Google Wants Driverless Cars, but Do We?
Source: The New York Times Love was in the air at President-elect Donald J. Trump’s summit meeting last week with tech executives. Alphabet, Google’s parent company, was really feeling it, […]
Jaguar Land Rover wants to build electric cars in Britain
Source: Economic Times LONDON: Britain’s biggest carmarker Jaguar Land Rover said it wants to build electric cars in Britain in what would be a further boost to the UK automotive […]
Toyota’s battery ‘breakthrough’ can lead to more range, longer life
Source: Cnet.com By Andrew Krok Toyota’s battery ‘breakthrough’ can lead to more range, longer life 5 Enlarge ImageThe closest thing Toyota has to an EV is the 2017 Prius Prime plug-in hybrid. I don’t count the Mirai since it’s impossible to own in much of the world. Photo by Toyota […]
Samsung buys connected car firm Harman for $8bn in cash
Source: BBC Samsung Electronics is buying automotive electronics-maker Harman International Industries for $8bn (£6.4bn), as it makes a big push into connected car technologies. Internet-connected cars will improve in-car entertainment, and be able to help with crash alerts and diagnosing engine problems. It will also be key for driverless technology. […]
Would you travel 700mph in a tube
Source: BBC By Bryan Lufkin 10 November 2016 In the deserts of the United Arab Emirates, one of the most futuristic, fantastical technologies could find footing at last. Hyperloop, the […]
Tesla Says New Autopilot Would Likely Have Prevented Fatality
Source: Time Elon Musk cautioned the improvement “doesn’t mean perfect safety” (SAN FRANCISCO) – Tesla Motors Co said on Sunday an update of its semi-autonomous driving system Autopilot would use […]
Self-Driving Cars Could Help Save the Environment—Or Ruin It. It Depends on Us
Source: Time By Justin Worland Self-driving vehicles promised to revolutionize the transportation industry. Automated cars could reshape every industry that relies on the automobile, from car manufacturing, to taxis, limousines and trucking. By taking human beings—who aren’t the drivers they think they are—out from behind the wheel, self-driving cars could also […]
Make way for the world’s fastest truck
Source: BBC By David K Gibson 24 August 2016 This is Iron Knight from Volvo Trucks, and as of this week, it is the world’s fastest lorry. Which is a […]
A car powered by its roof
Source: BBC By Bryan Lufkin Cars that run on sun and not petrol still seem fantastical, even in 2016: They’re expensive and slow to make, and seem stuck in university […]
Your next car could run on pee
Source: BBC By David K Gibson IT’S AN ADOLESCENT ACT OF VANDALISM, probably more talked about than actually performed, but urinating into a fuel tank may one day have a […]
Driven: Volvo’s one two punch
Source: BBC By Jim Resnick 15 June 2016 THE GLOBAL ECONOMY WAS IN DIRE STRAITS in 2009 — and few companies were harder hit than Volvo. The Swedish carmaker faced […]
Mitsubishi Motors admits falsifying fuel economy tests
Source: BBC Mitsubishi Motors has admitted falsifying fuel economy data for more than 600,000 vehicles sold in Japan. Tyre pressure figures were falsified by employees to flatter mileage rates, the […]
The simple tyre trick that could save your life
Source: BBC The humble penny just became considerably more valuable. Watch video
Step away from the car, feeble human
Source: BBC By Matthew Phenix The driverless race car is coming. That’s a car that drives around a track. Very fast. Without a driver. Competing against other fast cars. Also […]
Electric power for an icon of the atomic age
Source: BBC In the world of postwar scooters, the Czechoslovakian Čezeta is not universally beloved. Its barrel-shaped body and snout of a front fairing — which made it more practical […]