Posted in Auto News on Mar 26th, 2010
General Motors has announced three Electric Networked-Vehicle (EN-V) concepts that showcase the car maker’s notion for what an urban mobility vehicle of the future might look like.
Developed in conjunction with GM’s partner in China, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp., the EN-V concept vehicles riff on a recent project that was developed with help from Segway.
Each of [...]
Posted in Auto News on Mar 22nd, 2010
The High Museum of Art in Atlanta is hosting an exhibition that celebrates automotive design. The Allure of the Automobile, which runs through June 20, includes 18 vehicles that were designed from the early 1930s through the early 1960s.
All of the vehicles — including a 1933 Pierce Silver Arrow; a 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C2900B Touring [...]
Posted in Auto News on Mar 19th, 2010
General Motors is working with researchers from several universities to develop a windshield system that will integrate night vision, navigation and on-board cameras to improve motorists’ ability to see, and hopefully avoid, problems while driving — particularly during foggy conditions.
The windshield is coated with transparent phosphors that emit light when excited by a compact laser, [...]
Posted in Auto News on Mar 16th, 2010
Forget about the actors — or stunt men — who drove them. Steve McQueen withstanding, it’s often the car that steals the show. The Batmobile, The Green Hornet’s Black Beauty, Christine…heck, even Chitty Chitty Bang Bang…they all had star — and staying — power.
Wired recently managed to track down a few famous automobiles — and [...]
Posted in Auto News on Mar 12th, 2010
The Car-puccino — a 1988 Volkswagen Scirocco that has been modified to run on gassified coffee grounds — will be driven from London to Manchester for the BBC show Bang Goes The Theory.
The Car-puccino uses a kilo of grounds to go just three miles. Not great mileage, but there’s no shortage of Starbucks — and [...]
Posted in Auto News on Mar 9th, 2010
Volkswagen’s new hybrid Touareg’s cool feature is that it can shut down its V-6 engine while going as fast as 99 mph. VW spokespeople call this “sailing”
Shutting the engine down like this increases the engine-off operation of the Touareg into a range other hybrids have yet to achieve.
Take your foot off the gas pedal while [...]