I do not know how many of you are cartoon buffs, but even after getting well passed the age of watching just cartoons; I still take great delight in watching the ‘Roadrunner’ go ‘bep-bep’ or watching Bugs say ‘aaaa… what’s up doc?’. I’m reminded always of a cartoon called ‘Captain Planet’ whenever I talk about the earth. Every time an environmental crisis was looming on the planet, Captain Planet used to save the day, of course along with the 5 blokes. Here is finally a system that is right out of Captain Planet’s car. (Yes, he never did ride one, but in case he had one, this would have been a part of it) This device helps us to navigate through traffic & cut down on the emissions of the car. It is a wonderful little gadget from Sanyo.
The new Sanyo Gorilla NV-HD880FT GPS navigation system is everything you want in your car displayed on an 8-inch touch screen. It has a DVD player, 30GB hard drive & also a dual TV tuner. All that is the entertainment part. Now for the real deal. The device displays the latest traffic position in your city, with a real-time transmission. This means that you can dodge the traffic on the go & it is not obsolete information of yesterday. It also provides with information regarding your cars functioning.
The system has incorporated eco-drive software that allows one to integrate it with the engine & provide the latest data of the car. This tells driver constantly about his fuel emissions & the best possible way to reduce them & achieve the right balance. The system when tested showed 12.5% reduction in Carbon emissions from normal. That surely makes this little 8 inch wonder a must for all future vehicles.
