ”
i think more cogs, seamless transitions between them, lower weight , and refined fuzzy logic AI to learn driving behaviour is good enough to make a good gearbox
Hyundai is clever, they develop latest technologies but sell their old and outdated and useless gearbox to Proton for all their Sagas.
In Malaysia, we accept other people’s sampah happily. They will never give us their good tech
2019 Proton Saga DOHC VVT engine paired either to a Getrag (MagnaPT) 5-Speed Manual in Standard RM32.8k or a Hyundai Power Tech 4-Speed Automatic in Standard RM35.8k trim to the Premium RM39k. It is worth to note that Geely also uses this same transmission in some of their vehicles.
Now a S or Sport Mode exists with the automatic transmission.
Similar hardware to what’s primed in our favourite city supermini the Kia Picanto.
It sports different Programming and final gear ratio Calibrated by Proton Engineers.
It’s quieter whilst also being both smoother and peppier too
So malu that Proton cannot make their own gearbox despite RM20 bilion in bailouts. Last time kutuk China and Korean cars.
Now beg to them for help. LOL
And why should they? They earned the good tech, why should they spoon-feed proton?
Meh! DCT is the world’s first predictive transmission technology as it preselects the next gears before switching over.
That’s not prediction, that’s pre-selection. It cannot predict therefore it is always slower when irregular gear changes are performed. It is only fast if you shift in sequence.
Bashers, pls stop bashing as this k5 n sorento won’t be launched in m’sia…what a waste!
Meanwhile Tesla cars only has single gear….