Tesla Model S Asking To Be Hacked for $10000
10 Jul 2014, 10:05 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You might think that having a huge touchscreen system that controls everything inside a Tesla Model S, the car can be an easy target for hacking. Well, there were some successful attempts in the pas...
FireFly Alpha Is The Cheap Space Ride For Lightweight Satellites
9 Jul 2014, 16:14 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Private aerospace company FireFly Space Systems has revealed the design of their newest creation, the FireFly Alpha. The next generation vehicle aims to launch lightweight satellites for the cheapes...
Did You Know the Nissan Leaf Is Made Out of Recycled Appliances and Clothes?
9 Jul 2014, 14:30 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The frog-faced Nissan Leaf is starting to feel like the Toyota Prius when it came around in 1997, namely an ecologic new way of transportation. Unlike the path opener Prius, the Leaf ditches gasolin...
Bell Helmets Reveals Custom-Fit Scan Vehicle in Laguna Seca
9 Jul 2014, 13:29 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The world of powersports is changing for the better, or at least the helmet-related safety features are. If this is the first time you hear about 3D-scanned helmets, then you should first read the m...
Next Audi R8 May Get Electric Wireless Charging
9 Jul 2014, 12:27 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota and Honda are not the only automakers to invest in plug-less charging tech for their mass production cars. The technology appears to soon find its way into higher classes, as Audi is interest...
Trikelet Electric Scooter Packs Solid Versatility
9 Jul 2014, 12:01 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Enter Trikelet, the electric three-wheeled scooter for urban commuters who are demanding more versatility from their green vehicles. A creation of several Dutch fellows, the Trikelet is still in the...
Sand-Based Batteries to Improve Lithium Ion Batteries By 3 Times
9 Jul 2014, 10:00 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Another day, another experiment showing alternative ways to create better electric batteries. After seeing molten air and carbon based batteries earlier, today we’ll have a look at a new type ...
Here’s How Algae Biofuel is Made
8 Jul 2014, 16:34 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Today we were reporting that growing crops to create biofuel won’t cut it for the future of transportation as it will increase food pricing and lead to deforestation. However, biofuels can be ...
More Rage to Come - UberX Ride Fair is Lower than NY Taxi’s Now
8 Jul 2014, 15:22 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Europe’s taxi drivers went on strike last month with the Uber app stealing their jobs by allowing people to pull up their smartphones, go online and find a nearby driver to give them a ride fo...
Yuasa Announces New-Generation High-Power Batteries for V-Twin and Metric Cruisers, ATVs
8 Jul 2014, 15:01 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Battery specialist Yuasa announces a new generation of high-power batteries called GYZ. The Yuasa GYZ batteries are engineered to replace the YTX and YIX units, while offering a performance upgrade ...
The Aircraft of the Future Will Transform and Heal Itself While Still Flying
8 Jul 2014, 11:54 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / BAE Systems, a British multinational defence, security and aerospace company headquartered in London, has recently unveiled a couple of their newest futuristic concepts. Engineers expect 3D-pri...
Future Aircraft to Have Starcraft-like Onboard Drone Production
7 Jul 2014, 13:47 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you’re at least a casual gamer, you might have heard or played with the Protoss Carrier ship in Starcraft, the race’s ultimate airborne weapon against air and land targets. We’l...
UAE Will Build The World’s First Air-Conditioned City in Dubai
7 Jul 2014, 13:46 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Their love for grandeur and their passion for extreme luxury is far from being over. After having built the world’s largest shopping, leisure and entertainment destination, the Dubai Mall, Vic...
Andrea Iannone and His Revised Ducati, Almost as Fast as Marc Marquez at Mugello
5 Jul 2014, 06:27 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Things are on the move at Ducati, and it seems like the new frame elements the Borgo Panigale machines are being equipped with are definitely doing a good job. The circuit in Mugello hosted another ...
Mercedes-Benz Unveils Most Advanced Self Driving Tech on Future Truck 2025
4 Jul 2014, 17:11 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If there are vehicles out there that really need autonomous driving, those have to be trucks. Think how fatiguing must be for truck drivers to just sit an drive for hours and cover as many miles as ...
Niches Just Happen: The V8 Wet Rod, Your Next Luxury Jet Ski
4 Jul 2014, 15:44 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Let’s see, you already have a Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe for long relaxing drives on the coast, a Ferrari 458 Speciale for track fun and a Harley Davidson Street Glide for when you wan...
Mercedes-Benz Straight Six to Make A Comeback On E-Class, SL-Class, C-Class
4 Jul 2014, 15:34 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The heavily anticipated twin-turbo straight six engines from Mercedes-Benz have been a recurring subject in the automotive rumor mill since late last year, but further details have emerged about the...
A Quick Guide to Motorcycle Rake, Trail and Offset, Part 1
4 Jul 2014, 15:24 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It’s really hard to find two motorcycles which feel the same during a ride, despite some of them being exceptionally close as far as the outer attire is concerned. Most manufacturers have thei...
Cars to Feature Air Gestures Soon. Isn’t that a Bit of Overkill?
4 Jul 2014, 13:36 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Although this seems to be more safely to use than pushing buttons or touching a screen while driving, science really wants to make everything awkward. As talking to yourself in the car (i.e. voice c...
This 1969 Cadillac Coupe DeVille Mobile Hot Tub Will Race to Be the Fastest
4 Jul 2014, 11:25 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Two McMaster University graduates have spent their last six year to build up the world’s fastest mobile hot tube. The two recently launched a crowdfunding campaign to bring Carpool DeVille, a ...