At the heart of the new system is a large touchscreen display located in the center stack, which enables users to control many of the vehicle functions. For the first time, users will be able to customize the startup screen as well as widgets for frequently-used functions. Coinciding with the arrival of Porsche’s new Panamera […]
That doesn’t mean the technology isn’t advancing at a rapid rate. In fact, as early as next year we might have the first car on sale with “Level 3” autonomous capability. The recent death of driver in a Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S that crashed while in Autopilot mode is a good reminder that autonomous […]
Electric current running through power lines above the freeway delivers energy to specially-modified Scania trucks. A 2-kilometer stretch of the E16 freeway near Gävle, Sweden, nicknamed the e-way might be the world’s most advanced stretch of pavement. When the big rigs are connected to the power lines, their internal combustion engines shut off and, as a […]
The RoboGlove is designed for both the health care and manufacturing industries. Its task is simple: To provide humans with additional strength and dexterity while reducing muscle fatigue. For GM, the glove could help assembly line workers or mechanics put cars together or repair them. Swedish medical technology firm Bioservo plans to make use of […]
2015 Volkswagen e-Golf Enlarge Tag Heuer Replica WatchesPhoto Volkswagen Group CEO Matthias Müller last week announced an all-encompassing strategy that will see the automaker through the next 10 years and hopefully leave behind any lingering thoughts of the recent emissions cheating scandal, which incidentally VW is close to settling in the United States. The new […]
One of the automaker’s more recent developments was forged composites, which is nearly as strong as conventional carbon fiber but can be produced at much lower cost and faster speed. Lamborghini has been researching lightweight materials for use on its cars for more than three decades and has dedicated research facilities set up to develop […]
DCTs combine lightning-fast gear changes with the convenience of an automatic and fuel economy of a conventional manual transmission, so they quickly became popular with tech-savvy shoppers. Audi was a pioneer of the dual-clutch transmission, having offered it in its original TT sports car as far back as the early 2000s. But now Audi is […]
Our friend Jason Fenske at Engineering Explained created a video discussing what air suspension is and how it works. Now he’s back with a second video that dives a bit more deeply into the air ride world. This time the focus is on spring rates, and how they’re affected by a number of factors. Just a […]
IBM and crowd-sourcing automotive outfit Local Motors don’t think so, as their new Olli concept recently demonstrated on the roads near Washington, D.C. Does a bus really need a driver? Calling Olli a concept might be a bit misleading, however, since by the end of the year Local Motors and IBM plan to have a […]
That’s partly because setting up a network of hydrogen stations to fuel them is slow and expensive. Electric cars are showing up all over the place, but hydrogen fuel-cell cars have lagged behind, with only three Asian makers committed to offering them in the U.S. Now Nissan has a better idea. Rather than pumping hydrogen […]
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