Car Tech

The move from the soaring, singing S65 V-8 of the E9x BMW M3 to the new twin-turbo, in-line six-cylinder S55 in the 2014 BMW M3 Sedan and M4 Coupe has some fans longing for the sweet sounds of massive revs. Fortunately, the new six looks to make its own style of music. BMW S55 engine also looks...

There are many things to love about the Volkswagen Golf R32. It's an all-wheel drive hatchback with premium feel and a potent, mellifluous VR6 engine. But soon, the VR6 may get a hopped up, 496-horsepower, twin-turbo variant. Put that in your R32 and smoke it. Literally. The new VR6, according to...

At this early stage, it's too early to know if this unintended acceleration complaint is an isolated incident, or even due to a fault with the Tesla Model S.

Upgrading your street ride with a bigger, more powerful engine, is something every enthusiast has either done or dreamed of. For Ford fans, the new Ford Racing Z460 might just be the new holy grail. It's not the most powerful engine in the world, nor is it the most insane. But it's still pretty...

Mercedes-Benz is well-known for its magically controlling names for its high-tech products. Wipers that shoot cleaning fluid directly onto the window? Magic Vision Control. A sunroof that varies its opacity? Magic Sky Control. And now, on the new 2014 S Class, a system that scans the road ahead and...

While we've had no issues expressing our qualms about the driverless future of cars, we also can't help but find the technology interesting, even amazing, even at this early stage in its development. But most car buyers don't have a warm fuzzy feeling about self-driving cars, according to a new...

Apple's internet radio service will debut in select 2014 Nissan models.

Composite wheels could offer weight savings over conventional alloy wheels.

Solar panels are popular for everything from heating water to charging electric cars like the Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S, but they can be expensive to manufacture and hard to install. Soon, though, you may be able to spray solar cells onto a surface to collect energy from the sun. Researchers at the...

BMW just yesterday began production of its carbon-fiber-bodied i3—a vehicle that makes some major advances in the way lightweight, mass-produced vehicles are made. But for now, BMW appears to be going it alone. For Audi, which was a leader in the development of aluminum-bodied cars 20 years...

Tesla's effort to build an autonomous car could reach fruition by 2016 according to a new Reuters report today. The question isn't so much whether the technology is feasible, but whether the legal and economic market is ready. Tesla's competition with Google on autonomous car technology has...

Even if you thought the new trend of allowing in-car web browsing could lead to some dangerous situations, you probably weren't thinking as far ahead as BMW is. Here, we see a trio of frighteningly clown-masked bank robbers getting some help from their getaway driver, confirming they are, in fact...

Mercedes-Benz’s new S-Class is the first car in history capable of driving itself, though the car’s current autonomous mode is only suited for traffic jams and highway driving. However, Mercedes is committed to being the first to offer a car that works autonomously at all times and...

One of the most popular cars at this week’s Frankfurt Auto Show, the Ferrari 458 Speciale, also happens to be one of the most technologically advanced. There are so many intricate systems present that it’s hard to get a grasp on how the technologies all help make this hardcore 458...

Jaguar Land Rover is looking to raise the level of technology currently offered by its growing lineup. A new telematics and infotainment system, which has been co-developed by Bosch, will begin to roll out progressively on 2014 model year vehicles. The main idea behind the new system is to add a...

Hankook has revealed a new airless tire design called i-Flex which makes its debut this week in concept form at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show. The i-Flex tire constitutes both the tire and wheel and is similar to previous concepts from Bridgestone as well as America’s own Polaris. Apart from...

A group of Dutch inventors has developed a gearbox they say could revolutionize the automotive and bike industries. Developed by Parts Services Holland and called the Controlled Rotation System (CRS), it does away with one of the main components of a gearbox--the gears themselves. However, the team...

Autonomous, or self-driving, cars are on the horizon. If you're uneasy about that, you'll be up in arms over the European Union's planned speed-limiting technology mandate. The purpose: to prevent your car from ever exceeding the speed limit, whatever that might be. To accomplish this goal, the EU...

Mazda is the latest automaker to showcase a new vehicle to vehicle communications system as its new Mazda 6-based test car begins trials in Japan. The Mazda Atenza ASV-5--Atenza being the Japanese-market name for the 6 sedan--begins trials this month, utilizing an Intelligent Transport Systems...

Doing more with what you have is one of the cornerstones of increasing efficiency, and a new suspension technology from ZF will take that mantra to the next level. Cars are inherently pretty energy-inefficient. Engines do better job of turning the energy in fossil fuels into noise and heat than...