Vehicles News
|
Two autonomous vehicles connected together and traveling along the same route are safer when compared with one lone vehicle, according to a new study. This is due to wider field of view and extended situational awareness.
|
|
Mobility-as-a-Service is a developing trend in transportation, signaling a partial shift away from personally owned modes of transportation towards mobility solutions.
|
|
Los Angeles -
Samsung has been given permission to test out its self-driving cars on public roads in California at the same time that the roads are used for cars driven by people.
|
|
By AFP
Barcelona -
A driver deliberately ploughed a van into pedestrians in Barcelona on Thursday, killing 13 people in what police called a "terrorist attack".
|
|
Tokyo -
One risk with driving is feeling tired and losing concentration. Sleep related problems exacerbate this risk. To help drivers, Panasonic have developed an artificial intelligence platform.
|
|
Research and development in energy storage have given us a whole gamut of storage battery concepts, including lithium-ion, lead acid, sodium chemistries, and flow technologies. This has made clean energy battery storage a fast-growing industry.
|
|
One thing holding back progress with electric cars are the batteries needed to power such vehicles. Considerable promise comes from lithium-air batteries, which enable electric cars to drive farther on a single charge.
|
|
San Fransisco -
Apple has been working on autonomous cars for a while but little detail has emerged. That's about to change. Apple has been granted a permit to test self-driving cars on the streets of California.
|
|
By AFP
Paris -
Transforming a vehicle into a simple but deadly weapon of terror -- as happened to such bloody effect in Nice -- is a tactic well known to intelligence agencies.
|
|
Paris -
The capital of France will ban motor vehicles for a single day next month. This will allow visitors to experience Paris without motorized traffic.
|
|
Manchester -
Graphene could be the key to more fuel efficient vehicles, leading to a generation of cars where less fuel is needed for each pump stop. It all comes down to heat efficiency.
|
|
When to change out engine oil is a dilemma that many car drivers face (or for the less practically minded, when to ask the garage to do it). A new nanotech invention can give motorists the answer.
|
|
Every culture has its own special way of celebrating the start of a new year. In France, that celebration often includes citizens setting strangers' cars on fire.
|
|
After several traffic incidents involving elks, Norway is trying out a new system using "disco poles" to scare the wandering animals away from oncoming cars on busy roads.
|
|
Canadian drivers could have a self-driving vehicle in as little as four years. This will end up impacting technology and society in bigger, and possibly confusing, ways.
|
|
In addition to safety measures, efficient administration can also lower a consumer’s car insurance. Eight of the 10 insurance carriers chosen for the study charge less for paperless billing.
|
|
Being aware of some common myths and popular beliefs about auto insurance can help save you money. From knowing how accidents affect coverage to finding out more about using rental cars, here are eight myths debunked.
|
|
Tesla Motors, maker of electric cars, launched the first official Supercharger station on the US East Coast. The goal is to bring faster and more convenient charging of electric cars with lower wait time and more drive time.
|
|
Honda is recalling more than 800,000 minivans and SUVs worldwide, which includes 807,000 in the United States alone, because they can roll away, even when drivers have removed the keys from the ignition.
|
|
Two different solar-powered cars have been designed in the West Bank by Palestinians, to save on the use of limited resources and also to help the environment.
|
|
Russian officials started monitoring imports from Japan soon after the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in March 2011. They state that they have stopped 300 radioactive cars from entering the country.
|
|
Ford Motor Co. is recalling over 10,000 recently launched 2013 Escape compact SUVs in connection with a carpeting flaw. All of the vehicles being recalled were reportedly sold in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
|
|
Los Angeles -
A ranking of 2012’s hybrid and diesel-powered vehicles released today looks to help consumers make informed selections when shopping for new transportation.
|
|
At least six Catholic bishops who received service vehicles purchased out of government funds have decided to return them to the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), the government agency that released the funds.
|
|
Tokyo -
Nissan has confirmed the safety of all foreign employees working in Japan and announced that they have implemented a policy of monitoring and testing all vehicles manufactured at plants in the disaster-stricken country for traces of radioactive material.
|
|
At least 270,000 vehicles with potentially defective engines will be recalled. Around 180,000 of the total vehicles with defective engines were sold overseas and the remaining in Japan. The models affected were the Crown and Lexus.
|
|
U.S. automaker Ford has issued its largest single recall of vehicles, involving 4.5 million minivans, after it was discovered a faulty deactivation switch for the vehicles' cruise control may present a fire hazard.
|
|
A man in speedo swimsuit has recently been arrested after allegedly attempting to steal several vehicles and take items in the car.
|
|
Defence Minister Peter MacKay made the announcement at CFB Gagetown,about $1-billion will be spent to upgrade the LAV-3s that are now in service in Afghanistan.
|
|
Some Best Buy outlets are beginning to sell electric bicycles, scooters, and motorcycles, both from Brammo and Currie Technologies.
|
apis-348511 apis-345539 apis-344427 apis-343082 apis-342135 apis-335594 apis-333713 apis-332470 apis-310849 apis-282263 apis-279901 apis-277846 apis-220956 apis-214840 apis-213941 apis-209858 apis-209001 apis-193858 apis-192861 apis-184236 apis-181651 apis-181204 apis-175193 apis-158551 apis-153609 apis-141809 apis-127907 apis-125421 apis-122966 apis-122798
Vehicles Image
Traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard in Nevada voteprime
Officials work at the scene of a multi-vehicle wreck on Interstate 75 at Paynes Prairie on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, south of Gainesville, Fla. Courtesy Matt Stamey/Gainesville Sun
A homeless man lives on the streets of downtown Los Angeles in 2009. Terabass/Wikimedia Commons
Vehicles lining up to save some money before the HST kicks in.
Candidates for restoration were for sale at the show.
Exhaust from the tailpipe of a car. Jensbn
Photo by digitaljournal.com
|
|
.JPG)