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  Porsche brake energy recuperation system now standard on V8-engined Panameras

  18 June 2010 / 4 comments

  Porsche has announced that the Panamera has been updated with a new brake energy recuperation system which now comes as standard on all V8-engined models. This when coupled with the optional 19-inch reduced roll resistance […]

   

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  Valeo introduces stop-start system that works while car is still in motion

  18 June 2010 / 12 comments

  The use of start-stop technology is now available with most new cars and is a prerequisite on eco-friendly models. These systems are occasionally called “micro hybrids” due to their minor fuel saving capabilities. Valeo, one […]

   

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  Magneti Marelli wants auto start/stop made standard

  20 May 2010 / 43 comments

  VIDEO: BMW EfficientDynamics Auto Start/Stop System More and more cars getting put onto our roads every year, and I’m not just talking about Kuala Lumpur where the jams while bad aren’t as insane as the […]

   

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  Connect your Blackberry to BMW iDrive – coming soon!

  4 May 2010 / 10 comments

  I knew this was definitely coming sooner or later – you will soon be able to read your Blackberry push emails on your BMW’s iDrive. This has nothing to do with Blackberry maker RIM buying […]

   

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  Virus to help split water into hydrogen for fuel cells?

  14 April 2010 / 43 comments

  This has to be the geekiest and coolest piece of news related to the alternative fuel industry that has come out in a while. A hydrogen fuel cell is one very clean way to generate […]

   

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  ZF Sachs develops carbon fiber suspension damper

  13 April 2010 / 38 comments

  Carbon fiber has been used in many exotic applications in cars but I’ve never seen a carbon fiber damper before! Unlike the Bose suspension system which is exotic in its own complicated way, ZF Sachs […]

   

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  Ford’s Noise Vision Technology for quieter Fords

  14 March 2010 / 17 comments

  I had the privilege of visiting Ford’s development centre in Dearborn, Michigan earlier this year during the Detroit Motor Show. Ford wanted to show us some of the technologies they used in their car development […]

   

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  How does the Proton EMAS hybrid system work?

  3 March 2010 / 226 comments

  Let’s have a look at the very heart of the Proton EMAS Concept cars – the Lotus Range Extender Engine. There has been a lot of concerns from readers about the range which has been […]

   

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  Prodrive set to be “India’s tech consultant”

  7 January 2010 / 10 comments

  British motorsport and technology specialist, Prodrive, has established a partnership with India’s Opti Engineering to help bring its engineering skills and technologies to the subcontinent. Prodrive, which also has operations in China and Australia, will […]

   

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  Santa retires his reindeers this Christmas with the Vauxhall slEigh-REV – ho ho ho!

  17 December 2009 / 6 comments

  Stressed at work? Here’s some news to cheer you up. According to GM’s UK outpost Vauxhall, Santa Claus has been in contact with them to request “swift and ultra-clean transport” for his annual blast around […]

   

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  CPT’s RegEnBoost system – how it works?

  10 December 2009 / 13 comments

  Remember CPT’s VTES electric supercharger? It was installed onto a 1.2 litre turbo engine to complement the turbo and results were pretty impressive. The VTES has been positioned as a motor assist system similar to […]

   

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  Lotus Omnivore 2-stroke HCCI engine – details

  10 December 2009 / 19 comments

  Click for enlarged image You remember the Lotus Omnivore project don’t you? We first heard word of this project back in August 2008 and Lotus exhibited a concept engine at the Geneva show earlier this […]

   

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  BMW working on vehicle heat management to help reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions

  21 October 2009 / 13 comments

  BMW is currently working on new technologies to better manage heat released from its vehicles. By improving heat management, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions can be reduced. Even a very fuel efficient engine can only […]

   

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  Xtrac: F1 R&D does pay off in road cars

  14 October 2009 / 24 comments

  Alot are of the opinion that F1 technology rarely makes it into road cars because of the completely different way of doing things when it comes to racecars, but with F1’s budget cuts forcing components […]

   

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  CPT’s VTES electric supercharger shows impressive results in a Volkswagen Passat!

  23 September 2009 / 22 comments

  For the longest time we’ve known the most common method of forced induction to be either supercharging or turbocharging. Supercharging uses a compressor that’s powered by the engine crank while a turbocharger uses the kinetic […]

   

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