Another first for Toyota: a rear center airbag!
In a car crash we have side airbags for side impacts but in cases where there are two or more passengers in the rear, they can end up hitting each other. Toyota's …
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Fiat reveals a new engine technology: MultiAir
Fiat has revealed a new engine technology called the MultiAir technology which significantly reduces emissions, while improving fuel economy and power delivery. This rather complicated electro-hydraulic variable valve actuation technology is implemented …
Lotus Omnivore 2-stroke concept engine set for Geneva debut
Lotus has revealed some details about the Lotus Omnivore engine concept that it will be unveiling at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show. The Omnivore runs on a two-stroke operating cycle that Lotus …
BMW Routes: load scenic routes onto your iDrive
The next time you plan a holiday in Europe, you may want to rent a BMW and make it a road trip holiday. BMW's new BMW Routes feature (currently still in testing …
2009 S-Class facelift to feature Mercedes-Benz SPLITVIEW Screen Technology
Click to enlarge image The 2009 Mercedes-Benz S-Class will debut an enhancement to the vehicle's COMAND navigation and entertainment system called SPLITVIEW. Yes, you got it right, it's going to appear in …
Silicon replacing graphite: the key to long range electric cars using lithium ion batteries?
Hanyang University of Korea's Professor Cho Jae-Phil claims his research team have discovered a way to produce lithium ion batteries that have 8 times more battery life than existing lithium ion batteries! …
New Nissan Cube to debut new catalyst with low precious metal content
Between 30% to 50% of the world's platinum output is used in automobile catalytic converters, and automobile-based usage are set to become even higher of fuel cell cars become more popular in …
New Michelin Lunar Wheel based on the Tweel
According to Michelin, the new Tweel-based lunar wheel maintains flexibility and constant ground contact pressure even at very low temperatures to enable moon rovers to navigate loose soil and lunar craters with …
Nissan develops nuclear “X-ray” for engine oil flow
Nissan has partnered up with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) to develop a new neutron imaging system which can be used to precisely visualize oil flow in an engine operating at …
Hyundai R-Engine all-aluminium turbodiesel
Hyundai has just announced a new all-aluminium diesel engine family, the R-Engine family which comes in two displacements - 2.0 litre and 2.2 litre. These motors are key to Hyundai and Kia's …
BMW Konfigurator powered by Microsoft Surface lets you configure your BMW, CSI-style!
Basically you have a 30 inch touch screen display on a table which you are able to interact with to configure your BMW car.
ZF’s quick shifting 6-speed automatic thanks to “twin torsional dampers”
Twin clutch and single clutch automated manual transmissions are catching up in terms of smoothness of shifting but the torque converter is also making progress when it comes to shift speed and …
New Honda Motion Adaptive Electric Power Steering
Honda has added a new safety feature to its Vehicle Stability Assist system called Motion Adaptive Electric Power Steering (Motion Adaptive EPS).
Technologies in the new BMW 7-Series
BMW's Director of Functional Integration Dirk Hacker talks about the various technologies and driver aids in the new F01 BMW 7-Series such as the Integral Active Steering (rear wheel steering), Driving Dynamic …
BMW Highbeam Assist based on Gentex SmartBeam technology
How often do we use our high beams? Many of us barely use them, in fact whenever I turn on my high beams in areas where there is no oncoming traffic and …
Lotus Sound Synthesis technology can give electric cars the rumble of a V8
Lotus used a Toyota Prius as a demonstrator vehicle and applied its new Sound Synthesis system to it.
Nissan develops “ECO pedal” for fuel economy
Most manufacturers encourage fuel efficient driving behaviour by rewarding the driver with a little indicator whenever the driver is driving in a fuel efficient manner. Honda uses a little green ECO light, …
Audi’s new supercharged 3.0 V6 TFSI engine
Audi has unveiled official details on its upcoming new supercharged 3.0 V6 TFSI engine, that will likely make its first debut installed in the upcoming Audi S4 and as an engine variant …
Production Mazda Smart Idle Stop System in 2009
Mazda has announced the world's first idle-start-stop system that restarts the engine without the use of a special starter, and will put the system into one of its production cars in 2009. …
Antonov Dual-Speed Ancillaries
We previously saw Antonov advocating the use of a dual-speed supercharger which allowed boost to be delivered effectively over a wider range of engine speeds. Antonov seems to be taking this dual-speed …
