Transportation Tech Category - Page 10

Wind Explorer Wind Powered Car Completes Trip Across Australia [Eco-Friendly Car Runs on Mobile Wind Turbines & Lithium Batteries]

By on Wednesday, 16. February 2011

How would you feel about travelling roads across the land down under all for $16? This is just what the Wind Explorer team did with its pod-like wind-powered car.

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Honda Fit Shuttle to Debut at Geneva Motor Show [Honda Set to Introduce Fit Shuttle MPV. Will it Compete With the Prius v Hybrid MPV?]

By on Wednesday, 9. February 2011

If you think the Toyota Prius is the most popular hybrid out there. Think again. In Japan, the Prius has actually been overtaken by the Honda Fit in terms of sales (both hybrid and petrol-powered) this January. And it looks like the Fit is going to get a bigger brother [...]

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Mitsubishi Global Small Concept Car Announced [Super Mini Car from Mitsubishi Intends to Compete in Emerging Markets with Fuel-Efficient Engine, Regenerative Braking & Start-Stop System]

By on Wednesday, 9. February 2011

Hybrids and EVs are not the only cars making a positive impact on the environment. In emerging economies, super-small cars are giving more people the opportunity to own cars that are fuel efficient and fun to drive.

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Graphene: The Ultimate Windshield Wiper Replacement? [New Nanotech Breakthrough Graphene Repels Water, Replaces The Windshield Wiper]

By on Wednesday, 2. February 2011

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 [...]

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Zipcar Toyota Plug-In Prius Available [Car Sharing Company Zipcar Has Toyota Prius PHEV Prototypes in Select Cities]

By on Sunday, 30. January 2011

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.

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Monster Shows Off iMotion CarPlay 3000 System [Monster System Allows For Motion Control Of iPods and iPhones While Driving]

By on Friday, 28. January 2011

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 [...]

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Euro Cities Limit Free Parking Space to Minimize Car Use [European Cities Start to Make Parking More Expensive to Encourage Greener Transport]

By on Monday, 24. January 2011

Cars contribute to a big majority of the world’s carbon use. European cities are cracking down on free parking to discourage use of cars in favor of greener modes of transportation.

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Tesla Model X SUV Coming This Year [Boutique Electric Car Manufacturer To Unveil Sport Utility Vehicle For Debut In 2014, Says Boss Elon Musk]

By on Saturday, 22. January 2011

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, [...]

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SARTRE Road Train System Tested [Volvo Tests Platooning & Self-Driving Car System, But Foresees Legal Hurdles]

By on Wednesday, 19. January 2011

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.

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JVC Shows Off Two New Guidance Systems [JVC KW-NT50HDT and KW-NT30HD Pack Onboard HD Radio With Their Navigation]

By on Tuesday, 18. January 2011

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 [...]

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