Future Mazda Models to Be 100 Kg Lighter
8 Aug 2012, 12:21 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Mazda seems to be pushing forward with their strategy of improving what they already have, instead of replacing and redesigning everything - the have made an EV, though. According to autonews.com, t...
Chrysler to Offer Eight-Speed Gearbox in 2012 - Nine-Speed in the Works
1 Aug 2012, 12:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that all automakers have gone gear-crazy! A few years ago, the seven-speed autobox seemed so crazy - now we have a seven-speed manual. Then came BMW with the eight-speed automatic gearbox w...
Robotic Water Strider Can Jump Across the Water’s Surface With Ease
30 Jul 2012, 13:03 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The problem of global warming, whether we are causing it or not, is definitely a reality and it has been making its presence felt in recent years. Considering the fact that scientists say that the E...
Hand Gesture Control to Be Used in Cars
30 Jul 2012, 08:39 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Carmakers constantly surprise us with new technologies and it seems that a new dimensions is now coming our way. We are talking about gesture integration for our cars. According to Wired, Microsoft ...
GM Taking the Volvo Route - Developing Pedestrian Detection Tech
27 Jul 2012, 10:42 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Safety and the shift towards electricity seem to be the big technical topics of the moment in the industry, and after doing a good job with Cadillac’s ‘Super Cruise’ system, GM are...
POD Point Charging Systems to Expand Scandinavian Operations
26 Jul 2012, 11:27 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / British EV charging system provider POD Point have announced that they will be expanding their operations in the Scandinavian region, as it deems it ‘Europe’s most advanced electric vehi...
Are Zinc-Air Batteries the Answer for EVs?
25 Jul 2012, 14:23 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After Lithium-Air, now the discussion topic are Zinc-Air batteries, which while not widely used or acknowledged as a solution, are apparently one of the better alternatives currently out there. A...
What About Lithium-Air Batteries?
23 Jul 2012, 10:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We have been reporting a good number of battery innovations over the last few months, and this, Lithium-Air battery technology is one of the more promising ones. It features Lithium, which is the li...
New Breakthrough - Working Spray-On Batteries
6 Jul 2012, 10:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While the biggest problem of modern batteries is their capacity, a group of graduate students from Rice University have taken battery tech in a different direction and they have made a rather import...
Trafficmaster Smartnav with E-Call: Standard on Citroen Vans
5 Jul 2012, 11:08 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / If you were in the market for a panel van, you might be interested to know that from now on, all Citroen vans (Berlingo, Dispatch and Relay) will come with Trafficmaster Smartnav as standard. The sy...
Rain-Canceling Headlights Are a Reality
4 Jul 2012, 11:23 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We’re sure you’ve faced this a few times in your motoring experience - driving at night and through pouring rain which is so heavy that the raindrops block and distort the light coming f...
Terrafugia Transition Flying Car Successfully Completes Testing
1 Jul 2012, 08:37 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The flying car is an idea that has been with us from the very inception of both cars and airplanes. Various types of crosses between a car and a plane have been tried out over the years, and some we...
100 Year-Old Nickel-Iron Battery Technology Gets Boost
28 Jun 2012, 09:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The most common type of batteries used in pretty much anything from your mobile phone to electric cars are lithium-ion batteries. They have been steadily developed over the years and, now, they (alm...
Cost of Batteries to Settle at $250 / €200 per kWh by 2015
22 Jun 2012, 10:26 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While predictions about future prices are not really accurate, and the further the deadline for something is, the lower the chances are for that ‘thing’ to materialize as intended. Howev...
Nokia Patent Touch-Sensitive Steering Wheel
15 Jun 2012, 15:37 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / In the modern age, an age where you can buy a perfectly justifiable touch-screen fridge, apparently Nokia don’t want to be following in the footsteps of the now-defunct Kodak brand, so they&rs...
A123 Systems Announce Battery Technology Breakthrough
14 Jun 2012, 11:12 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite not going through the happiest financial situation, A123 systems are still working on new battery technology, having recently announced a breakthrough in nanophosphate EXT, offering numerous...
Major Automakers Interested in Apple's Siri Voice Command Tech
12 Jun 2012, 09:37 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / I’m sure most people of varying ages still know the TV show KITT, which despite not being particularly good, it showed us how cars of ‘the future’ would be like. The makers of the ...
Rear-View Mirror of the Future Previewed on Audi R18 Le Mans Racer
25 May 2012, 09:29 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We all know that the sportier the car, the lower you sit, the smaller the windows are, the worse the visibility is. Well, racing cars are built to be 100% ‘sporty’ (though the term sport...
Magna Touchskin Renders All the Buttons in Your Car Useless
17 May 2012, 14:46 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Magna’s Touchskin interface is the kind of technology which appears to be ‘from the future’ but its here, now and it works. The system is currently not used on any production car, ...
Proper Tree Cutting Machines for Real Men
7 May 2012, 14:32 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The days of the lumberjack are over. Nowadays, machines have made us redundant in the forest as they are designed specifically to fell trees whereas we, after thousands of years of asking and choppi...