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Continental joins BMW, Intel and Mobileye for self-driving cars
Continental said this week that it will be joining the self-driving technological platform developed by BMW, Intel and Mobileye. The German auto parts and tire maker will handle integration of components and software for the platform. The accelerating pace of development of autonomous self-driving vehicles has resulted in a growing number of alliances between automakers and suppliers such as Continental....
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Car Insurance giants in talks with driverless car developers
Car Insurance giants in talks with driverless car developers The insurance company Aviva is positioning itself in the driverless car arena and is actively preparing for the arrival of autonomous vehicles by looking to partner with manufacturers and seal deals. The automotive industry is expected to dramatically change in the next 15 years and many insurance companies are concerned that...
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Dubai’s Newest Police Cars Are All-Electric BMW’s
Dubai is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf, it is one of the seven emirates that make up the UAE. Dubai's police force is famous for its fleet of exotic supercars but the emirate has added yet another high-tech, rear-wheel-drive vehicle to its fleet. Added...
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Electric cars will soon charge as you drive
15 New test tracks are being developed with integrated charging technologies built into the roadway allowing electric cars to be charged without even stopping at a charging station. Wireless technology and innovation company, Qualcomm has introduced a new road charging system that can charge a car while it's travelling at 'highway speeds'. The new system is being called Dynamic Electric...
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Toyota wants flying cars in time for 2020 Olympics
Toyota is backing a new venture involving flying cars and it wants to see it happen by the 2020 Olympics. Toyota has joined the flying car craze and is backing a group which is working on a drone-like vehicle that would fly at an altitude of 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground at speeds up to 100 km/h (62...
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Ford names Jim Hackett as new CEO in push to build self-driving cars
Ford has announced that the head of their driverless car division, Jim Hackett will now be taking over the historic car manufacturer as its new CEO. This comes after the resignation of Mark Fields in a sudden regime change, who is leaving the post after just under three years. It is hoped that Hackett will lead the company to the...
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Goodbye to petrol and diesel. Economist predicts all vehicles will be electric by 2025
All transport will be powered by electricity by 2025 according to the latest report by a leading economist. That means no more petrol or diesel cars, buses or trucks being sold anywhere in the world within just eight years. So are we really seeing the demise of the petroleum industry? If the global market for transport vehicles turns to electrification,...
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Electric vehicles will cost the same as conventional cars by next year!
Electric vehicles will cost the same as conventional cars by next year! The cost of owning an electric vehicle at the moment is quite high with most, if not all way over the 20K and getting closer to the 30k mark. Despite the current prices, experts estimate that the price of an average Electric Vehicle will fall to the same...
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Watch the world’s smallest cars race along tracks thinner than a human hair
Watch the worlds first ever race of molecular cars Six vehicles were vying for dominance this weekend on a race track in Toulouse, France but these cars were on a scale never before imagined. Microscopic vehicles engaged in the smallest car race in world history on tracks thinner than human hair. If you wanted to get a glimpse of the...
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Will 2017 be the Breakthrough Year For Flying Cars?
Will 2017 be the Breakthrough Year For Flying Cars? Scott Wharton who is Vice President & General Manager of the video camera group Logitech has weighed in on the subject of flying cars. Ten years before the iPhone came out he predicted that every device with a screen would have a camera within a decade but he was wrong, not...