- Toyota has introduced the concept "LQ" car that comes with an artificial intelligence agent, Yui.
- Yui reads the driver's emotional and physical state to control aspects of the car such as music, seat functions, air conditioning, and fragrances.
- The LQ also comes with air purification coating that decomposes some of the car's emissions while it's being driven.
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Toyota has unveiled the concept "LQ" car which will debut at the Tokyo Auto Show this month.
The car includes "Yui," an onboard artificial intelligence program.
The program learns primarily from facial expressions and the driver's conversations with Yui, responding to preferences and needs accordingly. Toyota says it hopes the introduction of the AI-agent will create an emotional bond between the car and its driver.
Yui's name is derived from the word "cue" in that the automaker hopes this will signal the development of more vehicles that will increase the car-and-driver relationship.
"With the LQ, we are proud to propose a vehicle that can deliver a personalized experience, meet each driver's unique mobility needs, and build an even stronger bond between car and driver," Toyota's LQ development leader Daisuke Ido said in a prepared statement.
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The concept car's technological advancement doesn't stop at the inclusion of AI. The automaker, in partnership with Aisin Chemical Company and Cataler Corporation, has also included an "air purification coating" in the LQ.
Toyota claims "a newly developed catalyst coating that decomposes ozone into oxygen on the radiator fan, allowing ozone near the ground surface, a cause of photochemical smog, to be decomposed as the vehicle moves," according to the release.
The LQ can fit four passengers and has an electric cruising range of 300 kilometers, about 184 miles. The car is the next generation of the Concept-i, which also uses AI to learn driving patterns and is slated to be used at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Take a look at the LQ, which took about 400 engineers and over 20,000 parts to develop: