Cars Category

Mobileye Adds Bluetooth Capability, Provides Warning System For Drivers [Mobileye Connects To Smartphones & Provides Variety Of Warnings To Common Road Hazards]

By on Monday, 23. January 2012

The marriage of the smartphone and the automobile is one that’s not nearly explored enough, I’d say, and that was why I was abundantly happy to find in my inbox today a tip from our friends out at the Max Borges Agency, who dropped us a line about recent updates [...]

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CES 2012: Viper SmartStart 3.0 Announced, Features Include SmartSchedule, Vehicle Status & More [Viper SmartStart 3.0 Announced For Android & iOS, Set To Arrive In The Respective App Stores During Q1 2012]

By on Tuesday, 10. January 2012

It seems like it has been a while since we last mentioned anything in terms of the Viper SmartStart system. In fact, the iOS app was updated to version 2.2 way back in April of this past year. And well, it looks like version 3.0 will soon be available. And [...]

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CES 2012: Ford Sync Shows Off Latest Version Ahead Of Wider Launch [Ford Sync Puts Up Some Big Numbers At The Las Vegas Show, Offers Up Plans For Future Expansion]

By on Tuesday, 10. January 2012

One thing’s for sure, it was a big year for Ford, much bigger than you might expect. And while showing off their latest version of the Ford Sync system out at the 2012 CES event in Las Vegas, Ford let drop some exciting plans for their future expansion as well [...]

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Nissan Leaf Sees New Life As New York’s First Electric Taxi [Hailing A Cab In New York City Is About To Get Greener As The Leaf Steps In As Its First Electrically-Powered Taxi]

By on Monday, 26. December 2011

It’s pretty much common knowledge–sufficiently so to be included in pop culture–that getting a cab in New York can be difficult, and is often not a very environmentally friendly choice. But considering plenty of people are afraid of what’s going on in the underground labyrinth of tunnels and warrens known [...]

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OnStar Brings Out Video Chatting & Streaming Via 4G Connection [OnStar Looks To Release Video Chatting & Streaming Systems Via A 4G LTE Connection, Safety Worries Already Emerge From Some Quarters]

By on Wednesday, 21. December 2011

There’s been a lot of furor of late about distracted driving–driving while talking on cell phones, while texting, while surfing the web (yes, some drivers out there are actually checking their Facebook pages while they drive)–but now, the folks out at OnStar are looking to ratchet the distraction possibilities clear [...]

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Ford USB Music Box Provides Extra Options For The Connected [Ford's USB Music Box Option Allows Mass Storage Playback & Smartphone Recharging From One Small Connection In Some Models]

By on Tuesday, 20. December 2011

Admittedly, not every car is designed to offer a whole lot of extra value for those who are fully connected as far as tech goes. Even something that should be simple, like charging your phone via USB connection, can be difficult and require a ton of adapters to do properly, [...]

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Google Lands Patent For Technology That Helps Cars Drive Themselves [Google's Patent May Soon Lead To A Line Of Cars That Drive Where You Want Them To, Without Your Input Required]

By on Friday, 16. December 2011

The concept of the auto-drive system has been around for some time now. Personally, I remember catching a glimpse of it back in the 1993 release of Demolition Man, and for a young man looking forward to driving for the first time, well, that’s a pretty exciting concept. And the [...]

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Suzuki Q-Concept Microcar Can Park Virtually Anywhere, But Would You Want to Ride In It? [Suzuki Outs Q-Concept Micro-Car Images; Beats Other Smart Cars In Terms Of Smallness]

By on Sunday, 13. November 2011

The holidays are just around the corner, and traffic is getting worse and worse by the minute. But if you’re on a smart car like this Suzuki Q-Concept microcar, parking should not be a problem.

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Steve Jobs Drove His Mercedes Without License Plates Due to California Law Loophole [Ever Wondered How Steve Jobs Drove Around Town Without License Plates? A California Legal Loophole May be the Culprit]

By on Friday, 28. October 2011

Steve Jobs was a fan of great design, and this extended to the cars and motorcycles he drove. But Jobs thought that license plates are such a distraction to the elegant curves and lines of his cars, so he opted to drive without them. But how was he able to [...]

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Google Building More Self-Driving Cars [Google Has Team of 50 Employees Building Self-Driving Technology for Automobiles & Will Partner With Car Manufacturers for Design & Production]

By on Friday, 14. October 2011

Google is reportedly planning to build more self-driving cars, and is currently in talks with major automotive companies on partnerships and for actual production of the vehicles.

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