Context :
Explained: How Google Maps plans to nudge you towards
the greenest route
to your destination / 01 April 2021
Extract :
Ø
Google Maps plans to start
highlighting journeys and directing drivers to routes that it calibrates to be
the most “eco-friendly” based on a range
of factors. The calculation of the default route that potentially
generates the lowest carbon footprint would be done by assessing factors
such as traffic data, congestion history, and even road inclines.
Ø
The Alphabet-owned search
engine said in a blogpost that the feature would be launched first in the
United States sometime later this year, “ with a global
expansion on the way ”.
Ø
Once launched, the default route that would show up on the Google Maps app will be the “eco-friendly” one. Users will have
to opt out of this if they wish to take an alternative route.
Ø
Google said that when
alternative routes “are significantly faster”, the mapping app will offer
options, and let users
compare estimated emissions on the default and alternative routes.
The new feature, Google said, is part of its commitment to fight climate change.
Ø
While the tech major did
mention plans for a “global expansion”, it did not offer specifics with respect
to the launch timelines in specific geographies such as India.
Ø Google is also reported to be making “new map layers for weather
and air quality” that are set to roll out in the coming months on
both Android and iOS. Google plans to launch the weather layer globally and release
the air quality layer first in Australia, India, and the US,
according to a report in The Verge.
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MY TAKE :
Ø Obviously, Google gets its “ traffic density data “ based on a GPS system , which tracks the number of vehicles on each Km ( or is that, each Meter ? ) length of every road
Ø Google also seems to have found a way to estimate emission data of each vehicle on each road , presumably from some vehicle-mounted sensor
Ø Before
long, most vehicles ( at least 4-wheelers ) will get pre-installed at the
factory with internet-connected sensors, as described in :
Internet of Vehicles ( IoV ) ? …………………………..[ 04 Mar 2017 ]
Extract from above blog :
I expect that , over
the next 5 years , all of these will converge into an Internet of Vehicles
( IoV ), when :
automatically determining the best / shortest routes / stops and optimizing
vehicle performance . Mobile Apps will be a governing device
# Vehicles will be internet connected with servers of Transport Authorities /
Traffic Police / Pollution Control
institutional organizations, and be relaying all sorts of data 24*7 . Vehicles
will report accidents ( being hit ) and thefts ( being stolen ) , on their own !
# All vehicles will carry a whole lot of “ Sensors “ , which will continuously “
monitor
“ the conditions of the
authorities
# All vehicles will be equipped with RADAR – LIDAR –CAMERAS – GPS locators
– /
Augmented Reality etc ,
# Prepaid RFID chips ( linked to Aadhar / Bank Accounts ? ) for Road Taxes /
Insurance
Premiums / Toll
In this blog, I had not
shown any specific method for continuous /
automatic collection of ROAD
TAX ( - and that too, without human intervention ) , based on the vehicle’s
potential for harming the environment
In following subsequent
blog, I outlined a SCIENTIFIC FORMULA for automatically computing the HARM-QUOTIENT of each and
every vehicle ( whether moving or parked ) and translating it into its TRANS-TAX :
Transport
: an Integrated Logistic Plan ? ……………….[ 20 Nov 2018 ]
This suggestion seems to have been accepted by
the Central Transport Ministry, and is about to get implemented ( although only
partially ), as described in :
Gadkariji : Green Tax is Good ……………………………….. [ 26 Jan 2021 ]
Dear
Shri Gadkariji,
Ø WAYMO
Motors ( a Google subsidiary ) is already experimenting with FSD ( Full Self Driving – Level 5 ) technology, which does not need a driver (
or for that matter, a driver seat – rear view mirror – accelerator – brake
pedal – steering wheel – front/rear concept etc )
Ø I
have no doubt that someday soon, WAYMO car’s dashboard will display :
# Google Map, as described above, showing short route / eco-friendly
route and Fare payable in
case of
cooperate by granting access to Google to their FARE STRUCTURE )
# HARM QUOTIENT of each vehicle and its desirable TRANS-TAX (
although, Google would have no
vehicle-installed pre-paid RFID sensor ).
This will be displayed
comparatively etc )
# Google would neither have the authority to set-off / adjust such a
TRANS-TAX against all other taxes
Registration Fees / Renewal Fees / Road Tax / Toll tax etc )
But,
Google might compute each vehicle’s CARBON FOOTPRINT / CARBON
CREDIT-DEBIT and if so desired
this data to the server of your Ministry, to automatically deduct TRANS-
TAX , from each vehicle on a daily basis
Dear Shri Gadkariji,
# There is no technological hitch in making DASHBOARD of every INDIA-MADE
car to have a WAYMO–like
dashboard
# It would require you to mandate all Indian Car Manufacturers to factory-install
sensors described
earlier
# With FasTag-based collection of Toll-Tax, you are already on your way to
eliminate toll plazas
# You made it mandatory for all vehicle manufacturers to pre-install FasTag. You
can do the same with
respect to all other sensors
# I urge you to invite Shri Sundar Pichai ( CEO-Google ) to collaborate with your
Ministry to implement :
Transport
: an Integrated Logistic Plan ? ……………….[ 20 Nov 2018 ]
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / 02 April
2021 / hcp@RecruitGuru.com
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