Car Tech

At the 2014 Geneva Motor Show last March, a little known startup by the name of nanoFLOWCELL showed off an electric sedan concept whose motors were powered by energy stored in a device called a flow cell. In essence, a flow cell combines characteristics of a traditional battery and more advanced...

Having launched its new generation of Drive-E engines in four-cylinder format, Volvo is now working to develop three-cylinder engines sharing the modular, 0.5-liter cylinder design. The new three-cylinder engines, which accordingly will displace 1.5 liters, will appear in Volvo’s new range of...

In a bid to catch up with rivals, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] will finally update its Pentastar V-6 with some power boosting technologies such as turbocharging, direct fuel injection and improved variable valve timing. The benefit is that the upgrades should also see fuel economy improve...

Lincoln will be the first automaker to feature Revel’s new automotive speakers when it launches its all-new MKX crossover next fall. Revel is the premium audio brand of tech giant Harman International and is recognized worldwide for its high-end home audio products. Now it’s expanding...

Jaguar last week at the Los Angeles Auto Show revealed that all-wheel drive is the future of V-8-powered Type R models of its F-Type sports car, while a manual transmission will be offered on the V-6 variants. Both of those pieces of news are likely to boost the appeal of Jag’s hot-selling...

Mercedes-Benz creates a virtual simulation of the car interior of the future.

Mercedes-Benz plans to follow up its MULTIBEAM LED headlights with more advanced systems.

Volkswagen has announced several new technologies that will be making their way into its cars in the not too distant future. Headlining the list is a new diesel engine that displaces just 2.0 liters but churns out 268 horsepower. No torque figure has been mentioned but insiders have suggested...

BMW is testing two Light and Charge stations in its headquarters city of Munich.

Ford will offer a telematics system for police cars to monitor driver behavior.

You can now live out your Marty McFly fantasies, courtesy of Kickstarter.

Audi was a pioneer in the area of autonomous car technology but the automaker has been overtaken by rival Mercedes-Benz in the race to offer cars that can drive themselves. That won’t be the case for long as Audi’s next-generation A8, due on the market in 2017, as a 2018 model, will be...

The steering wheel in your basic race car is just that; it's a simple, lightweight, possibly suede-covered instrument used to tell the front wheels of the vehicle where to go. As you advance up the race car ladder, however, a steering wheel begins to be much more than a simple directional tool. It...

Mercedes-Benz will use the Concord Naval Weapons Station in California to replicate an urban environment.

At the season finale for Germany’s DTM touring car series, held at the Hockenheimring over the weekend, Audi demonstrated a self-driving RS 7 concept car that could lap the circuit at race speeds. The video shows the successful lap, which Audi tells us took just over two minutes. That’s...

We’re just days away from watching Audi’s autonomous RS 7 tackle Germany’s Hockenheimring grand prix circuit with no one sitting behind the wheel. The stunt, which coincides with the DTM season finale running this weekend, is to demonstrate the dynamic potential and driving...

Local Motors made a bit of news earlier this year when the company said it was planning to create a 3D-printed car. We first heard of the plan back in March. Then in June a design winner was announced. Just a few months later, the car has now been printed and driven. It's called the Strati, and it...

If you're not hearing some inspiring sounds from the driver's seat, it can feel like something is sorely missing from the entire driving experience. And that's perhaps most critical with otherwise spirited sports cars. Unfortunately it's too often the case with today's performance models. The...

Cadillac’s new flagship sedan will be called the CT6, ride on the new Omega rear-wheel-drive platform and enter production at General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] Detroit-Hamtramck Plant late next year. Now we’ve learned that it will also be one of the lightest cars in its segment...

Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] CEO Elon Musk’s big announcement regarding the “D” has, as we suspected, turned out to be a new dual-motor option for the Model S that provides it with the extra traction of all-wheel drive. And the “something else” Musk also hinted at...