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Smarter Highway Design Could Soon Make Driving Safer
The problem with highway signs is that drivers rarely, if ever, pay attention to them. “Keep right, except to pass” may as well be written in hieroglyphics for all the good it does, and the same can be said for signs that read, “Caution, bridge freezes before road surface.”...
Harman Reveals Gesture-Based Automotive Controls
There’s a clear trend towards simplification in automotive control design, even as telematics and infotainment systems get more complex. Cadillac’s CUE system... July 30, 2012 by Kurt Ernst
Are Interactive Windows For Rear Seat Passengers In Your Future?
General Motors Research and Development challenged students and researchers at Israel’s Bezalel Academy of Art and Design to create new ways to enhance the driving... January 18, 2012 by Kurt Ernst
Quantum Levitation Racing: Wipeout Videogame Made Real
Anyone under the age of about 30 who grew up in the "PlayStation Generation" will have heard of the videogame Wipeout. For anyone who hasn't, it's a game in which you pilot a... January 3, 2012 by Antony Ingram
BMW Now Developing Production Laser Headlight Tech
"Farewell, LED lights, it was nice knowing you. We've enjoyed a good few years together, but now something better has come along and swept us off our feet." So might go the... December 14, 2011 by Antony Ingram
Graphene The Missing Link In Lithium-Air Battery Technology?
With so many different technologies vying to be the "next big thing" with electric car batteries, the law of averages dictates that at least one of those genuinely will be... December 12, 2011 by Antony Ingram
2012 Smart ForTwo Electric: Car Of The Future, Now? (Video)
We're constantly thinking about what the car of the future will look like. It's hard not to when you write about them every day. Little did we know the car of the future will... December 8, 2011 by Antony Ingram
Bridgestone Airless Tire: Puncture-Proof Tech On The Way
Although it'd be unfair to say that tires are one of the more old-fashioned aspects of your modern car - since tire manufacturers spend millions constantly developing them -... December 6, 2011 by Antony Ingram
Ferrari's Future Cars Staying Aluminum, Not Carbon Fiber
The battle of lightweight materials is becoming one of many players. Companies like Mazda are striving to cut down weight with clever use of high-strength steels. Lotus has... November 9, 2011 by Antony Ingram
Ammonia: The Latest "Fuel Technology Of The Future"?
Ammonia: Useful in fertilizers, cleaning products and fairly unpleasant in direct human contact. Used as a fuel for vehicles? Certainly not impossible, according to an... September 6, 2011 by Antony Ingram
Move Aside LED Lighting Tech, BMW Is Firing Up The Lasers
Sometimes the pace of development in the automotive segment has echos of Moore's Law, the trend for power in the computing world to double every two years. No sooner have... September 1, 2011 by Antony Ingram
Future Urban Mobility Relies On Real-Time Data Access
The requirements for travel within the urban environment comes under greater pressure with every passing year. We're already past the point at which more than 50 percent of... July 28, 2011 by Antony Ingram
Nissan Unveils Massive Product Plan: 52 New Models Coming
Nissan is looking to expand aggressively, as evidenced by a six-year business plan that looks to build the both company's global market share and corporate operating profits... June 27, 2011 by Tim Healey
We Have Aerodynamic Cars, Why Not Streamlined Big Rigs?
Think automotive aerodynamics and you'll either think of aerodynamic components for reducing lift or increasing downforce, or you'll think of streamlined, low-resistance... June 23, 2011 by Antony Ingram
2012 BMW 1-Series Hatchback Spy Shots
BMW released an updated version of the 1-Series Hatchback in late 2008 but ever since then suspicious prototypes of a new car with similar proportions and signature BMW... May 16, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
CES 2011: OnStar-Verizon 4G LTE Prototype Screenshot Tour
A few days ago we brought you the full details on the new prototype OnStar telematics/infotainment system launched at CES this week. Today, we have a screenshot tour showing... January 7, 2011 by Nelson Ireson
It’s Finally Happened: Bugatti Veyron Joins Dubai Police Fleet 
2015 Mercedes-Benz S Class Coupe Spy Shots 
Volvo's Six-Wheeled Crossover Camera Car: We Want One! 
Man Crashes Multiple Times Before Falling Down A Hole: Video 
2014 BMW M4 Coupe Spy Shots 
