Company Apple A few days ago, a very interesting application was filed with the US Patent Office. The patent discusses the remarkable features of autonomous vehicles. It describes the ability of multiple self-driving vehicles toonem share battery capacity through a kind of "connecting arm", dynamically adjust the position of vehicles and thus increase the range of cars. Apple The patent states that the Poleton system, which is understood as a convoy of autonomous vehicles, would operate with miniat least two autonomous cars. But the more cars, the better. The cars would line up in a line, which would also improve aerodynamics, with the car with the most battery power at the head of the convoy. The cars behind it would then not have to face as much air resistance, increasing their range. The text of the patent application explains this system, albeit again somewhat confusingly:
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"The vehicle would be configured for autonomous poleton navigation. Poleton includes a vehicle with miniat least one other vehicle. The first vehicle is configured to determine the position of the other vehicles in the peloton. The vehicles can dynamically change position so that the distances between them are as small as possible due to the possibility of connecting the battery with a connecting arm to another vehicle in the peloton. The differences in the range of individual vehicles could therefore be equalized. It would also be possible for vehicles in close proximity to connect toonewhich and cars could thus connect their user interfaces. " In other parts of the patent then describe the function of the connecting arm to share energy between vehicles. The arm should be placed in the body of the car and simply slide out when needed. It must be added that Apple he signs a large number of patents, most of which never materialize. Although the description mentioned above may sound sensational, it is really great science fiction for now.
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Apple recently, it has been filing quite a lot of patents that describe the function of autonomous vehicles or their software. She appeared a few days ago patent application regarding travel, when based on your chosen travel destination, the system searches the locality for relevant information about restaurant opening times, etc. Furthermore, in this application, there was mention of the possibility of sharing travel data with other cars or devices. For example, if the user goes to visit a friend, it will be shown on the iPhone that someone is going to see him.
