Car Tech
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Audi is making two world premieres at this week’s 2015 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, one of which is an autonomous A7 concept that drove to the event itself, after starting off Saturday in San Francisco. The total distance traveled was more than 550 miles, with a number of engineers and journalists given time behind the wheel. Not only is the stunt being used to gather data for an eventual production autonomous car from Audi, it’s also a means of demonstrating the viability of a self-driving car in existing traffic and road conditions. The trek took the A7 concept across...
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BMW To Preview Lighting And Connectivity Tech At 2015 CES
Before this month’s 2015 Detroit Auto Show gets underway, a number of automakers will present new concept cars and technology at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show taking place in Las Vegas. The show is a mecca for the electronics industry but in recent years the major automakers have been...
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Porsche 911 Engine Plant Is A Mechanical Meditation Zone: Video
If the Porsche 918 Spyder’s assembly line wowed us with its precision and high-tech materials, the Porsche 911’s engine assembly line at Zuffenhausen soothes us with its tranquil, millimeter-perfect, human-assisted robotic ballet. ALSO SEE: DeLorean Hovercraft Hoons San Francisco Bay...
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Google Autonomous Car Edges Closer To Production
Back in May, Google unveiled a mock-up of a fully-autonomous car the tech giant plans to introduce to the world at some point in the near future. The car came without a steering wheel and pedals and many other features typical of a street-legal set of wheels; now, Google has unveiled a new...
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Tesla Battery Swap Pilot Program To Launch In California
Tesla will launch electric-car battery swapping on a limited basis in California.
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Google Developing Dedicated Android System For Cars: Report
Google may introduce a car-specific version of its Android operating system.
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Cadillac is set to unveil a new flagship sedan at the 2015 New York Auto Show in April, and today we learned of one of the cooler features that will appear on the car. The new car will be a fullsize sedan called the CT6 and it will come with a video-streaming rearview mirror that should make backing up and changing lanes much easier and safer. MUST SEE: 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 Does Burnout, Then Runs The Quarter Mile: Video At a flip of a switch at the base of the rearview mirror, drivers of the CT6 will be able to change the mirror from a traditional unit to one that streams high-resolution...
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2016 Audi Q7 Arrival Marks Intro Of 23-Speaker 3D Sound System
When the all-new 2016 Audi Q7 goes on sale next year, it will be available with a new 3D sound system that gives your favorite tunes a spatial dimension. So instead of just the left and right channels you also get spatial height. According to Audi, the addition of this third dimension makes the...
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Hankook: Preferred Tire Of Future Death Race Winners
Hankook currently churns out a wide range of rubber designed to suit the various needs of those driving on the street, and those who take it to the track. In the future, however, Hankook will become the gold standard for those seeking to win the upcoming death race spec series; the company's...
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Jaguar Land Rover Shows Off Transparent Pillar Technology: Video
Remember Land Rover’s unique transparent hood technology that allows you to see the position of a vehicle’s wheels from behind the wheel for easier off-roading? Well, sister brand Jaguar has come out with its own version of the technology, this time making the pillars of a car...
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BMW To Present Self-Parking Technology At 2015 CES
At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, BMW gave us our first taste of its new ActiveAssist autonomous technology in the form of a 2-Series prototype that could handle itself while driving at the limit. At next year’s show, which runs from January 6 to 9 in Las Vegas, BMW will show an...
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BMW previews 670-horsepower plug-in hybrid system in 5-Series GT prototype
For years, hybrid technology has been marketed purely as a means of improving vehicle efficiency, but now that the technology has matured we’re starting to see automakers investigate ways of using the addition of an electric motor(s) to boost performance as well. The turning point was...
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Ford has overhauled its Sync infotainment system by launching a new third-generation version that’s said to be faster and simpler to use than before, helping to alleviate two of the most common gripes of the previous versions. Called Sync 3, the new system ditches the MyFord Touch component, which ran on Microsoft Auto's operating system, and now relies on BlackBerry’s improved QNX system. READ: Ford Performance Brand Promises 12 New Special Vehicles, Including Focus RS Buyers of Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] vehicles can look forward to faster performance, improved voice...
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nanoFLOWCELL-Powered Quant Sedan Edges Closer To Production
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...
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Volvo Reveals Three-Cylinder Engines, Promises Up To 180 HP
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...
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Chrysler To Add Turbocharging And Direct Fuel Injection To Pentastar V-6
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...
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Lincoln To Offer Revel Premium Audio Starting With 2016 MKX: Video
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...
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2016 Jaguar F-Type: Electric Power Steering Is Better, Says Chief Engineer
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...
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Michelin will manufacture tweels in South Carolina.
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Mercedes-Benz Shows How Autonomous Cars Will Revolutionize Interiors
Mercedes-Benz creates a virtual simulation of the car interior of the future.
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Mercedes-Benz Previews Next-Gen Headlight Tech
Mercedes-Benz plans to follow up its MULTIBEAM LED headlights with more advanced systems.
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VW Future Tech To Include 10-Speed DSG And Electrically-Driven Turbos
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...
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BMW Tests Street Lights With Electric Car Charging Sockets
BMW is testing two Light and Charge stations in its headquarters city of Munich.
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New Ford Monitoring System Keeps Tabs On Cops
Ford will offer a telematics system for police cars to monitor driver behavior.
Stephen Edelstein