All the stories tagged with automobile
Back-Up Cameras Required on All New 2014 Cars in U.S.
12/03/2010, The U.S. government is passing a mandate that all vehicles in 2014 must come equipped with a rear-view camera, otherwise known as a back-up camera. The camera, which would be mounted near the rear license plate, would display video of [...]
Demand for Cars with WiFi to Increase 40 Times by 2017
11/29/2010, iSuppli is forecasting that demand for cars with built-in WiFi will increase to 7.2 million vehicles in 2017, a 40-time increase from today’s 174,000 connected cars. Though integrated WiFi may provide a more limited role in getting road warriors mobile [...]
Texting and Driving Not Much More Dangerous Than Other Bad Driving Behaviours
09/22/2010, According to Insurance Institute for Highway Safety head Adrian Lund, texting and driving isn’t any more dangerous than other bad driving behaviours and that our attention to the issue may be a real distraction from the serious issues of highway [...]
Lightweight Edison2 Concept Car Achieves 100+ MPG
09/16/2010, At the X-Prize competition, the team that designed the Edison2 concept car was able to get their lightweight automobile with innovative design and construction and not with simple green technology like an electric engine. However, despite using an old-fashion internal [...]
Japanese Drivers May Soon Get to Keep Their High Beams On
08/31/2010, Through the use of a newly developed headlight technology called BeamAtic Premium, made by Valeo SA of France, Japanese drivers may soon be able to keep their high beams on without worrying about blinding drivers of oncoming traffic. BeamAtic works [...]
Ford Curve Control safety feature set to debut later this year
06/28/2010, Ford’s Curve Control ups the ante when it comes to vehicle safety, where it will debut later this year on the new unibody 2011 Ford Explorer. This is made possible through the clever use of the Roll Stability Control and [...]
