(via AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Two of my favorite car companies have partnered together, Ford and Toyota, to work on my favorite drive topology, rear-wheel drive, with everyone's favorite engine system, the hybrid. ● The partnership sets the t...
Auto -inflating tires are given in science fiction futures, if the vehicles have wheels that is. Look at the film Demolition Man, which features Wesley Snipe's character using voice commands to auto-inflate a tire. It seems like a simple idea, only n...
Why does every electric car that boasts a world record range on a single charge always looks like it is from an ugly Buck Rogers future? Buck Rogers Rocket Ship (left) Bluebird EV capable of 500 mph (Right) Schluckspecht E (le...
(Image via Technische Universitaet Muenchen) I did not know how to turn off the change oil light in my car, it was not in the manual. What did I do? I checked youtube for the answer. Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TU) and Audi are about to br...
by Rainer Makowitz RADAR has been quickly adopted as the foundation of the new Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) that are being introduced by vehicle manufacturers around the globe. The RADAR technology has several benefits ov...
Dashboard displays, or instrument panels have not always existed, were taken a little bit longer in being part of vehicle. If you needed to know how much gas was left in an early car, you put a stick in your gas tank, and if you wanted to know ...
Question: What does your everyday Ford Focus, Nissan Altera, VW Passat and virtually every other mass produced vehicle on the road have that a NASCAR race car doesn’t? Answer: Electronic fuel injection. That’s right, NASCAR still uses carburetors...
HEV Solutions Guide is intended to help you explore TI's IC solutions as the various sectors become increasingly electrified on a path toward energy efficiency and sustainability. Guide includes: System block diagrams, followed by details about key d...
by Cherif AssadI saw an exciting demonstration last week of an off-the-shelf electric car concept by Switzerland-based Michelin Research & Technic (MRT) at the Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) in San Antonio, Texas. Called the Michelin Active Whe...
by Mike Garrard At its heart is our 4 cylinder cost-effective port injection gasoline engine reference design. It has generated significant interest. In fact, the dozen boards I ordered were allocated before they were even built! The inquiries a...
www.youtube.com/watch Self taught, Terry Hope has made his own solar power generating electric bicycle. Hope fitted the stock Specialized FRS 18 speed bike with a front grill and windshield for mounting eighteen 6"x6" mono crystalline sollar cel...
26 November 2003 was the last flight for the commercial Concorde supersonic airliner. Global dreams of traveling 3 times faster than anything else were seemingly dashed forever. That was until the 2011 Paris Air Show. Two supersonic jet concept...
by Mike Garrard Without doubt, electric vehicles have sex appeal. Not in the same way that a five litre 480hp V8 Mustang at full throttle does. The benefit is more cerebral. They are the future, quiet and clean. Driving one comes with a fe...
Kinergy Flywheel A weighted 9" disc spins at 60,000 rpm, who's surface is traveling twice the speed of sound, may just power hybrid vehicles in the near future. British company Ricardo has designed a flywheel energy storage system to use i...
www.youtube.com/watch Inside a non-transparent box that is moving, one may feel secure. Ignorance is bliss. But placed in a clear box that is moving, impending doom could be seen. Airbus wants to make a clear box airplane for the future. Much li...
Here is a perfect example of, "I can not believe this has not been done already." Aalto University in Finland is testing the use of hybrid technology in non-road, mobile industrial machinery. Think Prius versions of cranes, bulldoze...
The charge anxiety of an Electric Vehicle (EV) has deterred many from purchase. With few places to recharge, the possibility of being stranded is high. Nissan and the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) announced a roadside recharging service for all E...
www.youtube.com/watch The Japanese Ministry of Self-Defense went to the geek capitol of Akihabara, a section of Tokyo, to source parts for this "reconnaissance drone." In its current form, it can travel 40 mph for up to 8 minutes. Since the dron...
by Jim Bridgwater Last week I attended the ITU’s Fully Connected Car Workshop which takes place within the environs of the Geneva Auto Show. It was an excellent opportunity to check out all the new cars on display, but also to see what is happen...
by Cherif Assad The debate for performance has always been a passionate one in the engineering community. In the semiconductor industry, nearly every competitor claims to have the most innovate architecture that offers the highest performance.&n...
Increasing government regulations have created new design challenges for the small engine market. New standards in pollution control have pushed the limits of the mechanical carburetor of motorbikes, lawn mowers and utility engines....
by Axel Streicher On Tuesday, March 1, the “embedded world 2011” exhibition and conference in Nuremberg, Germany, opened its gates. Within a few hours, the embedded AWARD jury announced to the public and the press that the MPC5646, the newest me...
by Marc Osajda Powered two wheelers account for only one percent of European traffic, but represent 16 percent of the road fatalities, according to a study led by the European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers. The risk of being killed in ...
by Mike StanleyExpanding on the topic of “active safety,” Freescale recently announced advanced Xtrinsic sensors for use in Electronic Stability Control (ESC). ESC works by comparing vehicle responses to user control inputs. If the two are inconsiste...
