Transportation Tech Category - Page 20

I just about lost it when I read about this…it was a strange combination of bizarre and ludicrous that defied description, yet now, I will try and do exactly that. We’re talking about the Nation-E Electric Hummer, and now you see just what I meant.

Achtung, Google! Seems the Germans are sneaking up behind you with their own brand of driverless car. It’s still in the testing stages, of course, but they’re already slipping in a couple interesting side concepts with it.

Normally, Cafepress is a place you might go to make merchandise for your webcomic or something similar, but now, they’re taking on Colorware in a battle royale to see who gets to make your electronics take on that new layer of color, if only to TomTom GPS models. We’re talking [...]

If you’re in the market for a new hybrid vehicle soon, consider the 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid. Hyundai has just announced that its midsize offering will be eligble for a $1,300 tax credit by the federal government for hybrid vehicles.

Researchers at Warwick University’s WMG in the UK are looking into the best possible noises that electronic vehicles (EVs) can produce, given the safety concerns with EVs not producing any sound pollution.

Taking into mind the need to reduce US reliance on fossil fuels, the EPA has recently approved the sale of gasoline mixed with 15% ethanol, or E15. Cars, trucks and other engines manufactured post-2007 will be able to use this type of fuel.

News continues to pour out of the CEATAC show (despite having been over for the last couple days now) like candy from a burst pinata the size of Cuba with this picture and supporting information about the touchscreen display Alps Electric wants to put in your car’s steering wheel.

Well, folks, commercial space travel may be in the cards after all thanks to the announcement that Virgin’s SpaceShipTwo, otherwise known as the VSS Enterprise, has completed a successful glide test.

We like to make a lot out of wheelchairs that guide themselves or follow others or can be driven by thought unaided, but sometimes the simplest things deserve mention too. Thus today, we look at the Rowheel, a whole new spin on wheelchairs.

I love my GPS, don’t get me wrong–my TomTom has been a great help more times than I care to count while driving–but out at the CEATEC show, Pioneer (along with some Android help) is showing off something really impressive: a display system that displays on your windshield.