Dynamic design, immense power and new electronic features: Audi is presenting a fascinating technology concept car at the International CES 2014 from January 6 to 10 in Las Vegas, USA. The Audi Sport quattro laserlight concept is reminiscent of the classic Sport quattro of 1983 while pointing towards the future – with the latest of […]
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Today sees a first of it’s kind concept plug-in hybrid vehicle that features a solar panel roof to provide energy rather than the national grid reliance current vehicles offer. The Ford C-MAX Solar Energi Concept powers it’s electric drivetrain using concentrators on the solar panels allowing them to be more efficient and produce more power
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Questions such as, “What will happen to EV sales after tax incentives and grants run out” are beginning to be answered by the likes of Brammo electric motorbikes in the US. In America, the Federal Tax Incentives for two wheel electric vehicles were about to expire a year ago but were extended after a US
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Latest technological trends in the automotive industry are swaying more and more toward automation. Starting with automatic gearboxes, then automatic everything else, including climate control, seats, mirrors, boot closing mechanisms and so on – manufacturers seemingly find themselves running out of ideas to automate which means that now, the actual driving experience itself is the
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Toyota will debut their new fuel cell ‘test mule’, a car built for the purpose of researching fuel cell technologies, at the International CES 2014 in Las Vegas, 6th to 10th January. Having completed thousands of miles and rigorous testing on US roads, Toyota’s aim is to prove reliability in the technology and show it’s
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BMW are to showcase their ConnectedDrive and layout plans for what they call ‘highly’ automated driving, at the International CES 2014 in Las Vegas alongside the all electric BMW i3. BMW ConnectedDrive focuses on the link between the driver, vehicle and outside world through the use of an expanding range of assistance systems, as well as
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Hyundai will be showing off the world’s first mass produced Hydrogen fuel cell electric car at the International CES 2014 in a couple of weeks time. In simple terms, the hydrogen fuel cell technology is essentially like carrying around a clean and environmentally friendly (sort of) electricity generator with you on-board the vehicle. Electric cars
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Tesla has released a video following a Norwegian Model S owner, Arne Jakobsen, through his daily drive. Although a standard Model S, it is fitted with snow/ice tyres which have small metal spikes as can be clearly seen in the footage. For any people worried as to weather the door handles which pop out of
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In this video entitled “The streets sound different. e-mobility by Volkswagen.” Volkswagen have tried to add sound to a so-called silent vehicle by putting a vocalist and beatbox artist, Fatih Sahin, with a set of speakers and microphone to give a ‘conventional’ soundtrack to the electric e-up!. As is often stated by both marketing teams
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Chevrolet’s forthcoming 2014 Spark has been chosen as one of 39 Top Safety Picks by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in America. Being the only car in the Minicar segment, the Spark is the only vehicle in it’s class to have achieved this accolade. The IIHS is a U.S. based non-profit organization which
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