Hyundai 4EU - Your Personal Vehicle Of The Future

It seems that car manufacturers are always trying to figure out what the future transportation might look like for people. And car shows seem to be the best place to test the waters to see how the public will respond to new concepts in moving from place to place. The idea of a Personal Mobility Vehicle (PMV) has been around for a while and it seems they are always trying to improve on that concept. The latest prototype for the PMV has been presented at the Seoul Motor Show and is creating a lot of conversation, primarily because of its shape, but also what it may mean for the future of transportation in the crowded cities.

The Seoul Motor Show has just concluded and one of the more talked about items here in the US is the Hyundai 4EU, a prototype Personal Mobility Vehicle for the future. It is the very unique shape of this which has caught the attention of many and one that could very well become a reality here in the US. It is very small and is rated to run at speeds of up to 18 mph. This beats out the Segway with its 12 mph speeds, so technology is improving. If you remember when the Segway was first introduced, it was looked at as something strange with a lot of people against them. Here is a potential method for transportation in cities where parking is a premium along with traffic congestion.

This is not something we are going to see next year, but the idea of personal transportation is going to become a reality in the future. When I travel during rush hour times, most of the cars around me have a single driver in the vehicle, just like myself. That is a lot of wasted gas and costs to incur. The future for transportation will have to address this problem and that may not be too far off. If you look at Google's self driving cars, they allow for computers to control the vehicle and in the future the flow of traffic.

It could well be that the future has us traveling to work in computerized Personal Mobility Vehicles which can zip down the roads at high speeds reducing congestion and accidents. And with all electric propulsion, it meets the needs to reduce the use of fossil fuels. The Segway broke new ground when it came out and the Hyundai 4EU has done the same with this prototype. We need to figure out alternative methods of transportation to alleviate the traffic problems of getting to work. This concept along with major improvements in technology to allow vehicles to be controlled by computers is going to be our future.