The first time we've needed a police escort for a CES demo
The Verge - Audi brought several high-tech car demos to CES this week — as it did last year
— including two that took us out into the mean streets of Las Vegas,
subject to the whims of rush hour traffic. Fortunately, we had a couple
interesting new features making our bumper-to-bumper commutes just a
little bit easier.
First, we tested a system that
feeds upcoming traffic light data directly into the cockpit. While
driving, the next light on your road is indicated in green with a
suggested speed next to it — if it says 45mph, for instance, that means
you'll make the light if you're going 45. When the light's red or about
to turn red, the system indicates how many more seconds you've got
before it changes back to green; if the car has a start-stop engine,
it'll automatically fire up with five seconds left on the red so that
you're not waiting for the engine to spool up when you take your foot
off the brake. The goal is to help you make more green lights on surface
streets — and when you can't, at least you've got an idea of how long
of a wait you're in for.
