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...
CO2-Fuel Converter Powered by Sunlight Shows Potential
19 Feb 2009, 14:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 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 i...
Audi Australia and PDM Launch First Holographic Virtual Assistant
17 Feb 2009, 08:38 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / 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 ...
World, Meet the Cockpit of the Future
14 Feb 2009, 17:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / 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 th...
Let's Get Loud as Jaguar Equips Its 2010 Line with HD Radio
11 Feb 2009, 14:35 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / 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 technolo...
IceController Defrosts the Windshield in Seconds
10 Feb 2009, 15:57 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Defrosting the windshield is one of the, let's say, uncomfortable things to be done during the cold season, despite all those sprays and devices promising only milk and honey. Well, it may seem...
Alternators Out, Thermoelectrics to Improve MPG
10 Feb 2009, 15:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The era of the alternators may soon come to an end, as thermoelectric technology becomes a more and more viable energy source. The phenomenon, which uses temperature difference to create an electric...
Ford Crash Tests with Balloons
9 Feb 2009, 13:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ford is testing an array of new “active” crash-avoidance and driver-aid technologies it will introduce in 2009 by driving prototypes into large, car-shaped balloons to help customers avo...
Driving Lessons from Leafcutter Ants
9 Feb 2009, 10:46 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / In case you want to spend less time in traffic and arrive earlier at your destination, then you should seriously consider taking lessons from... leafcutter ants. As incredible as it may seem, this i...