Apple Targets Electric-Car Shipping Date for 2019

18. October 2015 · Write a comment · Categories: New Technology, Transportation, Travel · Tags: , , , ,

CarPlay_iOS_in_carApple Inc is accelerating its efforts to build an electric car. The iPhone maker has designated building an Apple-branded car as a “committed project” and has set a target shipping date for 2019.

After the success of the in-car system called CarPlay, Apple now reportedly has ambitions to build and sell its own electric automobile.

People familiar with the matter claim that the electric car project code-named Titan currently has 600 people working on the prototype. It was also alleged that the leaders of the project have been given the go ahead to triple the size of their team to 1,800 people. More »

BMW Chief Harald Krueger Collapses at Frankfurt Auto Show

16. September 2015 · Write a comment · Categories: New Technology · Tags: , , ,

800px-Frankfurt_BMW_i8_at_the_Motor_Show_2011_(6143060125)Shortly after taking to the stage, BMW chief executive Harald Krueger collapsed during a press conference at the Frankfurt Auto show yesterday. The incident happened while he was standing beside the company’s hybrid electric i8 supercar and commenting on BMW’s latest models. Two staff members rushed to help him. It was the first appearance at a major auto show by Mr Krueger, 49. The new CEO took the top job at the German luxury carmaker in May.
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Tesla Unveils Its ‘Snakebot’ Automatic Car Charger

16. August 2015 · Write a comment · Categories: New Technology, Transportation, Travel · Tags: , , , , ,

799px-Tesla_Model_S_Indoors_trimmedYou have forgotten to plug in your Tesla after a long day of driving and the next morning you wake up to find out your battery is low or completely depleted. What about a robot which plugs itself in without any human assistance? You only have to stick the car in the garage and let the robot charger do the rest.

The California-based electric carmaker Tesla Motors has recently More »

Hackers Take Control of a Tesla Model S

09. August 2015 · Write a comment · Categories: New Technology, Transportation, Travel · Tags: , , , ,

800px-Tesla_Model_S_(108)Six severe software flaws have been discovered within Tesla Model S cars by cyber security researchers. That could allow malicious hackers to take control of the vehicle and put the driver at risk.

Kevin Mahaffey, chief technology officer of Lookout, and Marc Rogers, principal security researcher at Cloudflare, proved that Tesla Model S can be hacked, although the company has a better reputation for understanding of security software than most automakers. More »

More Drivers Are Trading in Electric Cars for SUVs

24. May 2015 · Write a comment · Categories: Transportation · Tags: , ,

800px-Petrol_pump_mp3h0355In recent years, electric car manufacturers have been touted by celebrities and politicians as a way to help the environment and save money on gasoline. Generous tax credits were handed out to encourage people to buy alternative fuel vehicles.

A report from the auto-research group Edmund.com says that the number of car owners, trading in their high-efficiency vehicles for traditional petrol cars, have significantly increased in the first three month of 2015. Edmund claims that 22 percent of drivers that have traded in their hybrids and EVs in 2015, bought a new SUV. More »

Is Chevrolet-FNR the Self-Driving Car of the Future?

03. May 2015 · Write a comment · Categories: Transportation, Travel · Tags: , , , , ,

Logo_ChevroletGeneral Motors has taken the wraps off its new Chevrolet-FNR at the Shanghai GM Gala Night during the celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the brand in China.

The Chevrolet’s latest innovation is an autonomous electrical concept developed and designed in Shanghai by the company’s Pan Asia Technical Automotive Centre (PATAC) joint venture. More »

Hundreds of employees working on Apple’s ‘top-secret’ project

15. February 2015 · Write a comment · Categories: Transportation · Tags: , , , ,

800px-Apple_StoreApple has hundreds of employees secretly working on an all-electric automobile project, codenamed ‘Titan’, according to a report released Friday from the Wall Street Journal. The vehicle which is being created is said to resemble a minivan, the Journal is citing people familiar with the company’s plans. The Financial Times reported hours earlier that according to its unnamed sources a ‘top-secret’ research lab was put together in 2014. More »

The world premiere of the F015 Luxury in Motion

08. January 2015 · Write a comment · Categories: Transportation · Tags: , , , ,

800px-Las_Vegas_Convention_Center_entrance,_CES2013The Mercedes F015 Luxury in Motion, a revolutionary concept of autonomous vehicles, made its debut on Monday night and became the star of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. With the luxury sedan F015, the leading German auto manufacturer shows how luxury self-driving cars might look and feel after 2030, only 15 years in the future. More »

Quant e-Sportlimousine – the supercar that runs on simple salt water

21. December 2014 · Write a comment · Categories: Transportation · Tags: , ,

800px-Water_drop_001What about a gull-winged luxury car with the performance of the fastest modern supercar and all that running on salt water? The Quant e-Sportlimousine is approved for real-world testing on public roads by Germany’s highway safety administration, TÜV (Technischer Überwachungsverein). More »

Invisible charge of electrical vehicles

29. June 2014 · Write a comment · Categories: Transportation, Travel · Tags: ,

800px-Electric_Vehicle_Charging_StationCharging your electrical car is a process taking a lot of time and effort. You have to find a charging station, connect up the cable and wait for some hours. It is inconvenient and often annoying; it takes a lot of time and cables can get lost or damaged.

Imagine an electric vehicle that charges its batteries while driving on the road. It is no longer science fiction. Scientists at Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea have already constructed a road that wirelessly charges moving vehicles. More »

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