Audi Details New Active Safety Development Projects
24 Jun 2010, 09:22 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / As one of the companies involved in the German joint research initiative known as Aktiv (Adaptive and Cooperative Technologies for Intelligent Traffic), Audi is also working on various researching t...
Garia LSV Luxury Golf Car Goes Street Legal
24 Jun 2010, 07:06 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Smaller electrical vehicles such as NEVs (neighborhood electric vehicles) or LSVs (low speed vehicles) are expected to gain a market share of over 70% in the US by 2012. The Garia LSV is on its way ...
BMW Reveals Active Hazard Braking Project
23 Jun 2010, 14:14 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / As part of a German joint research initiative known as Aktiv, BMW has been working on a couple of new technologies intended to make a safer traffic system. In the Aktiv project, BMW has developed an...
Carmen, Internet Radio for Cars. Kinda...
23 Jun 2010, 10:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For those of you who believe Internet-based radios are far, far better than the usual radio stations, Livio Radio announced the debut of Carmen, a portable Internet radio solution for cars. The ...
Think G4 Plug and Play Controller Launched
23 Jun 2010, 09:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Norwegian electric vehicle manufacturer Think announced the launch of the fourth generation EV drive train plug and play technology during the Automotive News Europe Congress in Spain. Dubb...
Connected Car Tech from Clarion and Nokia
22 Jun 2010, 14:36 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / In-car audio and electronics provider Clarion announced today it is currently collaborating with mobile device producer Nokia to boost the development of next-generation smart car infotainment syste...
Lotus Range Extender Engine to Enter Production
22 Jun 2010, 14:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Presented last year at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show, the so-called Range Extender engine has caught the eye of Fagor Ederlan, who announced it has signed a partnership with Lotus Engineering for the...
Chevrolet to Promote the Volt through Kinect for Xbox 360
22 Jun 2010, 10:53 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / At the 2010 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival today, Chevrolet and Microsoft Advertising demonstrated an example of the first multiscreen advertising campaign that incorporates Kinect ...
New Brand 34 Apparel Line by Kevin Schwantz
22 Jun 2010, 09:43 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Once a great sportsmen ends his career, there is always a business opportunity in marketing an apparel line dedicated to him or her. So is the case with former World Champion motorcycle racer Kevin ...
Uni-signal – Traffic Lights for Color-Blind People
19 Jun 2010, 14:57 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Authorities on one hand and companies involved in the auto industry on the other struggled in the last decades to make traffic safer for those with eye problems, including color-blind people who can...
Dora the Explorer and Spongebob Voices for TomTom
18 Jun 2010, 10:15 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After announcing the introduction of characters like Homer Simpson or Darth Vader, navigation solution provider TomTom had just revealed that the official voices of Nickelodeon’s Dora {ad]the ...
Chrysler to Launch Vehicle Information App for Smartphones
18 Jun 2010, 07:02 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American manufacturer Chrysler is on its way to become the first carmaker to bring vehicle-information to smartphones, through a new application developed by Tweddle Group. The new app will bring at...
New TomTom Customers Get a Year’s Free HD Traffic
17 Jun 2010, 11:31 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The British division of navigation solutions provider TomTom announced today the launch of a special promotion on the local market, aimed at benefiting both new and existing customers. For example, ...
BMW, First to Use Waterborne Paint Process in the US
17 Jun 2010, 08:30 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Automotive coatings manufacturer PPG Industries announced today its next generation B1:B2 waterborne paint technology is now in use for the first time in the United States. The ‘wet-on-wet&rsq...
Audi A8 MMI Wins Telematics Award
17 Jun 2010, 07:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The MMI navigation system developed by Audi and fitted on the new A8 has been recognized by The Telematics Awards as the Best Embedded Telematics Navigation Product, mostly thanks the to industry-fi...
Porsche Design Launches 2010 Fall/Winter Sport Collection
16 Jun 2010, 09:19 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The partnership between Porsche Design and Adidas brings to our attention their latest luxury sportswear collection, which is not quite true to the hot summer feeling most of us have these day. In f...
New Bosch Steering-Angle Sensor Enters Series Production
15 Jun 2010, 07:00 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Global automotive supplier Bosch announced yesterday its new cost-effective steering angle sensor went into series production. Dubbed LWS6, the product is suitable for ESP applications in vehicles o...
Listen to the Nissan Leaf
14 Jun 2010, 14:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we reported a few days ago, Japanese manufacturer Nissan revealed that, alongside debuting the first ever electric vehicle for the masses, it will also debut the first pedestrian friendly sound g...
Audi Sound Concept Project Revealed
14 Jun 2010, 08:11 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Audi development engineers are currently involved in a new project that, according to the carmaker, could be the next revolution in the hi-fi sector. The project in question is internally named the ...
GE Two-Stage Turbocharger Launched
11 Jun 2010, 15:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A new entry on the engine market promises to change the game for the automotive players, as it is said to bring significant output and efficiency increases compared to the usual, single-turbocharged...