Transportation Tech Category - Page 16

As much as I love my TomTom, even I confess that it’d be a lot better if it did more. If I could make calls on it, or play games, or surf the web. Why, if the TomTom were a smartphone, it’d be just like heaven. Okay, more like heaven-adjacent, [...]

Driving green does not necessarily mean you have to drive a small subcompact. Jaguar’s Limo Green project is all about luxury in the face of eco-friendliness. You can drive around town in the backseat with the full comforts of a limo with a clean, green conscience.

It seems like the Chevy Volt is not just an Electric Vehicle, but an Electronic Vehicle, instead. With all those lines of code, you’d think the Volt were a supercomputer on wheels. IBM and General Motors recently showcased the technological advancements that the Volt has, at least on the software [...]

Mission Motors might be best known for introducing one of the world’s first electric motorcycles but now the company wants to carve a different path as it moves into the EV tech supply department.

Speaking here as a very happy TomTom user for about the last year or so, I can speak to TomTom devices as being of solid quality and terrific ease of use. And as such, I’m definitely happy to be announcing that there are two new TomTom devices that have made [...]

One disadvantage of electric vehicles is the range limitation. While most EVs will let you plug into regular AC wall outlets, there’s still the worry that you would have to wait a long time before you have enough juice for a long ride. Then there’s the inconvenience of having to [...]

In most hybrids and electrics, the kinetic energy is converted back into electricity, and driven back to the battery. However, this system is often very heavy and very expensive. The developers of the FLYbus plan to use a design that uses kinetic energy to spin a flywheel in order to [...]

Electric vehicles are all the rage these days. But they do come with one caveat: you had better not run out of power in the middle of the highway. This is why automotive manufacturers are trying to find ways to work around this EV limitation. Some opt for gasoline-electric hybrids. [...]

If you think biking is as simple as pedaling, balancing and changing gears, this two-wheeled wonder will amaze you. Designed and created by a DIY enthusiast, The Hybrid Electric Kinetic Photovoltaic Vehicle (THEKPV) uses three possible power sources to propel you forward.

Mitsubishi’s i-MiEV electric vehicle has been in use by corporate fleets since 2007 elsewhere in the world, but Mitsubishi has announced plans to release a mass-market model in the US by 2011. The car debuts at the 2010 LA Auto Show in November.