FIA to Ban Off-Throttle Exhaust Blowing After Barcelona
18 May 2011, 07:05 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / According to rumors on Tuesday, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) has issued a new directive to the 2011 Formula 1 Regulations – known as Technical Directive 15 – prohibiting...
F1 Teams Use Kickdown Innovation for KERS
27 Apr 2011, 08:49 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Once the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) made its way into Formula 1, it was only a matter of time until teams started playing with it in order to maximize the unit's efficiency. And u...
Brake Override Systems Explained
10 Mar 2010, 15:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Brake overriding is a thing since 1988, when BMW introduced this technology, yet it came to prominence in the 2010s after Toyota's sticky throttle pedal saga
Cyclone Receives Third US Patent
4 Mar 2010, 15:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The slow, bureaucracy swamped birth of the Cyclone heat regenerative external combustion engine made another step forward this week, after Cyclone received the US Patent and Trademark Office patent ...
Shifting Gears on a Motorcycle
4 Dec 2009, 18:32 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Ignored by many, proper gear shifting is just as important as braking. Working on the same principle as with cars, shifting gears on a motorcycle has three basic controls that need to be operated: t...
How Cruise Control Works
20 Jan 2009, 16:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / There's no doubt cruise control is an important option of today's cars, especially of those sold in the United States where people use to go in long trips, traveling hundreds of miles on s...