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Nissan has introduced a brand new hybrid drivetrain which is made up by a 2.5 liter four-cylinder gasoline engine, an electric motor as well as a lithium-ion battery pack. The interesting bit …
It's called EARs, or Emergency Assistance & Response Services, to give it its full name, and it's a nationwide personal safety and automotive assistance service, ready to aid anyone who find themselves …
Click to enlarge. Okay, so here's the novel take of the week. According to reports, a venture company in Japan called Humanix will introduce an electric vehicle that wears airbags. On the …
Over in Japan, automakers - working with partners - as well as companies in other industries are researching technologies to improve the performance of storage batteries for use in both vehicles and …
Nissan has unveiled a couple of innovations, and the first is the development of a new technology that can fully charge an electric vehicle battery in about 10 minutes. According to a …
Proton and Agensi Inovasi Malaysia (AIM) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation and collaboration related to innovation activities in the automotive sector. The partnership will see Proton and AIM …
One more added on the safety item list. General Motors is set to introduce the industry’s first front center airbag, which is an inflatable restraint designed to help protect drivers and front …
Last week's seventh F1 In Schools World Finals held in Kuala Lumpur saw Malaysia picking up two awards at the event. Malaysian team Velospeed SIC from Sekolah Menengah Sains Hulu Selangor won …
An Australian team has been crowned as the 2011 F1 In Schools World Champions. Pentagliders, from Brooks High School, Tasmania, took home the Bernie Ecclestone World Champions trophy in the finals, which …
Click to enlarge. The 2011 F1 In Schools World Finals is currently underway in Malaysia - over 200 students making up 23 teams from 17 countries are competing to be crowned champions …
Getrag has premiered its 2eDCT600 two-speed powershift transmission in Frankfurt - the gearbox is dedicated to purely electric vehicles and also for plug-in hybrid and range extender vehicles. The scalable transmission features …
Ford has officially unveiled its new 1.0 litre EcoBoost engine, which will be first utilised in the Euro-market Focus in early 2012 followed by the C-MAX in the same year. The all-new …
UPDATE: Live photos have been added to the gallery. Land Rover has unveiled two Defender concepts at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The first is the DC100 concept which was revealed prior to …
Over in Japan, Mazda has begun recycling scrapped bumpers from end-of-life vehicles (ELV) to obtain raw material for use in new vehicle bumpers. The new technology is initially being used to make …
The personal GPS navigation device has certainly come a long way and made great inroads, especially in the last half a decade. These days, prices have become competitive, and you can get …
Some news on the passive safety development front, from Toyota. The Japanese automaker has announced a quartet of future vehicle safety systems, currently under development, which it is looking at introducing into …
The idea of a 1.0 litre engine pulling a Ford Fiesta about may not sound very appealing, but throw in the likes of a turbocharger and direct injection with say, 120 PS …
Some GPS-related news. The Japanese government - with the the assistance of private firms - is ramping up research on a Japanese version of the Global Positioning System in a bid to …
ZF Friedrichshafen's 9HP nine-speed automatic transmission, which was first announced earlier this year, now has more specific details about it, though there's still no mention of when it is expected to debut …
More news on the collision avoidance assistance front, but this time, it has to do with animals - Volvo is developing a system that alerts and automatically brakes for animals on the …
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