Car News recent articles in category Future Technologies
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Mazda claim new technology will make petrol cars more greener than electric
Car manufacturer, Mazda has said they will have 'super-green' models on the road by 2019. They claim that the new petrol engines will be 'greener' than electric and if anyone is still doubtful, they say you will get a chance to see for yourself by 2019. They claim their new-tech petrol engines will produce lower emissions than electric drive-trains when...
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Back to the Future. The new DeLorean flying car
The most famous Irish sports car of the 80’s, the iconic DeLorean from Back to the Future, may see a comeback but this time for real. Well at least without the time travel anyway. As most of us know the original DeLorean car was turned into a time machine by ‘Doc’ Emmett Brown but the nephew of John DeLorean,...
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Researchers say they can trick self-driving cars into misidentifying road signs
Researchers from the University of Washington have identified a very simple way to trick self-driving cars into misidentifying road signs. They have found that by strategically placing stickers on different road signs, they can effectively fool the image-processing software in autonomous cars. In one dangerous experimental incident, stickers attached to a stop sign caused the onboard sensors to misidentify it...
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Irish company, Cubic Telecom raises $40m to advance driverless cars technology
Irish global connectivity platform provider, Cubic Telecom has raised $40m to advance driverless cars technology. The new funding will allow the mobile tech company to expand its value to $200m Cubic Telecom was started in Dublin five years ago. The chief executive, Barry Napier, said that the company is developing network and software systems that can allow cars to communicate...
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Driverless cars just around the corner in Ireland
Driverless cars just around the corner in Ireland Automated driving is just around the corner, but are Irish roads ready for it? All the world's major manufacturers are leapfrogging each other with technology that will eventually lead to autonomous driving. Motor industry chiefs worldwide are urging governments to encourage partial and eventually full automatic vehicles with suitable infrastructure. Many are...
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Car manufacturers vision of a gradual transition to self-driving cars may have a big problem
On May 7, 2016, Joshua Brown lost his life after his semi autonomous electric Tesla vehicle crashed into a truck. Joshua Brown had engaged Tesla’s Autopilot feature but tragically, the on-board software didn’t detect the white side of the trailer against the daytime sky. The car slammed into the truck at full speed, 74 miles per hour, shearing off the...
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Microsoft teams up with BMW to put Skype communication in cars
Microsoft teams up with BMW to put Skype communication in cars Microsoft is expanding its partnership with the giant German car manufacturer, BMW to enable Skype for Business in cars that use BMW’s iDrive system. BMW was also one of the first car manufacturers to integrate Microsoft Office 365 services in their cars. This latest feature communications feature in BMW...
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UK to ban diesel and petrol cars by 2040
The UK Government has said that they will ban all petrol and diesel cars in Britain by 2040. Many governments around the world have already outlined plans to phase out petrol and diesel combustion engines. They are trying to combat air pollution and pave the way for electric vehicles and sustainable fuels sources. The UK is the latest European country...
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How Autonomous Cars Could Disrupt Airlines and Car Rental Agencies
Autonomous cars - a disruptive technology Airlines, hotels and the rental car sectors are very closely related but there will be huge changes and transitions in these sectors over the next few decades. Analysts are predicting that with the rise of autonomous vehicles it will bring many changes to the way car rental companies, hotels and airlines operate. The car...
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Tesla reveals when they will deliver their first Model 3 cars
Tesla reveals when they will deliver their first Model 3 cars Tesla will deliver the first 30 Model 3 vehicles on July 28 this month. The news was released through the official Elon Musk Twitter account last Monday. According to the CEO Elon Musk, the Model 3 has passed all of the regulatory requirements two weeks ahead of schedule and...