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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 …
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! …
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 …
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 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 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 …
Basically you have a 30 inch touch screen display on a table which you are able to interact with to configure your BMW car.
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 …
Honda has added a new safety feature to its Vehicle Stability Assist system called Motion Adaptive Electric Power Steering (Motion Adaptive EPS).
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 …
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 used a Toyota Prius as a demonstrator vehicle and applied its new Sound Synthesis system to it.
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 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 …
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. …
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 …
Volkswagen is partnering up with Sanyo to jointly develop high-performance energy storage systems, or in laymen speak batteries that can store LOTS of juice. According to Vee-Dub, Sanyo is currently the world's …
Click to enlarge Ricardo Engineering Consultants (the company that designed and produced the Bugatti Veyron's DSG gearbox and designed the JCB Dieselmax's engine) has produced a prototype 2.0 litre V6 engine called …
BMW has conquered the 2008 International Engine Of The Year awards again, with the N54 Bi-Turbo in the BMW 335i and the BMW 135i taking home the overall award and the 2.5 …
UK-based Antonov Automotive Technologies is advocating the use of a dual-speed supercharger (which they are already producing and continuously improving) for the current trend of downsizing displacement and force inducting engines in …
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