Technology/Autonomous Vehicles

Audi has just unveiled a new technical assistance tool for its mechanics that could shorten repair times and help the manufacturer see if they have made any recurring errors. One of the biggest time-wasters for mechanics is unexpected problems. Even with very thorough training, they sometimes face problems they can’t …

Ford is currently on a roll with their new technologies, and they all have one objective in common: fuel economy, whether it is with the use of a smaller turbocharged drivetrain, like the EcoBoost engines, or by finding ways to diminish the vehicle's total weight, like they did with the …

The aluminium producer Alcoa, in partnership with Phinergy, just unveiled their latest battery pack for electric cars. It is made of aluminium and uses air, and could hold more energy than current lithium batteries. How much more? According to Alcoa, their electric vehicle now has more than 1600 km of …

Google has been working on a driverless vehicle for quite a while now. After fine-tuning its Street View program, the Californian tech giant is now looking into building a vehicle that could drive on the roads while eliminating the main cause of accidents in cars today: the driver! A few …

The mayors of Quebec and Levis have launched, in collaboration with CAA-Quebec, a new smartphone app named Mon Trajet. Offered free of charge for iPod and Android devices, the app will collect data on your daily commute. It uses the GPS in your device to calculate your average speed, the …

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 …