Category: Car stuff
#CES2017: Panasonic unveils future cabin for the autonomous car
Forget driving. In the future we'll all be playing cards or watching a 4K screen in the back of the vehicle with our friends while the intelligent car does all the hard work. Well maybe. Unveiled today at CES 2017 in Las Vegas is this Autonomous Cabin Concept from Panasonic. Described as a 'next-generation…
CES2017: Faraday Future’s Tesla rival malfunctions during live demo
Chinese backed auto startup Faraday Future is hoping to take on electric car supremo Tesla with an intelligent electric vehicle. However, the car manufacturer was left red-faced when its driverless parking feature failed to work at CES 2017. The FF 91 is set to become the first car in production for Faraday Future, a company that only…
CES2017: Ford teams up with Amazon Alexa for in house and in car control
Ford and Amazon have teamed up to offer consumers the ability to access their car from their home, and call up other features from their vehicle via Alexa, Amazon’s cloud-based voice service. The Alexa integration will allow Ford owners to play and resume audiobooks, order items on Amazon, search for and transfer local destinations to…
Thinkware awarded 2017 Innovation Award for Dashcam F800 Air
Dashcam company Thinkware has received the 2017 Innovation Award in the car audio/video category at CES2017 show for its latest dashcam, the F800 Air. Incorporating an Emergency Alert feature, the dashcam sends location and status information via text message to your pre-selected emergency contacts when the system detects a crash, rollover or the SOS button is…
Will self driving cars help disabled the most?
Study shows self driving cars help the disabled the most. Picture from Mobility Roadshow Vehicles fitted with autonomous technologies will bring most benefit to the personal mobility of the disabled (56%), the visually impaired (42%) and the elderly (30%), according to a survey of the British public conducted by Nissan. Improved…
Ford announces $100,000 drone-to-vehicle challenge for United Nations
Ford is running a drone challenge worth $100,000 for winning entry Drones often seem to attract bad publicity. Either they are being used to kill people in the Middle East or they are flying into aircraft, potentially endangering lives. But here's a good news drone story from Ford which has just…
Volvo and Microsoft announce voice activated control for your car
Using the Microsoft band, Volvo drivers can now speak to their car! It's over 30 years since our TV screens first showed David Hasselhoff talking to his car KITT in the popular TV show Knight Rider. Now you too could talk to your car (if you really want to) thanks to…
Nissan unveil IDS Concept automated car with a manual mode
Could this be the way forward? Nissan has unveiled an an automated zero emission electric concept car at the Tokyo Motor Show 2015 which has both manual and automated modes. Called the Nissan IDS Concept, the good looking hatchback features a piloted mode where the steering wheel recedes into the centre of the instrument panel and…
Ford introduces Meople.Connector, voice activated social media app for in-car
Remember when car makers were just concerned with issues like Torque, Horse Power and MPG? Those days are long gone. Ford, one of the pioneers in the connected car market, is announcing a new voice activated app for in-car, specifically for social media users. Called somewhat oddly Meople.Connector, it will allow the driver or passengers…
Latest figures reveal twice as many electric car charging points as electric cars!
The REVAi/G-Wiz i electric car charging at an on-street station in London Probably not any surprise to a lot of people who see the electric charging points lying empty. But latest government figures show there are now 57,567 charging points compared to around 24,500 electric cars. So even with my basic…
