Automobiles have made great strides in recent years in becoming cleaner and greener, but according to Divergent Microfactories, they still have miles to go. The problem, as the company sees... Read more
A fleet of autonomous “SmartCarts”—high-tech, 3D-printed, low-speed electric vehicles—could one day zip around the University of Michigan’s North Campus, taking students, p... Read more
External laser device detects presence of alcohol vapors inside of a moving car “This work illustrates how remote sensing technologies affect our everyday life,” said Marco Giani... Read more
Would be the first mass-produced, commercially available automobile to offer drivers the ability to recharge a depleted battery via solar power or by plugging into an outlet. Solar-powered c... Read more
A self-parking car and a car that drives itself (albeit under certain conditions) were among the tech on display, rounded out by new detection systems for animals, pedestrians at night, road... Read more
The lopsided solar car named Generation, unveiled today, might be the oddest-looking vehicle the top-ranked University of Michigan team has ever built. But the bold shape is a calculated eff... Read more
Today’s cars can drive themselves in and out of parking spots completely unassisted – conveniently controlled from the curbside using a smartphone. This is possible thanks to Bosch’s Automat... Read more
A driver assistance system that uses LEDs to alert zoned-out drivers to danger It’s probably happened to all of us at one time or another … we’re driving with a passenger in the car, w... Read more
Being dazzled by car high beams is no joke. Having someone come around the corner and forget to dip their headlamps isn’t just annoying, it’s potentially dangerous. To be featured at n... Read more
Large-scale testing is due to begin next year. Your average driver spends a week each year stuck in traffic. So Ozan Tonguz, a telecommunications researcher at Carnegie Mellon Univers... Read more
The system is designed primarily to help the driver (and car) avoid collisions in circumstances where braking alone won’t be sufficient. In the same way that we didn’t go straight from landl... Read more
It all comes down to the price of the lithium-ion battery GETTING the equivalent of 106 mpg (2.2 litres/100km), the Nissan Leaf electric car would seem a motoring skinflint’s dream co... Read more
The self-driving automobile has now completed over 200,000 miles of computer-led highway driving Google recently gave YouTube viewers a glimpse of the future with a video that showed an almo... Read more
The interior is just as digitally driven At the upcoming Tokyo Motor show, Toyota will debut a new digital content heavy concept car representing what the automaker sees as the evolut... Read more
Uses up to 30 percent less fuel and emits 25 percent less carbon dioxide Over the past 20 years, the global energy crisis and environmental problems have prompted the auto industry to... Read more
