Formula E Previewing Qualcomm Wireless Recharging
2 Sep 2014, 14:59 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Most people think electric racing is plain boring, but they miss a point; we actually need EV racing if we want to switch to electric passenger cars in the near future. That’s because most ...
Uconnect Features Explained
2 Sep 2014, 08:34 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Chrysler's Uconnect infotainment system has been upgraded for the 2015 model year with new or improved features, faster processing speeds and other bits and bobs designed to make life onboard t...
Sugar Batteries Are 15 Times Better than Current Lithium-ion Technology
1 Sep 2014, 10:16 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If sugar gives you energy for sustained activities, why couldn’t the same substance power your car, for example? Well, it can, based on this new study saying that sugar batteries might be exac...
7 Technologies All Future Cars Should Have
29 Aug 2014, 18:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / 1. Drones In case you've been hiding under a rock for the past couple of years, we'll tell you that small remote-controlled drones and GoPro HD cameras are very popular at the moment. Orig...
Going Off the Grid: Electric Vehicles and Solar Panels
29 Aug 2014, 11:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / With the advancements in technology now and in the near future, power plants seem to get redundant, as electricity consumers will also become the producers. That is what to expect if the whole thing...
Used Tires Used for Better Car Batteries
29 Aug 2014, 11:18 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Normally, you buy new tires, shave the tread off them through the friction with the asphalt and then discard the rest. That rest is usually recycled, by either cutting the whole tire into small piec...
Genuine Scooters Stella 125 Automatic Recalled for Stalling Engine
29 Aug 2014, 10:00 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) informs about the recall campaign number 14V408000, which is aimed at 800 Genuine Scooters machines whose engines may stall without warning...
Google X Reveals its Own Delivery Drone - Project Wings
29 Aug 2014, 08:14 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You probably know the Wright brothers for inventing the airplane, right? Well, there were different attempts even before them. For example, 13 years before the famous brothers’ flight, Frenchm...
No 3-Cylinder Yamaha YZF-R6, at Least Not Now
28 Aug 2014, 15:08 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / There’s been quite a stir in the media about Yamaha planning to use its new 3-cylinder engine in the new generation YZF-R6 supersport bike, but the latest papers relating to this bike the Cali...
Helsinki Wants to Get Rid of Privately-Owned Cars
28 Aug 2014, 13:55 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Thought Toyota’s Ha:Mo (Harmonious Mobility) system is the only one that wants to determine people use public transportation more than their own cars? Helsinki has a similar plan too, but it&r...
Watch Kaz: Pushing the Virtual Divide Gran Turismo Documentary Here
28 Aug 2014, 12:47 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Did you know it took the developers, Polyphony Digital, five years to make the first Gran Turismo game? Or that the GT series is the best selling Playstation franchise, with over 70 million copies b...
Want a Personal Submarine? Check Out the New DeepFlight Dragon
28 Aug 2014, 10:01 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As the company name suggests, DeepFlight considers that flying should be practiced underwater too as long as you have the right vehicle for it. The same principles used by planes can be adapted to w...
Everything You Need to Know About Euro 6
27 Aug 2014, 16:18 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Starting with September this year, the new Euro 6 emission regulations will be applied to all new vehicles. The subject made some fuss and we heard people panicking over it and over the fact that th...
All-Electric Condor Truck Coming to Market this September
27 Aug 2014, 12:56 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Farmers and fleet owners, gather around and take a look at the first all-electric light pickup truck you can buy this year. It’s called the Condor and it will arrive on market next month. I...
These Mini Helicopters Are Killing Invasive Weeds in Australia
27 Aug 2014, 10:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / A rainforest is one of the worst places to wonder around, due to high temperatures, humidity and all sort of bugs and wildlife that surrounds you. The problem was that someone had to enter these jun...
Supercapacitors Made out of Cannabis Might Power EVs and Hybrids
26 Aug 2014, 12:29 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Here’s another interesting fact about the plant most of the planet is against because it makes you feel relaxed and damages your mind a bit when abused of. Apart from being recognized as a tre...
Polaroid Cube HD Action Camera Wants to Beat the GoPro
26 Aug 2014, 12:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Polariod announces the Cube action camera, touted -as many others- the next pretender to the Hero GoPro units. Calling the Polaroid Cube a GoPro-killer is a bit too much, obviously, even though on t...
MotoGP Engine Extremes for Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Iannone
26 Aug 2014, 11:07 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We’re days away from the 12th round of the 2014 MotoGP season, a race which brings the action to the iconic Silverstone circuit for the Hertz British GP, and mechanics are already being forced...
Future Cars Will Have Sprayed “Skin” on Their Surface to Detect Damage
26 Aug 2014, 08:26 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Engineers at BAE Systems, a British multinational defense, security and aerospace company, are developing a “smart skin” concept which would literally be sprayed on aircraft and all sort...
Supersonic Submarine Could Go From Shanghai to San Francisco in 100 Minutes
25 Aug 2014, 16:57 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Chinese scientists have allegedly found a way to use the technology developed by the Soviet military during the cold war called supercavitation. The recent discovery is reportedly an important step ...