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Innovative Automotive Technologies:

Blind Spot Monitoring System: Chrysler company minivans will be the first to offer the Blind Spot Monitoring System to aid drivers when changing lanes or if being passed. The system, using ultra-wideband radar sensors, is constantly on and requires no driver input. A small illuminated icon will light up on the sideview mirror and a chime will ring on the dashboard letting the driver know a vehicle has entered their "blind spot.".

Rear Cross Path System: The Rear Cross Path System is an industry exclusive to Chrysler that warns drivers who are backing out of a parking space that another vehicle is heading down the lane and toward their vehicle. The warning comes via the same sideview mirror icon and dashboard chime that is used with the Blind Spot Monitoring System.


UConnect: Chrysler's UConnect hands-free communication system will be upgraded to offer advanced in-vehicle wireless connectivity with maximum high-speed data transfer. UConnect's voice recognition will be able to identify more than 100,000 words and select radio stations and access voice mail on demand.

Adaptive Cruise Control: The Adaptive Cruise Control system detects the speed of preceding vehicles and adjusts your vehicle's speed while in the cruise control mode. It is now available on the Chrysler 300.

Rear Suspension: The all-new 2009 Dodge Ram will feature an independent rear suspension system the first, in the industry on a full-size, body-on-frame pickup truck. The system will improve the vehicle's fuel economy as well as its ride, comfort and control on all road surfaces, while not sacrificing payload or towing capabilities.

Swivel Screen: Beginning this fall (2008), rear-seat entertainment systems will begin featuring a swivel screen, another industry first, for watching DVDs, playing games or watching Sirius Backseat TV.

Two-mode Hybrid: The Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango hybrid-powered vehicles will appear this fall (2008). The vehicles will share the exclusive two-mode hybrid system that Chrysler developed in conjunction with Daimler AG, General Motors Corp. and BMW AG. The system will provide a more than 25 percent overall fuel economy improvement for those vehicles and nearly 40 percent improvement in city driving.


Courtsey: Chrysler LLC.

Advanced Parking Guidance System: Toyota's APGS (also called Intelligent Park Assist system) allows you to select icons to choose whether to parallel park or back into a space. Align the vehicle, press a button on the screen, put the vehicle in reverse, then simply remove your hands from the steering wheel and regulate the vehicle’s speed by using the brake to parallel or reverse park, effectively.

Courtsey: Lexus

City Safety: The Volvo system, called City Safety, operates at up to 19 mph. This speed range was chosen because it is when most collisions take place, especially rear-end shunts in slow-moving traffic. City Safety uses a laser sensor fitted behind the windscreen to scan the road ahead, calculating relative speeds and distances. It applies the brakes if a collision cannot be avoided. (The system switches off at very low speeds, so that drivers can park close to other vehicles.)

Distronic: Germany’s carmaker Daimler uses a radar-based automated-braking system in some of its Mercedes-Benz vehicles. Called Distronic, it also operates at high speed and adjusts both braking and acceleration to maintain a constant distance from other cars. If a collision seems likely, a warning is given. When the driver puts his foot on the brake pedal, the system automatically applies the optimum pressure required to avoid hitting the car in front. If the driver fails to respond, the brakes come on automatically.

Fatigue Warning system: In 2009, Daimler will introduce a device that warns drivers of fatigue. It uses multiple sensors to set up a profile of the way someone drives and sounds the alarm if he/she departs from it. In particular, it monitors steering behavior—which, when it becomes a bit erratic, is a good indicator of tiredness.
Note: Daimler is also working on ways to make cars brake at red traffic lights.