Full Color HUD for Future Bimmers
13 Oct 2009, 07:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / When the first head up display (HUD) systems appeared, less than a decade ago, many were amazed and few adopted the technology. Whereas it remains more convenient that the usual gauge cluster, the h...
Porsche Design Collection Calendar Released
12 Oct 2009, 09:16 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Porsche Design recently announced that a range of the brand’s calendars for the upcoming year have been released, namely three wall calendars and an appointments diary. The official Porsche 20...
Porsche Design Gives You Christmas Gift Ideas
9 Oct 2009, 12:06 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Some might ask ‘what’s the hurry?” as Christmas is more than two months away, and shopping for a gift should be something easy. Porsche Design thinks otherwise and is already prepa...
myCOMAND, Wireless In-Car Internet from Mercedes
9 Oct 2009, 10:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturer Daimler announced today what may very well prove to be the next big step in in-car infotainment: project myCOMAND. Simply put, the Mercedes of the not-so-distant future will bene...
Life Saving GPS, Looked into by Ford
9 Oct 2009, 07:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Ford, together with the Auburn University took it upon themselves to show us a new side to the now common GPS. The research conducted by the two has reportedly show that GPS ca...
Navteq Presents 3D Motorway Junction Objects
8 Oct 2009, 10:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you were in the mood for an innovation in the way your GPS looks and behaves, then this is exactly what you were expecting for. American GPS solution provider Navteq announced the introduction of...
Next-Gen Stop-Start System Released
7 Oct 2009, 14:50 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) today announced what is called the second-generation stop-start system, a new technology specifically aimed at cutting emissions and fuel consumption when the car...
Arotech Unveils Tiger Light Protected Vehicle
7 Oct 2009, 10:33 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Defense and security products and services provider Arotech Corporation unveiled its new LPV (Light Protected Vehicle) during the Annual Meeting of the association of the US Army (AUSA). The MDT Tig...
Ford Tests In-Car Sounds in VR
7 Oct 2009, 08:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Ford is making full use of the technical advancements in the field of cirtual reality, as it announced it is the first US-based carmaker to use the Virtual Vehicle Sound Simula...
Remy Launches Electric Motor for Hybrids, EVs
6 Oct 2009, 13:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American supplier Remy international announced today it has created what may very well be among the first of its type suitable for both electric vehicles and hybrids. The motor, dubbed HVH250, has i...
BorgWarner Engineering for 2010 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan
6 Oct 2009, 10:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Supplier BorgWarner announced today it will supply several engine and drivetrain parts for the 2010 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan. The parts in question are cam torque actuated variable cam timing (...
Parmigiani Unveils Bugatti Tourbillon Watch
6 Oct 2009, 06:46 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / tThe alliance between the automotive and watchmaking worlds is nothing out of the ordinary, so the new watch released by Parmigiani due to be included in the new Bugatti 16C Galibier luxury sedan do...
New Apple iPhone Financial App from Mercedes Benz
5 Oct 2009, 13:02 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Mercedes-Benz Financial has just released details on its latest iPhone App destined to allow customers to make payments, view their account summary and request payoff information on existing account...
The Essence Intense - Porsche Design Perfume
5 Oct 2009, 11:58 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The latest addition to Porsche Design’s men’s fragrance range is the new “The Essence Intense” perfume, some sort of remake of the former fragrance “The Essence”....
Honda's Nano Tech, First Step Towards...What?
5 Oct 2009, 10:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Honda announced today it managed to achieve metallic state for carbon nanotubes, a pre-requisite for future applications of the technology. Honda Research Institute, together with the Purdue Univers...
EU EGNOS, GPS Reloaded
5 Oct 2009, 10:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The European Union announced it has launched a new satellite navigation network which will help motorists improve the accuracy of the global positioning system (GPS) to about 2 meters. The system, c...
How Should a Volvo Sound Like?
5 Oct 2009, 08:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This is the latest question to which the, let's face it, innovative Volvo engineers tried to get an answer to. With the help of the manufacturer's latest acoustic laboratory in Torslanda, ...
Panasonic Laptop Batteries to Power Electric Cars
5 Oct 2009, 07:23 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Panasonic is making another major step towards more advanced lithium-ion batteries for powering electric vehicles with a brand new technology. This time, the Japanese manufacturer has developed a ne...
TRW Introduces New Camera Technologies
5 Oct 2009, 07:24 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Safety systems manufacturer TRW Automotive Holdings have launched their new advanced camera technologies that provide a real-time picture of the vehicle environment. The forward-looking camera op...
Gentex to Bring Automatic-Dimming Mirror on Ford Fiesta
5 Oct 2009, 06:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Gentex Corp. has been chosen to supply the automatic-dimming rearview mirror for the new Ford Fiesta, a feature that will be offered as standard equipment on certain trim levels. The new feature, wh...