Technology/Autonomous Vehicles

The autonomous car concept is not a new idea. From the invention of the car (and even further back, if you include the horse-drawn carriage), wealthy owners have hired chauffeurs to drive their cars, so they could use their time for working or sleeping, instead of operating a vehicle. Today, …

The Lexus LFA was not built as a viable business plan. Even though they sold them for almost $400,000, Toyota was losing money on every car that left the factory. Production stopped in 2012, with exactly 500 cars built. For Toyota tough, the LFA venture does not stop here. They …

The citizens of Tokyo are used to unusual things. This spring however, a new type of vehicle will probably make them do a double take when they see it silently glide past them: The Toyota i-Road, a fully-electric personal transporter. The small 3-wheeler represents a good compromise between a motorcycle …

Have you ever had the annoyance of a tall passenger sitting right in the sight-line of your rearview mirror? How about a sports car that had almost no rear visibility? Nissan thinks it has a solution to this and it’s called the Smart rearview mirror. At the touch of a …

A visit to one’s favorite manufacturer's museum is almost a religious experience. You can admire the models of the past, learn more about the thought process behind small details, and sometimes even see a pristine example of your particular car! It is sometimes very hard to go there in the …

It's no secret that Ford knows the many shortcomings of its SYNC system, which is currently managed by the Windows operating system from Microsoft. It has caused the American manufacturer to look elsewhere to source software for the next release of the SYNC multimedia system. We have just learned that …

An inventor from Quebec, Yvon Martel, just released a video of his MTT-136, an electric-powered, track-propelled hauler. His invention is a simple, but brilliant concept: a set of electric motors, different layouts of batteries (giving anything between 45 and 210 km of range), an aluminum chassis and a 136cm track, …

GM says it will pay particular attention to high-speed wireless technology this year as it intends to incorporate fourth generation LTE into some 2015 vehicles, according to GM North America president Alan Batey. Generally new model-year vehicles begin to arrive in the summer months and their systems will bear a …

The 2014 Cadillac ELR was awarded the Green Car of the Year at the Washington Auto Show. The well-deserved award for innovation provided by its on-demand charging system was given by the Green Car Journal. It’s an advanced technology that allows the driver to use the paddle shifters to temporarily …

On November 6, 2013, General Motors launched an online tool to buy vehicles. To date, GM says made over 1800 sales through the system. The tool, called “shop-click-drive” allows potential buyers to get all the info require to purchase their next vehicle, estimate the pricing, choose financing terms and even …