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  VIDEO: Toyota Corolla Fielder hacked via smartphone

  17 December 2015 / 8 comments

  An associate professor at the Hiroshima City University’s Graduate School of Information Sciences has managed to hack into a 2013 Toyota Corolla Fielder Hybrid and control certain functions of the car remotely, exposing a potential […]

   

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  Jaguar plays waiting game with semi-autonomous cars

  17 December 2015 / 0 comments

  While semi-autonomous driving cars seem to be all the rage with major manufacturers, Jaguar prefers to take a step back and wait to see how the technology develops. It doesn’t mean that Jaguar doesn’t have […]

   

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  Rinspeed Etos – BMW i8-based self-driving concept

  16 December 2015 / 2 comments

  Wacky concept car builder Rinspeed is at it again, this time showing its latest creation, the Rinspeed Etos, away from Switzerland for the first time – at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las […]

   

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  Infiniti’s new 3.0 litre V6 twin-turbo promises much

  16 December 2015 / 2 comments

  Infiniti heads into 2016 with an all-new 3.0 litre V6 twin-turbo engine that aims to deliver performance together with efficiency. Drawing on Infiniti’s decades of experience with V6 mills, the new engine in the VR […]

   

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  Kia gets licence to test autonomous tech in Nevada

  15 December 2015 / 1 comment

  Having disclosed its autonomous driving technology and roadmap leading up to the year 2030, a new milestone has been achieved by Kia Motors. The Korean automaker has been granted a special licence by the state […]

   

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  Continental Intelligent Glass Control: auto window tint

  15 December 2015 / 11 comments

  At the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which begins in Las Vegas on January 6, Continental will be showcasing an innovative automatic tint technology. The demo vehicle to be exhibited features “Intelligent Glass Control.” It […]

   

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  ZF technology showcase – writing the future with TRW

  25 November 2015 / 6 comments

  It’s been a big year for ZF Friedrichshafen AG in 2015 – the German transportation component manufacturer celebrated its 100th anniversary in September, a century to the day of its formation as a supplier of […]

   

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  Audi finds new roles for old hybrid traction batteries

  17 November 2015 / 2 comments

  Given that the high-voltage traction batteries in its modern hybrid and electric vehicles are typically designed for customer use for up to eight years (or 150,000 km), Audi believes that even beyond that point, its […]

   

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  Kia working on partially-autonomous tech – to debut in future models by 2020 and a self-driving car by 2030

  17 November 2015 / 5 comments

  Latest to jump on the self-driving bandwagon is Kia. The company plans to have partially-autonomous technology in its cars by 2020, followed by a fully-autonomous vehicle by 2030. By 2018, a total of USD$2 billion […]

   

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  Ford Mondeo Vignale to get Active Noise Control tech

  13 November 2015 / 10 comments

  Something that one can look forward to in the more refined Ford Mondeo Vignale, is Ford’s Active Noise Control technology. The brand claims that it works exactly like noise-cancelling headphones. Apart from that, the Mondeo […]

   

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  Toyota tops up investment into Artificial Intelligence to USD$1 billion, establishes new institute in the US

  6 November 2015 / 4 comments

  Toyota has announced that it will be investing a further USD$1 billion (RM4.3 billion) on top of the initial USD$50 million (RM215 million). This, along with the establishment of the Toyota Research Insititute (TRI), a […]

   

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  Audi 3D prints a miniature 1936 Auto Union Typ C

  6 November 2015 / 3 comments

  Audi Toolmaking, a division of the brand, has brought back a small piece of Grand Prix history through the use of a 3D printer. A 1:2 scale replica of the 1936 Auto Union Typ C […]

   

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  Honda to limit diesel engine development – report

  4 November 2015 / 13 comments

  Honda is reportedly moving to limit its advances with diesel powertrains, following a diminishing demand for such engines in the North American and Chinese markets. According to CarAdvice, Honda Motor Company CEO and president, Takahiro […]

   

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  Tokyo 2015: Nissan Teatro for Dayz – for digital natives

  28 October 2015 / 1 comment

  Another Nissan concept shown at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show is literally a mobile social media tool. The Teatro for Dayz concept EV is designed specifically for the “digital native generation.” The little MPV is […]

   

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  Tokyo 2015: Nissan IDS Concept – a self-driving EV

  28 October 2015 / 4 comments

  Nissan has unveiled an intelligent electric vehicle (EV), called the IDS Concept. The sleek hatchback is also an autonomous-driving car. A preview of the next-generation Leaf and Nissan’s goal to have a fully autonomous vehicles […]

   

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