Category: Transport
Delta Airlines introduces RFID tagging in UK to help track your baggage via app
Delta's airport staff and flight attendants celebrate the arrival of its baggage tracking service in front of Tower Bridge, London. No more worrying about where your bag is. Or at least you'll know if/when it goes missing! Delta Airlines has introduced a new service which allows customers to keep track…
What are the trends for 2018? Bitcoin value rises further, robo-pop, flying taxis and a cryogenic Queen?
What are the key trends for 2018? What does the year ahead hold, given all the industry upheavals, and complex social, economic, and political forces looming on the horizon? Fast Future give us their opinions... Here are 10 developments we might see emerging in 2018 and how they might play out over the next five…
Is this the sexiest electric car so far? Jaguar Land Rover unveils E-type Zero and pledges to go all electric by 2020
Forget the Nissan Leaf or even the Tesla Model 3. Jaguar Land Rover is launching an electric version of its classic 1960s E-type and we want one. Now. The electric Jaguar E-type called the E-type Zero Roadster is based on a 1968 Series 1.5 Roadster and features a cutting-edge electric powertrain for 0-60mph in just…
Nissan unveils new LEAF complete with e-Pedal and improved range
Nissan has revealed the latest iteration of its mass market EV (Electric Vehicle), the LEAF. New features include much greater driving range on a single charge and an e-Pedal (see more details here) which allows you to drive and brake using just one pedal. On sale in Europe from January 2018, the new Nissan LEAF…
DS Automobiles introduces UK’s first contactless payment car key for its DS 3
French company DS Automobiles has launched the UK's first ever contactless payment car key. It's a great idea especially for paying for petrol or groceries (up to £30) at service stations. However, it could be used for purchasing just about anything, instead of having to carry your wallet or purse around. Designed for the DS…
Is this the steering wheel of the future? Jaguar Land Rover think so
Meet Sayer (pictured above) - a connected steering wheel from Jaguar Land Rover that could be the only part of the car of the future that you actually own! Imagine a future of autonomous, connected and electric cars where you don’t actually own a single car, but instead call upon the vehicle of your choice…
Top 10 annoying passenger behaviours. Backseat driving is biggest wind up for drivers
A survey of 1,011 British motorists carried out by car leasing company, Vantage-leasing.com, has revealed the top 10 most infuriating passenger behaviours with back seat driving topping the list. An overwhelming proportion (88%) of drivers voted passengers giving out unsolicited unwelcome driving advice as more annoying than anything else. More than three quarters (76%) of UK…
Nissan introduces e-Pedal technology for one foot driving!
Is driving about to get even easier? Looks like it. Nissan has announced that the next generation Nissan LEAF, launching September 6th, will come with an e-Pedal. Billed by the Japanese manufacturer as a revolutionary technology that transforms the way we drive, it effectively enables you to turn your accelerator into a pedal that allows…
Jaguar marks E-PACE launch with barrel-roll Guinnness World Record
What is it about car manufacturers and setting unusual Guinness World Records at the moment? Yesterday we wrote about how an extreme pogo-ist (yes there is such a thing) had set a World Record for jumping over three Nissan Jukes with one bounce between each car in order to promote its latest all action Jukecam…
Audi and Airbnb transport competition winners in self driving car, transform football stadium into home
How about this for a slightly bizarre competition - but one that's sure to attract some bonkers fans who really do eat, sleep, dream about football 24/7. For the Audi Cup on August 1 and 2nd, Audi and Airbnb are going to transform the Allianz Arena in Munich into a special home for football fans.…
