10 failed technologies that car companies completely abandoned

Because the car industry is characterized by intense competition, car companies are trying all the time to beat their competitors.

These companies face a great challenge with regard to distinguishing themselves from competitors, especially in light of the existence of market control laws in general, and cost considerations that cannot be overlooked..

Therefore, it does not remain in front of it to achieve the element of excellence, except to acquire the market with a new technology that no one else offers.

In exchange for every new idea that appeared, such as highly efficient security and hybrid systems, there are dozens of ideas that have never appeared to light.

Whether the idea developed and reached the stage of perfection, or did not reach the stage.

Below are 10 technologies covered by specialized sites in the automotive sector, on which car companies spent money and time, but they were not successful.

1- hydrogen energy

In 2014, "Honda", "Nissan" and "Toyota" committed to a joint program, during which the three companies created infrastructure in Japan, for cars that operate with hydrogen fuel.

Despite the spending of "Honda" and "Toyota" billions of dollars on hydrogen technology, the rest of the companies (including Nissan) did not show any actual interest in developing hydrogen as an alternative source of fuel, and if things do not change quickly, this technology will not be able to develop.

2- Turbine engines

In the late thirties, "Chrysler" started experimenting with the idea of the turbine engine, and the project had already had many capabilities compared to the internal combustion engine.

This is because the turbocharged engine is simpler and its age is long, and it does not need a cooling system, as it is more savings, and it rarely needs maintenance, as it works with any combustable fuel type.

Despite the high -level program launched by the company between 1963 and 1966, where Americans with medium income were able to rent a turbocharged car, but these engines were not adequately developed that allowed them to produce, and the company abandoned the technology in 1980.

3- Atomic energy

At the height of the fifties of the last century, American engineers were feeling confident in the possibility of developing nuclear energy soon, to the degree where people have their personal nuclear reactors..

This was reflected in the automotive sector. In 1958, Ford designed the "Ford Nucleon" car, which could have walked 5 thousand miles without fuel, as it operated a mini nuclear reactor card.

The idea was not implemented due to the difficulty of including a nuclear reactor in a car, and the impossibility of securing the driver without placing a protection shield, increasing the weight of the car, and it is difficult to produce it at an affordable cost.

4- "CRT" screens

Some people may think that the technology of touch screening is a modern technology, but it has existed since the 1980s, as it was presented by "Boyk Rivera" in 1986, and it was possible to run radio and climate control through this screen..

Unlike the "LCD" screens currently, the "Cathod Radi" screens were green and black, such as the old Automated machines..

After the failure of this system and the presence of many problems, the company stopped producing these screens in 1990, and then the touch screens appeared again in the two thousands..

5- The generators

Although the generator is one of the most important parts in the car, it did not appear until 1960, by the company "Chrysler", while "Ford" and "General Motors" have been adopting the old birth system for several years.

The generators presented by "Chrysler" were heavy, vulnerable to corrosion, and by the mid -1960s the entire auto industry had abandoned this old technology, in favor of a simpler and more capable generator.

6- Driving handle

Some old cars used a steering wheel as located in boats, and the steering wheel became acceptable at the global level except in the early nineties.

In 1992, "SAAB" took a different trend from the dominance of the steering wheel, and began experimenting with the "SAAB 9000" driving system with a wire driving system, derived from aircraft driving systems, instead of the steering wheel.

The car was a stick in the place where there was a transmission, but it was very difficult to control, and the company abandoned the control stick, when it turned out that the car would become safer in the steering wheel.

7- Safety features

The 1974 model brought some of the biggest changes in the history of cars, all of which had Hafiza and other features of safety and emissions.

One of these features was a secure belt applied to all cars produced in 1974, which was connected to the operating system. If the driver and the passenger did not connect the seat belt, the car will not work.

Although the intention of companies is that all people wear safety belts for their safety, this system was annoying and unreliable, and customers hated it, and Congress was forced to cancel the idea before the end of the year, after it received a very violent reaction from the audience..

8- Rolling engines

It is a type of self -combustion engines, invented by the German engineer "Flex Vankel" in 1929, so it is sometimes called the Vancal engine.

This engine was smaller, lighter, tight and smooth than regular internal combustion engines.

In the 1970s, all car companies tried to develop the design, but the three courses consisting of the engine were inconsistent, and the engine was consuming large quantities of gasoline, and no car company found a solution to this problem.

Mazda claims that it is working on a new generation of engines, but no car has appeared carrying this engine since the "RX-8", which disappeared in 2012.

9- Modular Cars

It is a car where the main components are switched, in order to facilitate maintenance, or allow the reshaping of the car to suit different jobs.

During the sixties and 1970s, car companies gave the designers freedom in design, and designers saw that buyers can buy one car, and then ask them for special structures and features, to convert them to what they want at any time.

It produced the last car containing these features, "Nissan Bolsar".

10- Carburetors

During the 1980s, the "carburaor" was the respiratory system of the car, the oxygen is transmitted through it to the engine, where it is mixed with fuel in the combustion room.

Despite its development, it was a lot of disruption, and he needed to control it to suit the climate, altitudes, and performance.

NASCAR is still using the carburator, but electronic fuel injection is more effective and reliable.

The last two cars operating in this device, "Ford Crown Victoria P71" and "Jeep Grand Wagoner", disappeared at the emergence of a 1991 model..