Impact of Automotive Technology Development

Automotive Technology is the applied science of how to design, create and develop land transport equipment that uses engines, notably motorcycles, cars, buses and trucks as a whole means to provide the vehicle necessary for the survival and comfort of human life. In the field of technology is necessary combination of elements of knowledge of mechanics, electricity, electronics, safety / environment, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and management.

While the history of the automotive world discovered the engine in 1876. Later found oil-fired engine that allows opening of the revolution at the birth of the car design, including motorcycles. The discovery was followed by a mechanical engineer who built the first practical car that is run by an internal-combustion engine with enginenya.

The positive impact of these technological developments are opening up employment in developing countries, such as Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. Then the easy means of land transportation from one place to another, where it is more practical, safe and convenient. Countries also benefit from the income tax, foreign trade (exports and imports), and even the opening of the automotive sector educational institutions, and for which there are many creative businesses are very profitable businesses, ranging from attempted modifications, accessories and stickers to the seller on the streets.

According to the report the number of cars in the world has reached more than 1 billion units in 2010. Big leap occurred from 2009 to 2010, from 980 million units to 1.015 billion units. Vehicles that are censused passenger cars; truck mild, moderate, and severe, as well as buses. In case this does not include off-road vehicles, motorcycles, and other three-wheeled motor vehicle. In fact, in the countries of Asia and Africa, sales of motorcycles is definitely on the rise. Then what is the impact on us?

As a country with a population of 240 million (2011), the ratio of the population and the car in Indonesia will be the first car to 12 people with the assumption that the car population of 2010 as many as 19,046,147 plus the realization of new car sales in 2011 around 870,000 units. As for motorcycles, amounted to 52,433,132 units. If added to the sales last year (2010) as many as 7.4 million units, the number of motorcycles end of 2011 already more than 60 million units. That means, the ratio of the population with vehicle ownership is 1: 3. So where are we with the explosion of the space vehicle that is definitely going to stay with us this?

Not only that, if known fuel consumption in Indonesia in 2011 was 41 million KL per year, it just means we burn with 1300 liters per second of every day. And recognize the importance of maintaining the safety and the environment, we need to recalculate the result of motor vehicle accidents, compensation should be paid, how many vehicles supporting facilities should be provided, including what is good policy and regulation in tackling this problem.

Other impacts are less attracted our attention was the fact that in four years (ie 2004-2008) when the world population increased 5%, then that means annual CO2 emissions also increased by 10% and is followed by the dirty energy production also increased by 10% (Statistics IEA world).