Transportation Tech Category - Page 9

Chances are, when you think of a Nook, your first thought is not of driving down city streets at night with Phil Collins shrieking “In the Air Tonight” with Genesis. But now, as one particularly enterprising soul has discovered, your Nook Color has a lot more use than you might [...]

I’m very fond of my TomTom navigation system. I love having that little GPS sitting quietly on my dashboard, telling me all the turns I need to make to get to the places I want to go. And if I miss a turn, TomTom will quietly recalculate, and figure out [...]

I’m torn between wishing these would go into wide release and wondering why they even exist, but one thing is plain as day: the Mini Cooper Gaming Chair is downright impressive.

If you remember the series Knight Rider, you’ll probably remember how everybody wanted their own KITT. The thing was entirely too smart and too useful not to want to have around, but thanks to the folks out at VIC Ltd., you can have the next best thing: the Navisurfer II.

Is it fully charged yet? This is usually a question that you might find yourself asking if you own a plugin hybrid or EV. With a new iOS application by Volvo, you can stop guessing.

You don’t have to be a conservative, tree-hugging environmentalist driving a small, puny Nissan LEAF EV in order to help save the Earth. Rather, you can be a cool tree-hugging environmentalist driving a sexy, fast sports car like the Nissan ESFLOW.

The Prius is undoubdtedly one of Toyota’s more popular eco-friendly cars, but it’s not Toyota’s only fuel-saver. It’s also planning to upgrade its other smaller models, like the Yaris, with a hybrid system.

Honda has just announced the upcoming 2012 update to its compact Civic. While at first glance, the car might look like the current generation Civic from some angles, it’s actually a complete refresh. And the new Civic Hybrid gets better mileage, too.

Electric vehicles and plugin hybrids offer one inherent advantage: you can drive your car without consuming a drop of gasoline, as long as the battery has charge. But you still spend on electricity costs, right? AeroVironment wants to minimize that, too.

Having a flashy sports car doesn’t necessarily mean forgetting about saving the Earth. Porsche’s latest Boxster E will get you from naught to 60 in 5.3 seconds without the guilt.