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  2011 F1 In Schools World Finals underway in Malaysia

  19 September 2011 / 1 comment

  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 in this year’s […]

   

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  Frankfurt: Getrag two-speed DCT gearbox for EV/hybrids

  15 September 2011 / 0 comments

  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 a new actuator […]

   

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  Frankfurt: Ford debuts the 1.0 litre 3-cylinder EcoBoost

  15 September 2011 / 37 comments

  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 B-MAX will be […]

   

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  Frankfurt: Land Rover reveals the DC100 and DC100 Sport Defender concepts

  14 September 2011 / 8 comments

  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 the motor event […]

   

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  Bumper to bumper – Mazda recycles old to make new

  25 August 2011 / 11 comments

  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 rear bumpers for […]

   

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  gogopal Q5.0 GPS navigator – a lot of kit for the price

  11 August 2011 / 0 comments

  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 a very nicely […]

   

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  Toyota reveals tech for future vehicle safety systems

  4 August 2011 / 27 comments

  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 its vehicles. Aimed […]

   

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  Ford 1.0 litre EcoBoost three-cylinder to be introduced in 105 PS and 120 PS output forms

  1 July 2011 / 26 comments

  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 for numbers and […]

   

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  Japan setting out to get its own GPS off the ground

  21 June 2011 / 1 comment

  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 turn satellite-based technologies […]

   

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  ZF 9HP 9-speed auto transmission – details announced

  13 June 2011 / 49 comments

  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 in a production […]

   

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  Oh deer, watch out! – Volvo developing system to avoid collision with wild animals

  10 June 2011 / 16 comments

  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 road. With thousands […]

   

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  Ford seeking globally harmonised communications standards for advanced wireless systems

  10 June 2011 / 3 comments

  Ford is working with automakers and safety leaders globally on a standardised platform for advanced wireless systems that can allow vehicles to “talk” to each other – based on a common communication standard – to […]

   

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  In the future, cars to be a power source for the home?

  8 June 2011 / 20 comments

  Over in Japan, automakers are looking at turning electric and hybrid vehicles into external power sources for the home, aiming to turn them into a type of rolling battery, the Nikkei reports. The push has […]

   

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  Volvo Flywheel KERS system – significant performance gains, with up to 20% less fuel consumption

  1 June 2011 / 14 comments

  Click to enlarge Volvo is set to test a new system called Flywheel KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System), which it claims will make a four-cylinder engine feel like a six-cylinder and at the same time […]

   

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  Ford develops heart rate monitoring car seat

  26 May 2011 / 5 comments

  Ford has come up with a prototype vehicle seat that can monitor a driver’s heart activity, a device that could one day reduce the number of accidents and fatalities that occur as a result of […]

   

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