Honda Discloses its Wireless Charging System
20 Jun 2014, 14:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / New electric vehicle technology is developing with each day passing by and if battery issues might be solved using carbon-carbon technology, all we need now is a simple way to recharge them. Of c...
GM DiDi App Lets You Scan a License Plate and Text the Owner. Wait, what?
19 Jun 2014, 18:14 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We’re somehow down with improving the communication between people, but GM’s little app here basically writes your phone number on the car’s license plate for those who want to kno...
World’s First Electric Articulated Bus Running Without Overhead Lines Charges in 15 Seconds
19 Jun 2014, 16:09 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / A team of scientists from Switzerland are looking at a cost-efficient way to integrate the TOSA electric bus system, the first electric articulated bus that runs without overhead lines. According to...
Industrial Designer Builds Polygonal House Using Audi TT Doors
19 Jun 2014, 16:06 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / One of the exhibits shown at this year’s global forum for design "Design/Miami Basel" is the mobile pavilion that integrates seven tailgate doors from Audi TT sportscars. The doors a...
Toyota to Shed More Light on its Fuel Cell Development Soon
18 Jun 2014, 17:35 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / With people out there claiming fuel cell vehicles won’t actually lower carbon emissions that much because the hydrogen extraction process will pretty much balance the scales back, Toyota laugh...
Geodesic EXO Concept to Influence the Way We Build EVs
18 Jun 2014, 17:08 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Most cars today use an unibody construction, meaning that there is no old school rigid chassis under their skin, but an intricate skeleton made out of fused together stamped sheets of metal. This ty...
Meet hitchBOT, the World’s First Hitchhiking Robot Made in Canada
18 Jun 2014, 14:57 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Humanoid robots are starting to develop quite a lot lately and if you’re not aware of their physical and “mental” capabilities, we invite you check out Honda’s Asimo or Toyot...
Sharp Unveils Free-Form IGZO Display. Say Goodbye to Rectangular Dash Screens
18 Jun 2014, 13:15 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Sharp, one of the largest electronic displays manufacturers, is on its way to revolutionize the way a screen looks and fits within a certain place with its new free-form IGZO display. Prepare for th...
Aston Martin To Use Solar Panels on its Racecars
17 Jun 2014, 15:53 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Despite the current trend of hybridization, Aston Martin still hasn’t fitted its superb prodction sports cars with electric motors and battery packs. But regarding its racing career, this will...
Local Motors Might 3D Print One of These Concept Cars in September
17 Jun 2014, 15:52 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / 3D printing promises to be the future of manufacturing, with the technology needing just a few more years until it will be suitable for crafting anything you want from different materials. And yes, ...
Google Revealing Apple CarPlay Rivaling Infotainment Interface this Month
17 Jun 2014, 12:50 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Soon enough, automakers won’t need to concentrate that much on their infotainment systems. Apple’s CarPlay is slowly making it’s way onto some select cars’ touchscreens enabl...
Criterion Games Working On New Vehicle-Crashing First Person Stunts Simulator
16 Jun 2014, 17:23 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you enjoyed Burnout Paradise or the latest Need For Speed Hot Pursuit/Most Wanted car racing games, you probably know what Criterion Games can do. And you will probably like their next-gen game t...
Spirra Electric Supercar May Arrive in 2015. Will it Use Tesla Roadster Parts?
16 Jun 2014, 13:16 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Putting just an electric motor in a sportscar is not that of a good idea. Why? Simply because you can get carried away smashing the “gas” and finding yourself in the middle of nowhere pu...
Czech Private Army Museum Has Stalin’s Statue Sitting Next to Spitfire · Video
16 Jun 2014, 09:13 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Jay Leno collects cars and we know all about that, Elton John is more of the sunglasses collector, so it shouldn't surprise us that some people in this world collect weapons. But when it comes ...
New Sprinter Variants Get Innovative Crosswind Assist in Standard
15 Jun 2014, 06:03 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / In the last couple of decades or so, the arrival of an increasing number of innovations in the field of active safety has made cars safer and safer, with the safest ones obviously being the most ex...
Don't Fully Trust the Lexus LS Active Pedestrian Safety System Yet
14 Jun 2014, 12:18 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / More and more automakers are offering collision avoidance systems on their vehicles, but as this technology is relatively new, you shouldn't completely rely on their capabilities to prevent or ...
Waterwolf Electric Surfboard Reaches 21 mph and Comes With a Shark Shield
13 Jun 2014, 14:23 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / No waves to push your board? No problem, it’s electric. The Waterwolf Electronic Surfboard is that one toy every dude who loves water sports should have. It’s a German-made electric boar...
Win or Sin? Hot Rodders Create EV Conversion Kit for Muscle Cars
13 Jun 2014, 13:52 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We can’t neglect the advantages of electric vehicles and the fact we need to stop burning that much dinosaur fat for the sake of our planet, but does this grant us the reason to convert classi...
Samsung Smart Bike Projects Laser Bike Lanes
13 Jun 2014, 13:08 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Samsung introduced its Smart Bike during the Milan Design Week and proposes a new paradigm for the integration of smart technologies in the two-wheeler world. While smartphone integration with bicyc...
Tesla Patents Go Open Source
12 Jun 2014, 18:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / We've reported a couple of times before that Tesla was considering to giveaway its patents for the greater good of electric vehicle development. Well, the move has been made sooner than expecte...