Toyota to Launch New Automated Highway Driving Assist System
11 Oct 2013, 08:58 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Toyota has announced plans to introduce an advanced driving support system that will make highway driving much safer. Called Automated Highway Driving Assist (AHDA), the new system uses automated dr...
Toyota Launching New Automated Driving System this Decade
11 Oct 2013, 09:01 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota has been researching automated driving technologies since the second half of the 1990s and has conducted numerous road tests in the last years both in the US and Japan. In order to make hi...
What the Sport Button On the 2014 Toyota Corolla Does
10 Oct 2013, 16:11 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The 2014 Toyota Corolla S has something special to attract younger buyers now - a Sport mode button. Unlike the gearbox S setting found on the LE and LE Eco trims, the Corolla S has an individual...
Watch How the 2014 Toyota Corolla S and B Gear Shift Positions Work
10 Oct 2013, 15:49 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / One of the many new features you can find on the 2014 Toyota Corolla is the way you can use the vehicle’s gearbox. Both the Corolla LE and LE Eco feature two more positions for the gear shi...
Toyota’s 2014 Entune Comes With More Features
10 Oct 2013, 14:31 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The next-generation Entune system debuts on the 2014 Toyota Corolla, Tundra and 4Runner models, coming with improved functionality and new features. As we learned earlier, the biggest change invo...
Lexus Launches On-Board Wi-Fi Hotspot
10 Oct 2013, 14:01 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / With Toyota offering standalone on-board Wi-Fi Hotspot devices for the vehicles in its lineup, it was just a matter of time until Lexus received it too. And now it has. The 2014 Lexus IS’ o...
2014 MotoGP: Aprilia's Gigi Dall'Igna to Sign with Ducati
9 Oct 2013, 16:10 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Tough luck for Aprilia, as it appears like the top-brain in their MotoGP operations, Gigi Dall'Igna will dress a red work shirt soon. Ducati red, that is. Italian webzine Motociclisti report...
How Pneumatic Valves Work in MotoGP
9 Oct 2013, 12:41 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Nice feature from Avintia Blusens and their Crew Chief Francesco Guidotti, doing some explaining on what pneumatic valves are, how they work and why more teams are going for this technology. The ...
Ford Testing Self-Parking Cars, Obstacle Avoidance Tech
9 Oct 2013, 09:47 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ford has begun testing prototype vehicles fitted with its brand new Fully Assisted Parking and Obstacle Avoidance technologies, the Blue Oval company revealed today by releasing two videos that demo...
Scion Pure Process: Getting Your Model
8 Oct 2013, 13:35 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / After customizing and finding your preferred Scion model, the last part in the Pure Process ideology is to actually buy the car, obviously. If you don’t want to pay the whole price at once,...
Scion Pure Process: Finding Your Model
8 Oct 2013, 11:52 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / After you’ve completed the online customization job on your preferred Scion model, it is time to see it in real life. At the end of the configuration procedure, you can select a dealership ...
Scion Pure Process: Building Your Model
8 Oct 2013, 09:49 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Earlier, we took a look at Scion’s new ideology, named Pure Process, which was created to lessen the ordeals you have to go through when buying a new car. Here, we’ll take a look at t...
Scion Launches Pure Process Buying Procedure
8 Oct 2013, 09:49 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As the technology connects almost everything and you can do things people only dreamed at 50 years ago using only your smartphone, Scion decided to simplify its buying procedure. The stress-free ...
Amputee Rider Uses Brain to Control His New Robotic Leg
3 Oct 2013, 12:49 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A huge step forward in prosthetics was made as the first rewired-nerves brain-controlled robotic leg was tested on a 32-year-old rider who had one of his limbs amputated after a motorcycle accident....
First Impressions on Toyota’s Winglet Mobility Device
3 Oct 2013, 07:34 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Toyota Winglet is the Japanese automaker’s response to the well known Segway personal mobility device. However, it is a bit different. Toyota thought that the Segway is too big and is n...
Mercedes-Benz to Bring Optional Autonomous Driving by 2020
1 Oct 2013, 13:53 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / As you all might already know, Mercedes-Benz has developed an in house R&D program in the field of autonomous driving which has so far culminated with the S 500 Intelligent Drive near-production...
BMW Motorrad Launches Navigator V Bike GPS
30 Sep 2013, 12:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Enter Navigator V, BMW Motorrad's newest GPS unit. If you thought the Navigator IV was cool, wait until you see the new one. Building on the solid basis of the IV model, BMW Navigator V now ...
A Short Story on MotoGP Leaning Angles
27 Sep 2013, 13:00 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's a very nice story on the incredible leaning angles of MotoGP bikes, still making us wonder how is it possible, even after so many races we're seen. Now, reaching a leaning angle ...
Groundbreaking 6D ATR-1 Helmets Available with Increased Dealer Margins
27 Sep 2013, 11:20 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Back in December 2012 we brought you news on the amazing 6D ATR-1 helmets, sporting a new technology which promised to take a revolutionary step towards better head protection. Well, the 6D helmet i...
Twike Promises 500km Range with Their Electric Trike Pedelecs
26 Sep 2013, 09:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Twike showed their TW4XP concept at the IAA Car Show in Frankfurt, Germany, as a tearer for the oncoming Twike 5 machine expected soon. With an upgraded design making this elecric vehicle looking ev...