Geofencing, the system with which you will not be able to deceive ZBEs

What is geofencing

The entry onto the scene of elements such as environmental labels or Low Emission Zones (ZBE) is a clear example that things are serious: at least in large cities, administrations are obliged to reduce vehicle emissions as soon as possible. Electric cars could become the solution to the problem, but for the moment they carry other no less important handicaps such as the limited public charging infrastructure and, above all, the high prices that brands generally ask for going neutral. in carbon.

In between, conventional hybrids, which significantly reduce urban pollution without completely eliminating it, and plug-in hybrids, which are capable of driving in 100% electric mode for several tens of kilometers, are gaining more and more prominence. The question is: are the latter used properly? In most of the cases, no. However, that is about to change thanks to systems like the geofencing.

What is the geofencing

Broadly speaking, the geofencing allows through GPS delimit an area and monitor it virtually for a certain action or intention. This, extrapolated to the objectives of the European Union, could be defined as the ZBEs that towns with more than 50.000 inhabitants in our country must have established for more than a year.

DS7 E-Tense with Geofencing

So, could administrations use our position to know if we are circulating as we should within an ZBE and, if not, sanction us? Well no; at least, not yet. What it is about is converting driving of PHEV vehicle users in the most efficient and automated way possible. In fact, brands are already including the geofencing in the latest launches precisely so that we become familiar with it, so that we get the maximum possible return from plug-in technology and so that we relieve the main urban centers of pollution.

How does the geofencing in plug-in hybrids

As we say, the service geofencing It is linked to the deployment of low-emission zones throughout Europe in order to optimize the use of different energies and reduce the environmental impact of a trip. As they say from DS, one of the first manufacturers to commit to this within our borders, "when approaching a low emissions zone, the driver is notified and, when he enters it, the car automatically selects electric mode whether there is enough power in the battery. “This is how the efficiency of the plug-in hybrid versions is maximized.”

This thing that now works automatically and only serves as a driving assistant could be transformed into the precedent of some other future more restrictive system if pollution levels do not improve... In addition to DS in its DS 3, DS 4, DS 7 and DS 9 E-Tense, Toyota also equips it in the new C-HR PHEV... and they will not be the only ones. Are we facing another giant step on the path towards driving that is increasingly less human and more autonomous?


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