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  Mercedes-Benz Apple Watch app – door-to-door navi

  18 May 2015 / 4 comments

  Mercedes-Benz has announced a new application for the much-hyped Apple Watch, following in the footsteps of BMW and Volkswagen. Dubbed the MB Companion App, it differentiates itself from the competition by adding door-to-door navigation for […]

   

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  Google’s autonomous cars involved in 11 accidents

  14 May 2015 / 17 comments

  Before the naysayers can gather enough ammunition to gun down the notion of autonomous driving, let it be known that Google’s prototypes for autonomous driving have been involved in a total of 11 accidents over […]

   

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  Toyota and Mazda to widen partnership: Toyota to share fuel-cell/hybrid tech, Mazda to offer SkyActiv

  11 May 2015 / 37 comments

  Amidst ever-tightening emissions regulations and market competition, Toyota and Mazda are set to deepen their existing technological partnership – the Nikkei reports that Toyota is considering providing fuel-cell and hybrid tech to Mazda, while Mazda […]

   

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  BMW, Audi, Mercedes to bid for Nokia’s Here maps

  7 May 2015 / 6 comments

  As The Wall Street Journal understands, three of Germany’s most notable car manufacturers, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi, will be forming an alliance along with Chinese web services firm, Baidu, to bid for a controlling stake […]

   

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  Porsche InnoDrive cruise control corners at 0.70 g, accelerates full-throttle in the name of efficiency

  6 May 2015 / 3 comments

  Does the advent of autonomous driving and increased focus on fuel efficiency signal the end of driving excitement for you? Porsche doesn’t think so, according to Car and Driver, as it is testing a new […]

   

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  Audi Matrix Laser headlights – going better than LED

  29 April 2015 / 18 comments

  Audi has formally announced its Matrix Laser headlights, which means the lighting system will soon be making its way onto the brand’s series production vehicles. The Matrix Laser technology is based on the LaserSpot for […]

   

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  Honda NSX – more tech details revealed, V6 is 3.5L

  28 April 2015 / 26 comments

  Ahead of the new Honda NSX‘s market launch, more technical details have come to light at the SAE 2015 World Congress and Exhibition. We’ll start with its heart – the all-new longitudinally-mounted twin-turbo V6 engine […]

   

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  BMW i Remote App – BMW i3, i8 info on Apple Watch

  27 April 2015 / 11 comments

  The BMW i Remote App, which made its debut with the BMW i3 and allows drivers to remotely check and control functions of their vehicles via their smartphone, is now premiering on another smartwatch. The […]

   

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  ASEAN NCAP updates – new testing protocols by 2020

  22 April 2015 / 34 comments

  The ongoing series of technical talks organised by the Malaysia Automotive Institute and Society of Automotive Engineers Malaysia continued today – this time, it was the turn of the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research […]

   

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  2016 BMW 7 Series G11/G12 – first details released

  21 April 2015 / 21 comments

  The new G11/G12 BMW 7 Series is not too far away now. It will likely make its world debut sometime in Q3 this year, but before that BMW has revealed bits of information on the […]

   

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  MINI Augmented Vision – a new view of the world

  13 April 2015 / 6 comments

  Here’s a new way of looking at things, through augmented reality eyewear. MINI will be previewing a prototype of its MINI Augmented Vision glasses at Auto Shanghai 2015. Developed in collaboration with several Qualcomm companies […]

   

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  Toyota and Lexus to debut affordable automated safety tech packages on RAV4 Hybrid, next-gen RX

  31 March 2015 / 2 comments

  Back in 2014, Toyota introduced its Safety Sense platform, which is comprised of several affordable safety packages, with the aim of introducing it onto its new models come 2015. The Japanese automaker plans to slowly […]

   

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  Toyota TNGA modular platform to spawn better cars

  27 March 2015 / 23 comments

  Toyota has announced a new modular product architecture on which it aims to build half of all its new models worldwide by the year 2020. The Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) has been developed to […]

   

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  Falken to roll out concept “hybrid” tyre for SUVs

  26 March 2015 / 3 comments

  American-based Japanese tyre manufacturer Falken will be looking to introduce a concept hybrid tyre that will, supposedly, meet the “demands for both extended range and dynamic handling” that is expected from owners of electric SUVs. […]

   

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  Opel developing adaptive, eye-tracking headlights

  25 March 2015 / 7 comments

  Engineers at Opel, along with its English affiliate, Vauxhall, have confirmed that they are in the midst of developing the next-generation range of adaptive head lamps that uses an optic-based tracking system to illuminate the […]

   

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