Honda, keen to remind the world of Japanese innovation, has given the world a peek into the next stage of its development in autonomous driving technology. It used former navy weapons station GoMentum Station, in Concord, California, to showcase its latest efforts. The secretive 2100-acre site, complete with 32km of […]
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Apple patents smart phone key technology, ready for Apple car?
While Apple is yet to officially confirm it is developing a car, a recent patent approval is yet another sign it intends to produce an automobile. The Palo Alto tech giant filed for a patent in February last year, receiving approval only days ago on May 24, 2016. The patent […]
Google unveils next-gen ‘Android N’, focuses on automotive application
Google wants to conquer all with its updated Android operating system, working hard on persuading car manufacturers to adopt it for new vehicles. Unveiled yesterday at the Google I/O developer conference, Android N is billed as a much more accessible OS, working with in-car features more conveniently than its predecessor. […]
Honda developing variable cylinder displacement engine
Honda, always keen to throw down the gauntlet for advancements in technology and innovation, has received patenting approval for a radical new engine design. The new design, originally submitted in 2014, patents a variable displacement technology that uses a different stroke, but the same bore, or in other words; an […]
Apple hires ex-Tesla engineer to work on ‘Titan’ project
Forward-looking clean-energy magazine Electrek reports that one of Tesla’s most senior engineers has been poached for the upcoming Apple car project, codenamed Titan. Continuing a trend of Tesla personnel migrating to Apple, which is what has driven most of the speculation the Cupertino company is developing a car, the magazine […]
Researchers come up with interesting no-traffic-light intersection (video)
It’s difficult to imagine but geeks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Swiss Institute of Technology, and the Italian Research Council have come up with a potential traffic solution that completely removes traffic lights. Using autonomous vehicle technology as the foundations, the boffins have created a scenario, or more accurately, […]
Audi announces next-gen “quattro ultra” technology (video)
Audi has detailed its next-generation quattro all-wheel drive system; quattro ultra. It promises to be five percent more efficient and offer better driving dynamics. The new system will make its debut under the A4 Allroad mid-year. The highlight of the new system is the ability to decouple the propshaft sending […]
Apple & Google Car projects more advanced than expected: Daimler CEO
News from Reuters suggests Apple and Google’s autonomous vehicle projects might be further advanced than previously thought. The tip came from Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche, after a recent trip to silicon Valley. Zetsche was on record saying to Welt am Sonntag of Germany: “Our impression was that these companies can […]