Life is too short to lap massive parking lots looking for open spaces. That’s why Mercedes-Benz, along with automotive supplier giant Bosch, announced last week that its cars would eventually be able to detect empty spaces and share the info with other Mercedes cars that are nearby, looking for empty spots. Testing is reportedly underway […]
Wandering the halls at the next Consumer Electronics Show, you’ll see many developers creating worlds for virtual reality exploration. The German automaker is diving into the VR landscape in a variety of ways. On a training and technical level, Audi has developed a system that lets sales people show customers what it’s like driving in one […]
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 […]
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 […]
The solution to this admittedly minor problem is wireless inductive charging, where to start the charging process one need only position the car over a special base plate on the garage floor. Anyone that’s owned a plug-in car of some sort will know the pain of coming home late, fiddling around with a cable and […]
The automaker has committed to spending almost $8 billion in just the next two years on green technology, including everything from clean diesels to fuel cells to next-generation batteries for electric cars. Mercedes-Benz is spending up big on technology to reduce the average emissions of its fleet. We’ve previously looked at Mercedes’ next-generation diesel, electric […]
BMW quad-turbocharged 3.0-liter 6-cylinder diesel engine Enlarge Photo Earlier this month we brought you the first details on a new BMW diesel engine equipped with four turbochargers. BMW has finally released full details on the engine which makes its debut in the 7-Series flagship sedan. It was only in 2012 that BMW unveiled a […]
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