Items tagged with car

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Ford Brings Wi-Fi to the Highway Monday, December 28th, 2009 - 18:01:43 - Ehud Rattner Ford is making its cars into mobile Wi-Fi hot spots. The next generation of the Sync in-car entertainment and information system will use a USB... read more

Ford Sees Bump in Hybrid Sales Sunday, December 27th, 2009 - 15:59:31 - Ehud Rattner Ford Motor's hybrid sales are up 67 percent this year, despite an overall industry slump of 11 percent, the company reported. The carmaker sold... read more

Super-Efficient BMW Concepts Are Simple Saturday, October 10th, 2009 - 09:02:24 - Anuradha Menon BMW, the company that brought you Gina, that wild shape-shifting concept car made of cloth, went even further off the deep end with a pair of wacky... read more

Robot Fish Could Prevent Crashes Sunday, October 4th, 2009 - 14:02:26 - Ehud Rattner Robots that mimic the behaviour of fish have been developed by Japanese car firm Nissan, who believe the technique can be used in crash avoidance... read more

Longer-Running Electric-Car Batteries Saturday, September 26th, 2009 - 18:11:17 - Anuradha Menon In an advance that could help electric vehicles run longer between charges, researchers have shown that silicon nanotube electrodes can store 10... read more

Monkey's Brain Can 'Plug and Play' Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 - 16:07:30 - Anuradha Menon Our brains have a remarkable ability to assimilate motor skills that allow us to perform a host of tasks almost automatically—driving a car, riding a... read more

Mitsubishi Evo FQ-400 Unveiled Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 - 12:03:37 - Anuradha Menon Mitsubishi has unveiled the most powerful Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X to date, the FQ-400. The car now has 403bhp and 387lb ft of torque, and will... read more

Electric Cars Not As Green As Thought Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 - 16:29:54 - Anuradha Menon The environmental benefits of electric cars are being questioned in Germany by a surprising actor: the green movement. But those risks don't apply in... read more

Spam is Bad for the Environment Thursday, April 16th, 2009 - 10:21:53 - Anuradha Menon Here's another reason to despise spam e-mail: It's bad for the environment. According to a study released Wednesday by McAfee Inc., the amount of... read more

Wind-Powered Car Breaks Record Sunday, March 29th, 2009 - 10:21:39 - Sarah Gingichashvili A British engineer from Hampshire has broken the world land speed record for a wind-powered vehicle. Richard Jenkins reached 126.1mph (202.9km/h) in... read more

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