The New Model-T

If you haven’t heard about India’s Tata Motor Company, then I’ll give you the skinny:  they are  releasing  a 100,000 rupee car – that’s US$2500, brand spanking new. Unveiled last night, the Tata NANO, will bring motoring within the reach of millions when it is launched in India later in 2008. It doesn’t have any [...]

Air-Powered Hybrid

Want to fill your car’s tank for three dollars? Want to emit zero emissions? This car which runs on compressed air can do all that.
Ten years ago a French Formula One expert came up with this idea of using compressed air released through the pistons in the engine, and that powering the wheels. He claims [...]

sQuba

Watch this scuba diving car to be unveiled at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show. It is an electric motor-powered, amphibious, zero-emission vehicle that can dive up to 33 feet (10 meters) with two propellers in the back and two jet drives in the front.
Driver and passenger continue to breathe oxygen in a self-contained on-board system [...]

562 pieces of a car

Here’s 562 reasons why you should ride a bike. This is a pretty cool picture for all you robo-geeks out there.

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Finger Controls In Car

Hitachi has developed a steering wheel with a tiny device that reads the driver’s finger veins. This lets the driver use his/her fingers as switches for the engine, car stereo, and navigation system.

"If I place my index finger on this reader, it recognises it’s me. If I put the finger again, it starts the engine," [...]

Solar-Powered Donkey Cart

I thought a donkey cart was, well…. donkey-powered, but Wheel and Water has other ideas. These solar powered Human and Animal Powered Vehicles, or HAPPYs, that are based around a solar panel and a 12-volt battery, a power supply robust enough to power a cell antenna, water filtration system, emergency lights, and a small neon [...]

Nokia Renault

Slapping a Nokia brand on a car makes it what - a cellphone with wheels?
Renault has teamed up with Nokia on this new Twingo Nokia special edition. Basically it just offers music connectivity options through an audio connection box in the glove compartment that accepts USB, a 3.5 mm cable and a DIN connector for [...]

Aptera

At first I thought this "car" was the concept of some billionaire Jetsons fan gone nutty. Then, I heard it didn’t fly, despite it’s appearance (strike two), then I heard it was going into production and it would be available to the public for about $26-29K.
Here’s the kicker though…300 miles per gallon. No joke. (home [...]

Cybercar

This "driverless vehicle" is called a CyberCar (kind of a misnomer in my opinion), but here it is - a car that takes you places but no driver.
It was recently demonstrated in a Northamptonshire town and uses lasers to avoid obstacles. It is described as designed for "short trips at low speeds in an urban [...]

UK Cracks Down on Electronics Useage in Cars

If you’re driving in the UK, turn that cell phone off! Not just that - now UK Drivers caught texting or operating MP3 players and even GPS systems could face a new maximum of two years in prison.

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