Self-driving cars are quickly becoming one of my least favourite things on the internet.

We get it, technology is amazing, now shut up and design the machines that drive us around without making so much noise about it.

Rant over – let’s see what Rolls-Royce have in store for their version.

They’re calling it the ‘ultimate concept car’, and the 103EX model is a look into what the next 25 years may hold for the iconic brand. The Telegraph reports:

The car is almost 20 feet long, but is a coupe that seats just two people on one giant sofa, facing a huge screen.

Chauffeurs will be a thing of the past, as there is no steering wheel and the car will be completely self driving.

The vehicle is expected to be entirely voice controlled, with passengers interacting with “Eleanor”, a female-voiced artificial intelligence programme…

The car is electrically powered, and throwing out the traditional engine has given designers the freedom to let their imaginations run wild…

Normal doors have been eschewed for a single, two-piece “clam shell” that Rolls-Royce chief executive Torsten Müller-Ötvös believes will make getting out of a car a “grand entrance”, rather than an undignified duck and shuffle…

However, with only a single opening on side, customers will have to choose which side they want to step out of – a factor which could be influenced by whichever side of the street a customer’s favourite hotel or restaurant is.

That right there is your Friday First World Problem of the day – oh no, my Rolls makes me choose which side I must hop out on.

Get a load of this for opulence:

To enhance the entrance, lasers mounted under the door also project what Rolls-Royce calls a “personal red carpet”.

Manufacturing advances, such as 3D printing, over the next quarter of a century are also expected to make the car fully personalised inside and out, complete with handcrafted products.

To be frank if I’m in the backseat chillin’, and my car is driving me along, I’m going to feel like a boss with or without the laser show.

Good job Rolls-Royce, you win.

[source:telegraph]