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▶ Magna Touchskin Renders All the Buttons in Your Car Useless [Video]
Magna’s Touchskin interface is the kind of technology which appears to be ‘from the future’ but its here, now and it works. The system is currently not used on any production car, but Magna have been trying to sell it to a mainstream manufacturer since last October. The Touchskin panel does away ... Continue Reading →
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▶ Siemens eHighway - Cross Between a Truck and a Tram [Video]
We’ve all seen trolley buses and trams drawing their power from the power grid, without the need to carry cumbersome, heavy batteries around. The system has been in use for decades, and there’s a good reason for that - it works! Now, Siemens have decided to try and adapt and adopt it for utilization on... Continue Reading →
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Volkswagen UK: Standard DAB Radio from Polo to Phaeton
VW’s British arm today announced that it is introducing DAB radio as a standard feature from the Polo to the Phaeton (no, the Up isn’t mentioned) in an effort to meet customer demand for this. Of course, all VW audio systems will still be able to pick up conventional FM or AM analogue radio signals, no... Continue Reading →
▶ Honda Reveals UNI-CUB Personal Mobility Machine [Video]
We present to you Honda’s new UNI-CUB Personal Mobility Machine. It’s the result of extensive outside-the-box thinking and it couldn’t have come from anywhere else but Japan. The UNI-CUB is an electrically driven machine which can carry its passenger at a maximum speed of 5.92km/h (3.7mph). It is... Continue Reading →
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Opel and Vauxhall: 3 New Engine Families Coming, including 200 HP 1.6 Turbo
GM’s European arms, Opel and Vauxhall, are preparing to introduce three new engine families in the course of the following year, with these replacing most of their current petrol and diesel units. The comany has only released info about one of them, a 1.6-liter four-cylinder petrol unit that uses direct inje... Continue Reading →
Billion-Dollar Ghost Town Being Built in New Mexico for Self-Driving Car Research
This is definitely very important news which will surely affect us in a positive way in the future. A site in southeastern New Mexico, near Hobbs has recently been chosen for the building of a “scientific ghost town”. It will house all the latest next-gen technologies and will put them to the test in very... Continue Reading →
BYD to Supply Ten Electric Buses to Windsor, Ontario
It is still strange to us how the EV craze hasn’t caught on with city transportation services. Trolley buses are old fashioned and quite cumbersome and battery technology has advanced enough to make an all-electric bus as an economically and technically viable solution. Surprisingly or not, it’s the Ch... Continue Reading →
Hydrogen Powered Hyundai iX35 Treks Europe
The old continent has been successfully crossed by a pair of hydrogen-powered Hyundai iX35 from the North of Europe, in Oslo, to the very South, in Monaco - a journey of 2246 km (1,404 miles) which was completed in 5 days. The trip was both a test of the technology powering the cars and a test of Europe’s de... Continue Reading →
Cadillac XTS to Get Standard iPad
The infotainment system in modern cars has become one of the focal points of a car’s interior. However, some systems, such as BMW’s first generation iDrive require a Bachelor’s Degree in computers to operate, so many people hate them. In trying to avoid the problem of the user not fully ex... Continue Reading →
ZF Details Word’s First 7-Speed Manual Gearbox
The 2012 Porsche 911 has already revealed most of its secrets, from its lightweight construction, to the fact that it offers an elongated wheelbase and better performance than ever. As volume production of the new sportscar is well underway now, the supplier of the gearbox for the car, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, decid... Continue Reading →
▶ Proper Bus Driving Simulator For Real Men - OMSI Bus Simulator [Video]
For us, OMSI Bus Simulator is the simulator we was waiting for. It came out last year in March and it has been talked about and praised while still maintaining a low profile on the web. It was developed by only two, very passionate people over a period of over 3 years. Since its release, Youtube has been flooded wit... Continue Reading →
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▶ Renault’s First Three-Cylinder Turbo Engine Explained [Video]
The downsizing of engines is a trend which has now been adopted by most car manufacturers. First, we had Fiat’s lovely little turbocharged V-twin and then came the 1.0-liter ecoBoost from Ford, and now Renault has decided to join the club with their new Energy TCe 90 engine. It is the first three-cylinder tu... Continue Reading →
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▶ The Ultimate Racing Simulator by Ariel [Video]
The Ariel Atom is refreshingly different to any other car on sale today. It was to be expected then that if they were to ever make a racing simulator, it would have to be something special and very left-field. And indeed, they have succeeded in making their Motion Simulator TL1 a very different proposition to anythin... Continue Reading →
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Nordschleife 1927 Watch Launched in Celebration of Nurburgring’s 85th Anniversary
To celebrate 85 years since the inception of the grueling Nordschleife racetrack, the 1927 24-Hour wristwatch has been launched this week. With its 24-hour set-up, the manufacturer recommends it when attending the Nurburgring 24-hour race as it helps to better keep track of the race. There are two versions of the ... Continue Reading →
Hyundai Fitting Throttle Override
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has been considering mandatory throttle overrides in America since April 16th this year, but Hyundai hopes to jump the gun (in a good way) regarding this particular safety feature and will install a brake pedal throttle override capability to its cars produce... Continue Reading →
▶ TomTom Launches New Speed Camera iPhone App [Video]
The Speed Camera App released today by sat-nav maker TomTom will give drivers access to fixed and mobile speed camera locations. Behind it stands Europe’s largest community with over 1.6 million drivers from 15 countries. The app is claimed to improve safety by keeping the user constantly informed about spee... Continue Reading →
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▶ Cadillac's Super Cruise System Explained [Video]
Cadillac’s new Super Cruise system is designed only for highway use, to ‘ease the driver’s workload.’ It is an upgrade to the already familiar adaptive cruise control, which is already in use by many other manufacturers. It is, however, a more advanced system than all the others currently in u... Continue Reading →
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Wireless EV Charging on the Move!
The only real problems electric cars have nowadays are their (very) limited range and the bulk of their batteries denting performance and compromising driving dynamics. However, both these problems could be eliminated in one fell swoop with the introduction of wireless charging. Energy Dynamics Lab, a research or... Continue Reading →
Honda Develops World’s First Traffic Congestion Detection and Prevention Technology
As the number of cars in the World’s major cities increases every year, a way to bring order to the chaos needs to be thought up. Honda claims they may have the answer with their new system. It relies on ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control) and a cloud server and it monitor’s the driver’s acceleration and ... Continue Reading →
Cadillac's New Super Cruise System Unveiled
Cadillac has been hard at work testing a new advanced cruise system which is able to detect obstacles around the car using a 360° sensor array. They are incorporating lane centering technology which works by using GPS information and cameras to detect the lane markings and keep the car going straight. The system ... Continue Reading →
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