Category: Vehicles
Hybrid cars will make up 10% of its car sales by 2010, says Honda
Honda’s definitely gunning for the whole ‘green’ thing, claiming that 10% of all the company’s car sales will be of hybrid models by 2010. That’s over 400,000 cars.
This is thanks to newer, cheaper hybrids it’s planning on introducing, plus sales of the existing Civic Hybrid…
Elvis Presley's gold Cadillac sold on eBay
Yes, The King’s 1965 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible has seemingly been sold on eBay for at least $119,900, having been flogged by US motorcar firm Daniel Schmitt & Co. Elvis himself co-designed the car (it says here), which until recently was the property of the Elvis Presley Museum in Las Vegas.
Bluetrek SurfaceSound Compact- the slimline hands-free kit
Bluetrek has teamed up with flat speakers specialist NXT to produce the slimline Bluetrek SurfaceSound Compact hands-free car kit.
Vertipod – the flying Segway (OF DEATH)
Fancy dying in a unique and novel way that will secure your immortality via a report on the local news?
Perhaps you ought to investigate the Vertipod. Clearly little more than a death trap for the rich and tired of life, Vertipod is a hovering, $10,000 potential death machine, which maker Pete Bitar would probably prefer we called a “personal transport solution.”
Jeep Renegade concept hybrid is straight outta Halo
This isn’t just a “bit like” Halo 3’s Warthog multi-personnel deathwagon, it’s practically identical. The same big wheels. The same front end. The same roofless design. The same low-profile active camouflage green. The same cut-away back bit for angry space marines to stand on and fire turret guns into the vulnerable cargo bays of attacking alien spaceships.
MIT unveils stackable City Cars concept for future transport
MIT has been showing off its latest futuristic concept: an electric two-passenger vehicle called the City Car, which can ‘stack’ together with other City Cars to form a more socially responsible way of getting around town.
trioBike – the eco-friendly way to get your family around
Having kids usually means a trip to the local car dealer for a people carrier. But there is a more eco-friendly way of getting your family around and keeping yourself fit – the trioBike.
Ferrari opening its own theme park… in Abu Dhabi
Disneyland? Schmisneyland! Alton Towers? Rubbish! Thorpe Park? Don’t make me laugh. The ideal theme park would be based on, ooh, red Italian Formula 1 cars. And whaddya know, Ferrari is opening its own theme park in 2009.
Pimp your ride with a set of LED wheels
Personally, I'm still slack-jawed in awe at the idea of hubcaps that continue spinning even when your car is stopped. Even though they're probably something from the dark ages if you're actually into this car-pimping lark. If so, how about a set of wheels with LED screens in the centre, letting you rotate graphics, animations and even advertisements as you roll through the glamorous streets of Stevenage?
Audi unveils a very smart phone for your car
Audi’s adverts often boast of the number of patents clocked up by the company – and I imagine a few more have been added to the list with the Audi mobile device, unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show.
