The most ardent fuel freaks among us presumably know that they don’t have to buy wallet-hijacking plane tickets in order to visit the Lamborghini Museum (Italy) and the Honda Collection Hall (Japan). After all, good ol’ Google Maps offers virtual tours of them – 24/7, free and perfectly accessible from […]
Opel Astra Google Street View car crashed in Serbia
Regrettably, our newspapers are all too often littered with sorrowful reports of car collisions. Maybe that is why an article about a crashed Opel Astra in Serbia does not seem striking enough for you at first. This reader’s apathy, however, will doubtlessly change when the very same Opel Astra turns […]
Google unveils autonomous vehicle, no steering wheel or pedals
It was always an inevitable breakthrough. Google has revealed its first fully autonomous vehicle with no steering wheel and no pedals. You just jump in and it takes you where you need to go. Google has been experimenting with the technology for years and has even sent a Toyota Prius […]
Top Gear track now on Google Street View (video)
Google has enlisted the help of Top Gear to create its Street View images of the famous Top Gear circuit at Dunsfold Aerodrome in the UK. Using a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series, The Stig guided the Google Opel Astra around the makeshift circuit, albeit with plenty of tyre smoke […]
Audi and Google set to announce partnership – report
The boffins at Audi and Google are expected to announce a partnership deal at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show at Las Vegas next week. The partnership could see the German carmaker develop new infotainment systems for its vehicles using Google’s Android technology. Much like Apple’s collaboration with BMW, General Motors […]