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The windshield-mounted sensors of Volvo's City Safety system.

Volvo's City Safety System Produces Tangible Results For U.K Car Service

If you fly Virgin Atlantic Airway’s Upper Class from the U.K., the chauffeur-driven car dispatched to bring you to the airport will come from car service Tristar Worldwide. Tristar provides airport transportation for Virgin’s highest-profile customers (among other clients), so reducing...

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BMW laser headlights

BMW Laser Headlight Tech Could Be Seen Within 2-3 Years

BMWs already have a distinctive look in your rear-view mirror with their "angel-eye" headlamps and that view could soon start to look even more distinctive. Inside Line (via... October 12, 2011 by 


 
BMW laser headlights

BMW Gives Us Three Years Until Laser Headlights

Much of BMW's recently detailed ConnectedDrive technologies sound like things we'll see deep in the future, maybe on our grandson's Bimmer. But at least one of these... October 11, 2011 by 


 
BMW i Launch Event, Frankfurt, July 2011

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 


 
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BMW Develops Laser Headlight Technology

Having already announced the introduction of full LED headlights in its new 6-Series range, BMW is moving onto the next wave of advanced lighting technology for cars: lasers... September 1, 2011 by 


 
ZMP RoboCar MEV-C automated vehicle

Latest RoboCar Prototype: Ugly, But High Tech And Autonomous

Some cars are beautiful. Others are fast. Some others are incredibly practical. Some other cars are none of these things, but their importance isn't in their looks, speed or... August 24, 2011 by 


 
Thorium could be used as car fuel

Thorium Powered Cars: A Million Miles Without Refuelling

It reads more like a 1950s space race vision of the future than a pragmatic 21st Century theory, but we could now be a step closer to driving a nuclear-powered car. In light... August 17, 2011 by 


 
Ford's robotic laser inspection system. Image: Ford Motor Company

Laser-Wielding Robots Build Better Fords

Laser-beam-emitting-robots were once the stuff of 1950s science-fiction nightmares, but today they’re on our side and helping Ford Motor Company to build a better... June 2, 2011 by 


 
Laser beams on a car windshield, photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Losing The Spark: Lasers May Replace Plugs For Igniting Fuel

"You can't start a fire without a spark" sang Bruce Springsteen in his 1984 hit Dancing In The Dark. Great line, but unfortunately for old Bruce he wasn't quite technically... May 2, 2011 by 


 

Magic Laser And Nanoparticle Engines To Solve Emissions Crisis?

The Turbonator. Magic spark plugs. Fuel additives. Lasers. Wait, lasers? Believe it or not, in addition to the gimmicky infomercial gadgets claiming to turn a wheezing... March 18, 2010 by 


 
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