Ford Customer Tastes Revealed by Global Color Studies
26 Apr 2011, 05:49 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American automaker Ford recently released details of various studies conducted on European and U.S. customers that analyzed color trends by market. According to that study, both regions remain loyal...
Study Predicts 138 Million Electric Motorcycles and Scooters On the Road by 2017
18 Apr 2011, 12:49 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / As zero-emission vehicles are growing in popularity, Pike Research decided to closely investigate the future evolution in sales of such machines and came up with a report that states that the number...
High Fuel Prices to Spark EV Sales Boom
18 Apr 2011, 11:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Advertised by the car makers who produce them as weapons against foreign oil dependency or the global warming, EVs have rapidly become, in the eyes of the possible customers, only ways out of the st...
Men Know Better than GPS, Women Likewise
1 Apr 2011, 05:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Man, the all mighty man, will never trust a device telling him what turn to take next. Or, should we say, men care about what the GPS has to say, only that they don't value that information all...
Children Misjudge Speed of Cars
22 Mar 2011, 06:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / All those speed limits enforced in residential and school areas got a new meaning this week, after the Royal Holloway College from the London University published a new study on how children evaluat...
UK Commuters Spend 43% of Their Journeys at a Standstill
8 Mar 2011, 10:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / New research conducted by Citroen shows that UK rush-hour drivers are spending almost half their time at a standstill, stuck in traffic. The 43 percent figure represents a 13.7 percent increase over...
49 Percent of Us Dream About Driverless Cars
25 Feb 2011, 09:33 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The technology has evolved a lot and, along with it, the automotive industry, but driverless cars are still far, far away from public roads. There were some prototypes tested out there, but none of ...
Motorcycle Helmets Reduce Risk of Spine Injuries
18 Feb 2011, 11:42 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A new study from Johns Hopkins has shown that motorcycle helmets, known for being able to reduce the number of brain injuries and deaths from crashes, appear to also be associated with a lower risk ...
Ghengis Khan Cut a Year's Worth of CO2 Emissions
10 Feb 2011, 06:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In the modern age, there are so many sources of pollution that nobody really stops and thinks that humans too, on their own, can contribute to Al Gore's paranoia. However, someone, somewhere di...
Gamers More Likely to Crash, Study Says
3 Feb 2011, 18:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Let's face it, we all like to play video games, and those with a thing for cars have also developed a thing for car or racing games. The reason behind it all is very simple: in a video ga...
Red Light Cameras Reduce Crashes
1 Feb 2011, 11:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The fight between the people who loath cameras on the roads and the authorities who try to emphasize that these devices are in place for the drivers' protection continues, this time with a new ...
What Do Drivers Fear the Most? Other Drivers...
27 Jan 2011, 14:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Road rage, that illusive concept that defines anything and everything from cursing while behind the wheel to taking your car and slamming it into the other guy's is only gonna get worse. Sorry ...
IBM: EVs Are Interesting, But Is This Enough?
12 Jan 2011, 10:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having witnessed the birth of a new age in motoring, we are now left to ponder whether the rise of the electric vehicle will have a meaningful impact on the industry and the world. The auto i...
Women Less Nervous When Driving with Partner
3 Jan 2011, 09:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The New Year has just begun but, as usual, the unknown men and women who conduct all sorts of more or less useful surveys are already hard at work. As a treat for 2011, they have just prepared a new...
Drivers More Afraid of Fines Rather Than Death
16 Dec 2010, 15:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Deliberately breaking the speed limits is not quite the smartest thing to do when jumping behind the wheel of the car but even so, most drivers do it. But what are drivers actually thinking while sp...
One in Five People with Vision Conditions Drive Without Glasses
14 Dec 2010, 15:19 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / It is a known fact that drivers rely on their vision more than on any of their other 4 senses while driving. That's why eyeglass wearers should always keep their prescription glasses while at t...
December 15, the Day Most Cali Drivers Crash
7 Dec 2010, 07:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / When they don't go after you, the customer, in an aggressive manner to promote this or that product, insurance companies like to conduct all types of surveys and studies, related to just about ...
Premature Births More Likely in Homes Near Major Roads
6 Dec 2010, 13:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Living life in the fast lane, one would say... At least, this is the conclusion you may wrongfully reach after hearing about a study conducted by a team of researchers from the Okayama Graduate Scho...
Motorcycle Simulator Shows Slow Is Not Always Better
6 Dec 2010, 08:45 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A recent study performed by researchers at The University of Nottingham's Centre for Motorcycle Ergonomics & Rider Human Factors has proved that safer doesn't necessarily mean slower. ...
Mismatched Bumpers on Cars and SUVs Result in Costly Repairs
2 Dec 2010, 13:23 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) conducted crash tests to demonstrate that the mismatch of bumpers on cars and SUVs can lead to higher repair costs, despite the bumpers being a car&...