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Toyota's Intelligent Clearance Sonar, displaying a dashboard warning - image: Toyota

Toyota Implementing Tech To Prevent Unintended Acceleration

With the unintended acceleration debacle now in its rearview mirror, automaker Toyota is employing technology to ensure that this won’t happen on future models. Intelligent Clearance Sonar and Drive-Start Control will (hopefully) eliminate accidents caused by pedal confusion or improper gear...

November 20, 2012 by 
 
2013 Lexus LS 460

Lexus Is Latest To Start Car 2 Car Communications Research

Car 2 Car and Car 2 Object communications are the next big steps forward in vehicle safety, and both are necessary milestones on the road to fully autonomous cars. Automakers... November 14, 2012 by 


 
2014 Honda RDX engineering mule with Precision All Wheel Steer  -  at Honda R&D Japan, 11/2012

2014 Acura RLX Technology Preview Drive

Acura may not quite have the prestige or the cachet of longtime luxury marques like Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, or even Lexus, but it does have top-drawer access to the most... November 12, 2012 by 


 
Daan Roosegaard's designs for safer highways

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... November 8, 2012 by 


 
Car-2-Car and Car-2-Object communication technology

Ford Runs Contest To Find Best Car-2-Car Communication Solutions

Most major automakers, on both sides of the Atlantic, are teaming up with governments and other industry groups to help develop a new generation of Car-2-Car and Car-2-Object... November 8, 2012 by 


 
ZF 8-speed automatic transmission

ZF CEO Says Nine Speeds Are The 'Natural Limit'

For decades, automatic transmissions had three or four speeds, which were deemed sufficient to provide reasonable acceleration and fuel economy. Then came the five speed... November 6, 2012 by 


 
BMW M Performance steering wheel

BMW Shows Off Tech-Laden M Performance Steering Wheel: Video

The BMW M Performance range of vehicles, performance upgrades and accessories are still not available in the U.S., but it’s only a matter of time until they head our... November 6, 2012 by 


 
A new Range Rover under construction at Jaguar Land Rover's Solihull plant

Jaguar And Land Rover To Share More Platforms

Currently, Jaguar Land Rover’s range of models roughly comprise seven largely unrelated platforms, but going into the future the company hopes to prune these down to... November 1, 2012 by 


 
2014 Mercedes-Benz S Class spy shots

2014 Mercedes-Benz S Class To Feature Pedestrian Detection Tech

UPDATE: The 2014 Mercedes-Benz S Class has been revealed. Click here for all the details. Safety has become a key selling point for family vehicles in all price ranges, and... October 31, 2012 by 


 
ViewCam 360 still of a Red Bull F1 car at speed

ViewCam 360 Lets You Watch Racing, From Any Angle: Video

While some would say that miniature cameras are the best thing to ever happen to televised racing coverage, they generally limit what you can see to a fixed view. With... October 29, 2012 by 


 
SARTRE self-driving cars during testing

Autonomous Tech Coming To Volvo Cars In 2014

Like it or not, a future filled with semi-autonomous (and eventually, fully-autonomous) automobiles is coming. For all the complaining from enthusiasts (ourselves included)... October 23, 2012 by 


 
lotus exige 270e trifuel 1

Gasoline, Created From Air, Heading To Motorsports - Eventually

The idea of using air to create gasoline sounds like the stuff of science fiction, on par with the efforts expended by ancient alchemists to turn lead into gold. If such a... October 22, 2012 by 


 
Car-2-Car and Car-2-Object communication technology

Volvo Outlines Benefits Of Car 2 Car Communication

Earlier this month Volvo signed a Memorandum of Understanding with fellow members of the CAR 2 CAR Communication Consortium being run in Europe, helping pave the way for the... October 22, 2012 by 


 
Audi F12 e Sport prototype

Audi Completes Development Of F12 e Sport Modular EV System

Not to be mistaken with the production-destined R8 e-tron electric supercar we’ve been reporting on for the past couple of years, Audi has been testing a unique R8... October 17, 2012 by 


 
2013 Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo race car

2013 BMW M135i Driven, Infiniti Steer-By-Wire, Gallardo Super Trofeo: Today's Car News

If you're curious about one of BMW's most tantalizing pieces of forbidden fruit, you'll want to read our drive review of the M135i M Performance hatchback, fresh from the... October 17, 2012 by 


 
Nissan's steer-by-wire system

Infiniti To Get Steer-By-Wire Technology In 2013: Video

Conventional steering systems provide a mechanical link from the steering wheel to the front wheels, which is generally power-assisted via hydraulics on modern automobiles... October 17, 2012 by 


 
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