Science and technology: Vehicle engine management: Intelligence test A computer program that learns how to save fuel From avoiding jaywalkers to emergency braking to eventually, perhaps, chauffeuring the vehicle itself, it is clear that artificial intelligence (AI) will be an important part of the cars of the future. But it is not only the driving of them that will benefit. AI will also permit such cars to use energy more sparingly. Cars have long had computerized engine-management that responds on the fly to changes in driving conditions.The introduction of electric power has, however, complicated matters. Hybrids, which have both a petrol engine and an electric motor run by a battery that is recharged by capturing kineticenergy as the vehicle slows or brakes, need more management than does a petrol engine alone. Things get even harder with plug-in hybrids, which can be recharged from the mains and have a longer electric-only range. 科技：车辆引擎管理：智能测试 一种习得省油的电脑程序 从避开乱穿马路的行人到紧急制动再到自动驾驶，毫无疑问，人工智能（AI）将会成为未来汽车的重要组成部分。 这不仅能给驾驶本身带来方便。 AI还能使那些车更节能。 引擎的智能化管理早已应用于汽车，用以快速对行驶过程中路面状况的变化做出反应。 然而，电力应用却存在难以处理的问题。 混合动力车，同时具有汽油发动机与电动发动机，电池在汽车减速或刹车时通过动能转化而充电，但这需要投入较普通车更多的引擎管理。 带插头接点的混合动力车虽然能通过电源充电，并拥有更长的电动行驶时间，但引擎的智能化管理更加繁琐。