GM Bets On Direct Fuel Injection
10 Mar 2009, 09:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With CO2 emissions and fuel economy being the talk of the day in this time of crisis, manufacturers are driven to create viable and sometimes strange ways of cutting figures for both of the aforemen...
Volvo Upgrades Emission Laboratory
9 Mar 2009, 18:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Fuel efficient vehicles have long surpassed the state of "concept" cars. As hybrid, all electric and low emission vehicles become more and more common, investment into research technology ...
Renault Nissan Zero Emission Partnership Goes to Tucson
6 Mar 2009, 16:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Renault Nissan Zero Emission partnership is expanding its program, after the announcement made today by the two companies and Pima Association of Governments (PAG), which represents the Tucson regio...
Ferrari Hybrid Powertrain Tested on the 599 Fiorano
5 Mar 2009, 15:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The new European Union CO2 emissions regulations set to be applied starting 2012, could limit every car manufacturer to build engines that put out less than 130g/km of CO2. The regulations, somewhat...
Bentley Starts Making Furniture to Keep Its Skilled Workers
5 Mar 2009, 09:07 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / 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&#...
Fiat Multiair Reduces Fuel Consumption and CO2 Emissions
4 Mar 2009, 16:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 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 200...
ILENA Confirmed by BMW
2 Mar 2009, 15:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 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 G...
Bolivia Wants Lithium Industry, Seeks Foreign Partner
2 Mar 2009, 13:41 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / 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-...
Nissan Adds "Old People" Features to Models
2 Mar 2009, 11:11 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / In 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 m...
Ford's EcoBoost V6 Engine Undergoes Boot Camp Tests
2 Mar 2009, 09:07 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / 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...
Citroen C5 with Snow Motion Intelligent Anti-Skid System
27 Feb 2009, 09:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / 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 tec...
Lotus Omnivore Two Stroke Engine Detailed
26 Feb 2009, 15:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 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 n...
New MCE-5 VCRi Engine to Be Shown on a Peugeot 407
26 Feb 2009, 15:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 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 ...
Nissan Begins New Fuel-Cell Vehicle Winter Testing
26 Feb 2009, 11:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 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 effic...
Self-Inflating Tire Snatches Tire Technology of the Year Award
24 Feb 2009, 14:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / 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 2...
BMW to Help Drivers with AI-Like ILENA System
24 Feb 2009, 14:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 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 clo...
Olympic Volkswagen Passat Lingyu Fuel Cell Fleet Demostrations
23 Feb 2009, 11:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 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 ...
Goodyear Wrangler MT/R with Kevlar - Off-roading Made Easy
23 Feb 2009, 08:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / 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 &...
Chrysler ENVI Goes to the 2009 Geneva Auto Show
20 Feb 2009, 17:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 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-h...
Ford Debuts 6-Speed SelectShift Tranny for EcoBoost
19 Feb 2009, 15:53 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / 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 ma...