Get in touch with your vehicle thanks to Talk to my Car chatbot

In the movie world, cars have a strong personality, so strong that they speak with us, like KITT from Knight Rider or Herbie the Beetle do.
Today, in 2017, are humans the ones that want to communicate with machines, and invent new ways to exchange information with our vehicles: not only the fuel tank warning light, or the annoying but necessary “beep” of the safety belts alarm.
All cars can be supercars, and belgian developer Benjamin Coenen made this dream come true. “Talk to My Car” is an innovative project involving Benjamin and the start-up Xee: the developer created a chatbot connected to a Xee box installed on the car, so that it’s able to provide useful information about the vehicle.
The bot, available on Facebook Messenger, Slack, and voice assistant on Android and Google Chrome, understands keyword commands (like “leftover fuel”, “vehicle position”), and more complex statements such as “Have you enough fuel to go to Paris?”
It’ll be like talking directly with our beloved car, which will inform us about fuel consumption, fuel level, engine status (lights, battery …) and consumption calculation to make sure you won’t empty the tank.
A particularly useful feature is the vehicle’s position sharing, maybe when we forget where we parked the car, or in more critical situations such as car theft.
The installation kit and the Xee box cost € 139, and are compatible with almost all vehicles in circulation. Talk to my Car doesn’t work only with questions, but can send alerts in case of malfunction, low fuel, exceeding speed limit. It can also send SMS to chosen numbers if the box is seriously damaged by an accident.
Our cars are increasingly futuristic and dedicated to the driver’s comfort and serenity. Many tools are integrated in the new cars today, as intelligent voice recognition systems, chatbots, technologies and sensors to prevent sudden-onset sleep and collisions.
We are far away from flying cars or automatic drive cabins as in the Minority Report movie, but the future is getting closer: as we know, AI and chatbots have an essential role in this revolution.
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