Transportation Tech on TFTS - Page 8

If you’re booked up on a Untied Airlines flight and your flight just happens to be between New York and California you’ll now be glad to know that you’ll be able to surf the net from both notebooks and mobile devices in-flight thanks to United Airlines now offering cabin based …

Now let me make things perfectly clear for you folks! I have not altered the image here in any way. The car in the picture is a Nissan Land Glider and it looks like it’s leaning towards its right hand side because it really does do that.

Renderings of a new Audi electric concept have found their way online about two weeks ahead of the Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany, and although the company failed at giving more details, the new e-Tron’s grand debut has managed (not that it would be hard) to cause some serious …

Today, Boeing have announced that their 747-8 Freighter program is suffering further delays as production costs have gone North due to design issues. Delaying the first flight and delivery on their commercial aircraft unit to 2010 instead of Q4 2009, means that the company will take a nearly $1 billion …

TomTom’s latest budget Satnav in-car GPS system, known as the TomTom Start, has just hit the UK though, as yet, there’s actually been no official word from TomTom concerning the device (so the appearance and availability of the TomTom Start has come as somewhat of a surprise).

Anne Forschner, a 24 year designer who has recently graduated from the Pforzheim University in Germany, is trying to prove her talent by taking the auto industry by a storm with a solar electric BMW concept. Dubbed BMW Lovos — which stands for Lifestyle of Voluntary Simplicity, although the vehicle …

Just a few days ago we’ve seen a new Honda concept, the U3-X personal mobility device, which might just become a Segway serious competitor, and change forever the way we imagine personal mobility. And today we have the pleasure to see another impressive concept from Honda, the EV-N. It might …

How many times did you have to rent a car this year? If you’re a person that relies heavily on car rentals then you should check this iPhone app right here! Zipcar will help you find an appropriate car for you and even unlock it when you are in its …

What comes to mind when you hear the words “personal mobility device”? Do you get visions of wheelchairs or of George Costanza scooting down the sidewalk being chased by a geriatric biker gang? I, for one, conjure up mental pictures of the Segway. You remember that one, don’t you? Wasn’t …

If you’re looking an in-car (head unit) entertainment system Alpine hope that there just released iXA-W407 Digital Media Station, which comes a 7” touchscreen display and touts both iPhone and iPod support, may get you splashing the cash in no small part due to its optional capability to function as …

If, like us, you’re counting down the days till the release of what is undoubtedly the most accomplished driving simulator ever to grace any console with increasing impatience the news that the newly unveiled Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG has now been confirmed for star billing in Gran Turismo 5 is hardly …