Cars Category - Page 9

Anyone else remember that movie Flash of Genius, about the guy who invented the intermittent windshield wiper back in the sixties, and then spent a whole lot of years trying to prove it was, in fact, his? Well, what a difference fifty-odd years makes, because the windshield wiper may be [...]

Toyota’s plugin hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) Prius has long been in the works as an addition to its Prius line. If you want to get your hands on a plugin Prius before it’s available in the market, you can join Zipcar.

Monster has taken a lot of abuse over the years, usually surrounding its cables and the hefty prices one incurs for picking up a set. But that’s not all they handle, and one of their newer items, the iMotion CarPlay 3000, is definitely an improvement over overpriced HDMI cable. Just [...]

The folks at Tesla made it clear from the beginning that they were planning to use the proceeds from their Roadster electric sports car to springboard them to new and different models of car. I’m sure you’ve heard of the Model S – the four-door family car they’ve shown. Now, [...]

We earlier wrote about the SARTRE system, in which road trains enable drivers to hand over control to a lead car driven by a professional driver. Volvo has undertaken road tests in European highways, with positive results.

Much like me, you probably don’t think of JVC right away when it comes to GPS units, mostly because you figure they’re too busy doing car stereos and the like. But we’ve got two such examples emerging, the JVC KW-NT50HDT and the JVC KW-NT30HD, and they’ll even pack a surprise [...]

EVs are poised to take over the automotive industry, with various manufacturers coming out with their high MPGe plug-in cars, some of which are purely electric. The Mitsubishi i-MiEV has just debuted in Europe.

Hybrid cars have long been hailed as helping solve the burning problem of automobiles being the world’s biggest pollutants. Plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles are seen as the next big step. But are they really more eco-friendly?

It was oh so simple when there was just one variant of the iconic Toyota Prius hybrid car. Now that there are several new variants added to the Prius family, Toyota asks fans what the best plural form of “Prius” is.

Hybrid and EVs are not the only green technologies in automotive, as we would like to maintain. Some manufacturers rely on other alternatives, like biofuels or natural gases. The Hyundai Veloster, meanwhile, promises stellar mileage on regular petrol.