Dubbed ‘Sayer’, JLR’s intelligent and connected steering wheel will be fully revealed during Tech Fest at Central St Martins, University of the Arts London, on September 8th.
Sayer will make its way on to a brand new Jaguar future vision concept, the Jaguar Future-Type, which is meant to explore mobility in the year 2040 and beyond.
How this steering wheel concept differs from others we’ve seen, is though the simple fact that it’s way more than just a tool meant to help you control your front wheels.
According to JLR, Sayer, a voice-activated artificial intelligence (AI) steering wheel, will live in your home and “become your trusted companion”. It will also be able to carry out hundreds of tasks in a future where people don’t own cars anymore, but instead call upon the vehicle of their choice – which you then pair with the steering wheel.
In other words, after the year 2040, the steering wheel could be the only part of the car that you actually own.
One example of how to utilize Sayer, is by asking it, from the comfort of your living room, to work out a way for you to get to a meeting which is two hours away from your home, by a specific time the following day. The AI-powered steering wheel will then figure out when a car needs to arrive at your door autonomously, and might even advise you on which parts of the journey you might want to drive yourself – for enjoyment purposes.
Sayer was named after one of Jaguar’s most prominent designers, Malcolm Sayer, who worked for the British automaker between 1951 and 1970.
