Clean Mean Garbage Machine
5 Feb 2009, 14:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Anyone who thinks garbage becomes useless the moment it's been dropped into the container hasn't been in Huddersfield, United Kingdom. The streets of this small English town are being patr...
Study: Drivers Spend an Average of 11 Seconds to Read an SMS
5 Feb 2009, 08:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Most drivers spend an average of 11 seconds with their eyes off-the-road to read a text message on their mobile phones, a study conducted by American automaker Ford revealed. The driving simulator s...
Mercedes-Benz can Retrofit DPF on Trucks with Euro 1, 2 and 3
4 Feb 2009, 14:17 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Mercedes-Benz truckers with older vehicles but not enough money for a new one can now take a pretty heavy load off their chests. From January 2009, any Mercedes-Benz Service partner in Europe is abl...
BMW Says No Dual-Clutch, Opts for Eight-Speed Automatic
3 Feb 2009, 14:18 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BMW will rely more on eight-speed automatic transmissions and less on dual-clutch systems, Klaus Draeger, BMW’s development chief said today, pointing to a number of advantages brought by an a...
Touareg Turns Hybrid, Passat Finds BlueMotion
3 Feb 2009, 10:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Growing concern about environmental issues, as well as better than predicted market response to Hybrid vehicles, made all car producers occupy themselves with the creation of either hybrid or more f...
Brembo, Marelli and Pirelli to Work on Cyber Tyre
2 Feb 2009, 10:11 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Brembo, Magneti Marelli and Pirelli recently announced an agreement that will help the three companies develop high-end technologies for both the Italian and the global automotive industry, helping ...
Ford Beats Competition in… Technology Patents
28 Jan 2009, 18:34 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Developing new technologies that could improve fuel economy, safety and other important aspects of the car is vital in today’s struggling automotive industry but Ford simply does a great job i...
West Nexco and Nissan to Increase Safety with Phones
28 Jan 2009, 14:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Nissan and West Nippon Expressway ( NEXCO ) have joined forces to research systems that could help prevent accidents and provide drivers with realtime information. The joint project counts on the wi...
UK Invests 27 million pounds in Biofuel Research
28 Jan 2009, 08:10 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The United Kingdom government and 15 different businesses across the country decided to invest nearly 27 million pounds ($38.10 million) in alternative biofuels that do not rely on food. UK's b...
Porsche Debuts New Sports Exhaust System for 911 Carrera and Targa 4
27 Jan 2009, 08:21 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / German sports car manufacturer Porsche released a new sports exhaust system for the latest generation 911 that will become available as optional equipment starting February 2009. Although the new pa...
Bavaria Yachtbau, BMW Present Deep Blue 46, High Performance Motorboat
26 Jan 2009, 15:47 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BMW Group DesignworksUSA and Bavaria Yachtbau GmbH, a leading yacht manufacturer in Europe, today announced their first motorboat resulting from the collaboration: the Deep Blue 46 which will be dis...
Non-GM Models to Feature OnStar Too
26 Jan 2009, 08:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors' OnStar system may become available on other non-GM models very soon as the America automaker is now discussing with other companies the possibility to install the service in the...
No More Chrome in Volvo's Leather Interiors
23 Jan 2009, 16:18 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chromed parts definitely look good on most cars, but this doesn't necessarily mean that it is 100 percent recommended. Even though most people say that leather-tanning is an incredibly complex ...
Chevrolet Launches Online Interactive Design Center
22 Jan 2009, 13:32 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The world of car designing is undoubtedly fascinating but, in most cases, it is extremely difficult to go behind the curtain and find out what happens in such a designing center. Well, Chevrolet Eur...
Meet SQUID, the Tentacles of the Law
21 Jan 2009, 10:10 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Since bullets, barriers and spikes often proved to be quite useless against fugitives who run away on the highway like Michael Schumacher on a circuit in his good days, a group of scientists designe...
Ford Announces Dual Clutch Gearbox for Small-Car Segment
21 Jan 2009, 08:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Given the difficult market conditions that hammered its sales, Ford is continuously struggling to find better ways to revamp its sales. Just like it said in December, the American company plans to c...
BMW Receives Two 10 Best Engines Awards
19 Jan 2009, 14:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BMW proudly announced today that two of its engines, namely the 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged DOHC inline-6 and the BMW Advanced Diesel with BluePerformance technology, received two 10 Best Engines aw...
2009 Kia Cee'd ISG Reduces Fuel Consumption by 15 Percent
15 Jan 2009, 10:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Kia Motors Corp. today said that the 2009 Kia Cee'd ISG, equipped with the newly-developed Idle Stop & Go technology, will arrive in the market in March 2009. The new model, exclusively add...
The smart fortwo ed Will be Powered by Tesla Motors
14 Jan 2009, 09:27 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / In a surprise announcement at a Society of Analysts (SAA) meeting, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk let the cat out of the bag about a partnership going on between his company and Daimler AG. The joint ve...
Automotive Parts Might Be Built From Coconuts
13 Jan 2009, 15:47 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Most of you were probablt thinking that coconuts are only good for eating and oil making. But a team from Baylor University is on the verge of proving you're wrong as coconuts husks can also be...