This linked me to an article by Josh Clark, entitled "What makes a digital car digital?" He talks about how television shows have had shows with intelligent automobiles. In 1965 there was "My Mother the Car," which is about a man who discovers his mother is reincarnated as his 1928 Porter automobile. (side note: TV Guide named this the 2nd worst show of all time.) He then describes a more successful show, "Knight Rider." Instead of being a reincarnation, this car had AI instead: K.I.T.T. (Knight Industries Two Thousand). KITT's partner is Micheal Knight, played by David Hasselhoff.
Today, new breakthroughs have allowed for cars to come closer to KITT, what with wireless communication and compressed data storage, which is now in certain vehicles.
Clark then argues that the difference between a car and a digital car is intelligence. Before, a car was simply a mode of transportation. Now cars have hard drives, and more electronics than some people can possible realize. Cars are now being equipped with technology to help avoid collisions all together, called precollision systems, and cameras to look for traffic ahead and what's behind the car.
Information:
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/under-the-hood/trends-innovations/digital-car.htm
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