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You know what no one out there likes? Potholes. They take over a stretch of local road and soon enough your alignment is off, your suspension is creaking, and you're blowing out tires and mending bent wheels. Potholes are the mosquitoes of the automotive world. CHECK OUT: The Inner Workings Of The Turbocharger Explained: Video Jaguar and Land Rover is already looking to take the bite out of this menace. And the British automaker may soon have some help, because the company that has a hand in everything on the planet appears to also be looking at ridding the world of this scourge. The company...
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Ford Looks To Patent Luminescent Body Panels
It seems that the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] is looking for new ways to brighten your motoring experience. Patent applications discovered by Car and Driver show the automaker wants to create body panels that are capable of being lit up. There is a bunch of scientific/engineering style jargon you...
Jeff Glucker -
Patent Drawings May Depict Production Version Of Renault’s Alpine Sports Car
French automaker Renault earlier this month unveiled a new concept car that not only marked the 60th anniversary of its Alpine performance brand but also previewed a new sports car to be sold under the brand starting from 2016. Since the concept’s reveal, new patent drawings have emerged that...
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New Patents May Be For Honda’s Mid-Engine S2000 Replacement--Image Update
There's little evidence to support reincarnation when it comes to humans, but what about cars? Fans have eagerly awaited a new Honda S2000 since the original iteration of this sprightly roadster left the physical plane in 2009. However, like a spirit entering a new body, it could come back as...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Ford Just Received An Array Of Patents For Autonomous Vehicle Technology
The Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] unveiled its Smart Mobility Plan earlier this year and it's proceeding full steam ahead towards autonomous vehicle research. Looking at some patents that were published yesterday we can get an idea of some of the interior design and safety aspects the automaker is...
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Maserati Levante SUV Revealed In Patent Drawings
Maserati has gone to great lengths to hide the look of its new Levante, with even the most recent test mules relying on makeshift Ghibli bodies in order to keep the final design a secret. Unfortunately for the Italian brand, some patent drawings that are likely to be the real deal have just...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
New patents have emerged suggesting Porsche is serious about launching zero-emission versions of its upcoming mid-size sedan due towards the end of the decade. Nicknamed the Pajun, short for “Panamera junior”, the mid-size sedan is being developed as a rival for the Maserati Ghibli and high-end versions of the BMW 5-Series and Mercedes-Benz E-Class, and with an alternative powertrain would challenge Tesla Motors' [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S and upcoming Model 3. ALSO SEE: Not Dead Yet: Top Gear Pits G500 4×4² Against Ford F-150 Raptor The patents, which British publication...
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2016 Honda Civic Sedan And Coupe Revealed In Leaked Patent Drawings
Honda gave us an early look at its next-generation Civic with the debut of the Civic Concept at the recent 2015 New York Auto Show. The concept was in the form of a coupe and hinted at the styling we can expect for new versions of both the Civic sedan and Civic Coupe that are being introduced for...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Ford Patents 11-Speed Automatic Transmission: Report
It’s been a while since the transmission wars have shown much heat—eight and nine speed transmissions are common, and we’ve all heard about development of 10-speeds, most notably for the upcoming 2017 Ford Raptor. Now, the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] is taking the tally up again...
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Mimicking Tesla, Toyota Frees Up Patents For Mirai Fuel Cell Tech
Toyota will license its fuel-cell patents to other companies for free.
Stephen Edelstein -
Ferrari Patents More Accurate Steering System
Anyone who has been lucky enough to get behind the wheel of a Ferrari will be aware just how sharp they are to drive, but Ferrari has recently patented a steering system that could make future offerings even sharper. ALSO SEE: LaFerrari XX Proves Too Potent For Its Own Good: Video According to Evo...
Antony Ingram -
Tesla Shares Patents To Spur Electric Car Development
Tesla CEO Elon Musk views patents as a brake on the success of electric cars,
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The internet loves a good rumor and a bit of wild speculation, and the latest you might have seen is a set of patent drawings that supposedly prove Porsche is working on a plug-in hybrid version of its iconic 911 sports car. Now, it may indeed be true that Porsche is working on a plug-in 911. It does, after all, produce a plug-in Panamera. It's also tested hybrid systems in racing for some time—and will be doing so again with its 919 Le Mans Prototype—and of course, the 918 Spyder is also a plug-in car. The trouble is, that isn't what the patent drawings actually show. It doesn't...
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Audi Patent Drawings Reveal Potential Future Tech
Some of Audi's future technological advances have been revealed in the latest round of patent applications to hit the internet. Of a selection of new Audi patents noted by Autocar, the most interesting--yet most complex--is a new take on the firm's quattro all-wheel drive system, using an...
Antony Ingram -
2015 Ferrari California Replacement Patent Drawings Leaked?
This very well may be our first look at the completed design for Ferrari’s replacement for its California convertible sports car. The images are alleged to be official patent drawings filed by Ferrari with a registry for trademarks and patents in Europe. They were found by World Car Fans...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Google Files Patents For Gesture-Based In-Car Controls
As drivers, we rely on certain gestures to relay information to other motorists on the road. Be it a friendly wave after someone lets you merge, or a less-than-friendly single-digit hello when someone cuts you off. Now it seems that some gestures could be taking place inside the car in order to...
Jeff Glucker -
GM Files Patent For 7-Speed Dual-Clutch, Is Corvette First In Line?
There's no doubt the 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray is a truly impressive performance car, from its electronically actuated limited-slip differential to its direct-injected, 460-horsepower LT1 V-8. But it might soon become even more advanced: GM has filed a patent for a seven-speed dual-clutch...
Nelson Ireson -
Jaguar F-Type Coupe Revealed In Patent Filing
It's no secret that Jaguar will likely bring a coupe version of the new F-Type sports car to market soon. Now we have what could be confirmation--and a rendering--of what the F-Type Coupe could look like, thanks to a recent patent filing. Spotted by Germany's Auto Motor und Sport, the patent...
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Germany’s Gumpert is a manufacturer of some of the most capable supercars on the planet. In fact, its Apollo Sport managed to lap the Nürburgring in just 7:11.57, a time that’s second only to the barely-road-legal Radical SR8’s time in the production car stakes. Unfortunately, Gumpert’s cars have never had the styling to match their performance, which is one of the reasons why they’re not as popular as some of their Italian rivals. Gumpert sought to address this issue by teaming up with Italian coachbuilder Touring Superleggera. Together, Gumpert and Touring...
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Toyota Going High-Tech With Its Interiors
According to trademark applications filed by Toyota, customers may soon enjoy a touch-sensitive dashboard and inductive charging for mobile devices, which could potentially increase the Japanese automaker’s appeal among tech-savvy new car shoppers. Touch sensitive displays are nothing new, as...
Kurt Ernst -
Alleged Patent Drawings For The 2014 Maserati Quattroporte
UPDATE: The 2014 Maserati Quattroporte has been revealed. Click here for all the photos and details. Prototypes for Maserati’s next-gen Quattroporte sedan have been spied across Europe for more than a year now, but so far all of these test vehicles have been heavily disguised. This means that...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Volkswagen Golf R Cabrio Patent Photos Revealed
What to do if you love the Volkswagen Golf R, but just can't do without a drop-top car for summer? Get the Golf R Cabrio, of course! Unfortunately, that might not be possible for Americans--the soft-top version of the Golf isn't headed to the U.S. at all, so the R version is likely for...
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GM Trademarks “SS” Name, Could It Be Chevy’s New Nameplate?
For decades, the letters SS on a vehicle from GM meant it was something special. Short for Super Sport, the SS designation was first applied on a performance variant of the 1961 Chevrolet Impala and would eventually appear on a handful of the automaker’s other models, both here and overseas...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Patent Application Gives New Details On Ferrari Hybrid System
Ferrari has made little secret of its plans to introduce a hybrid model, even going so far as to unveil a concept version of a new gasoline-electric hybrid system dubbed HY-KERS at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. And only last month the automaker’s CEO, Amedeo Felisa, revealed that hybrid...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran