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With the financial downturn knocking on car makers' doors, it's no surprise that many of them resort to unexpected solutions to cope with the problem.
One of the weirdest solutions we've heard so far comes from Bentley. You probably all know that Bentley makes cars.. ...
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As cars would not be worthy of the name without engines, research and development into improving powerplant performances is a vital part of the manufacturer's strategies. Events such as the 2009 Geneva Auto Show are the perfect opportunities for these new ...
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As we reported a few days ago, BMW's encounter with Artificial Intelligence life forms will spawn a new generation of driver assistants, perhaps the first system to be worthy of the name. The German manufacturer officially announced today it is working on the ...
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Apparently, Bolivian President Evo Morales seems finally ready to accept collaboration with a foreign partner to manufacture lithium batteries and, at some point in future, to even assemble battery-powered cars, the Detroit News has learned.
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Nissan Adds "Old People" Features to ModelsTECHNOLOGYIn an effort to sell more cars and attract another segment of buyers, Nissan's designers have come up with an interesting idea. According to drive.com.au, the Japanese car maker intends to make their vehicles more friendly to older drivers. Seeing that Japan's population is growing old and elderly drivers have special needs, Nissan's designers are upgrading the vehicles with "an aging suit". That means old drivers can benefit from special car features like belts strapping their knees, door handles opening from either side or more knobs inside the cars to grab for support. "These design proposals don't require super new technology, and most of them don't cost that much," Etsuhiro Watanabe, associate chief designer, explained. "They're designed to make ... >> Read more |
Ford's EcoBoost V6 engine is said to incorporate the best possible technology produced by Ford to boost fuel economy without neglecting power. Because of that, the upcoming 2010 Lincoln MKS and MKT and Ford Flex and Taurus SHO are going to be leaders in their ...
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Driving a car on a snow-covered road might really test your skills in case the vehicle isn't equipped with proper tires and/or chains. But even so, Citroen promises that its new Snow Motion technology, also called the "Intelligent Anti-Skid System", will help ...
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Research into developing better yet more fuel-efficient engines is getting more an more of a rhythm these days, as the 2009 Geneva Auto Show is about to begin. What went on behind the scenes until now gets uncovered, as engine and car manufacturers try to get the upper ...
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Amid new cars, strange concepts and the “Lancia Café”, the 2009 Geneva Auto Show will also bear witness to car manufacturer's attempts to tackle the other modern day problem besides the crisis: fuel consumption efficiency.
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Alternative fuels and fuel-technologies are the new promised land for car manufacturers. The economic crisis seems to have stepped up research and development endeavors towards achieving fuel efficient low or even zero emission engines.
Last year in August ...
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The Self Inflating Tire, also known as SIT, a technology designed by Coda Development has just won the Tire Technology of the Year award at the Tire Technology Awards for Innovation and Excellence 2009 in Hamburg, Germany.
The name of the technology is pretty ...
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Years of research were put into developing systems that would allow drivers to better their driving skills with the aid of the car itself. But now, as the moment in which such systems draws ever closer, are we really ready for them? When it comes to your car, your ...
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Volkswagen Group of America announced today that 16 Passat Lingyu vehicles will participate in fleet demonstrations at the California Fuel Cell Partnership in Sacramento. The fuel cell vehicles are being added to the existing fleet of eight Volkswagen fuel cell ...
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Tires are undoubtedly some of the most important components when going off-road, together with all-wheel drive capability and extraordinary driving skills. Well, the guys over at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company claim they've developed the first off-road tire ...
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Chrysler will showcases its electric vehicle future at the 2009 Geneva Auto Show when it premieres the Chrysler 200C EV Concept and the Dodge Circuit EV Prototype developed by ENVI, which is an in-house organization that was established by Chrysler in 2007 to focus on ...
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Ford today introduced a new 6-speed SelectShift automatic transmission that will be exclusively available with the new 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 engine. In essence, the transmission box is especially manufactured for better performance but also for enhanced fuel ...
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The automakers' efforts to come up with an all electric engine for the masses are admirable, but obviously not enough. Although low CO2 emission engines are being developed all over the world in ever growing number, this still doesn't completely eliminate dangerous ...
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The creepy future when people will be replaced by robots seems closer than we have expected. Keeping that in mind, Audi and PDM, Australia’s number one Out-of-Home Digital media company, have recently launched the country’s first ever life-size ...
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Ever wondered what the future will look like? Well, there’s no need to wait anymore, at least for car enthusiasts who hoped to experience the functions future cars may bring. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, ...
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Turn on the radio and let the music play as Jaguar is equipping its 2010 product line with HD Radio technology. Because the British luxury automaker likes to keep the pace with the ultimate technology, the HD Radio receivers will come factory installed in the XK ...
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