Archive for 'Automotive'
Burger King to test energy producing speed bumps
Check out this report from Fox News about one company who has been developing this technology! The video was filmed at a Burger King in New Jersey that is testing out the device. The basics of it are pretty simple. It takes kinetic energy from the car and produces electricity. It is best implemented in [...]
Full StoryCash for Clunkers ends Monday at 8PM
Are you holding off on trading your old clunker for a brand new ride? Well you better hurry up because the Cash for Clunkers programs ends next Monday (August 24th) at 8PM. The U.S. Transportation Secretary announced the date today, the program started back on July 24th and has had 457,476 worth of sales, or [...]
Full StoryShelby Daytona Coupe sells for a record $7.25 million
It is usually the rare and exotic Euro’s that get all the attention and big bucks at auctions, but put a Shelby on the auction block and people will take notice. Recently a Shelby Daytona Coupe just went for $7.25 million, a new record for an American car sold at an auction. The Daytona is [...]
Full StoryLamborghini hybrid coming in 2015
Everyone is making hybrid cars these days, from Toyota to Ford. But an exotic sports car hybrid? Ferrari is said to be releasing a hybrid, so not to be outdone, Lamborghini also confirmed that they will be releasing a hybrid as well. The electric-gas Bull should be here around 2015, the same year as the [...]
Full StoryChevy to release 2010 Transformers Camaro
Whenever I see a new Chevy Camaro in yellow on the road I think of Bumblebee from Transformers, I then start to laugh at how some nerd would love to have a yellow 2010 Camaro and make it into a Bumblebee look-a-like. Well Chevy has already done that, at Comic-Con ‘09 General Motors announced their [...]
Full StoryCastrol’s motorcycle test robot
Remember those motorcycle terminators that were in Terminator Salvation? Looks like Castrol just invented them, ok well not yet anyways. Named “Flossie,” the robot is actually a test rider for motorcycles. It was created by the people at Cyberdyne Systems Castrol as a way to test their synthetic oils in various conditions that would be [...]
Full Story2010 Honda Fit Hybrid
It seems like every auto-maker is coming out with a hybrid after the huge success of the Toyota Prius. Honda has had their hybrid Civic on the market for sometime now and has had some success with it as well, but the real star of the high gas prices and dire economic situation of 2008-09 [...]
Full StoryTesla Roadster for $128,500
Not happy with your basic standard Testa, well Tesla Motors have heard you and they now present the roadster Tesla with a 15% increase in overall performance. Yes it comes with new Yokohama performance tires and hand-wound stator and increased winding density for lower resistance and higher peak torque! This beautiful piece of machinery will [...]
Full StoryMINI magazine ad shows off new cabrio in 3D
Webcam augmented reality is nothing new, others have been using it for quite some time. Like in the Sony PS3’s Eye of Judgment, but this is the first time we’ve seen it in a magazine ad. MINI is using this technology for their new MINI Cabrio ad making this new realtime 3D rendering pretty useful. [...]
Full StoryMercedes S-Class gets splitview monitor
Navigation systems have become factory options from almost every manufacturer these days, and some owners mod them to watch movies or play video games. But Mercedes-Benz and Bosch have teamed up to offer a splitview navigation monitor for the Mercedes S-class. It will feature an eight inch screen that will display two images on the [...]
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