Posted on May 14th, 2011 by ElectroGeek
Ford Motor Co. wants to use the Google Prediction API to predict driver behavior and use that input to make cars perform better. The company’s goal is to use cloud-based storage and computing to collect and process information about how drivers use their vehicles. Accessing those resources over a wireless network, a vehicle could automatically [...]
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Posted on March 16th, 2011 by ElectroGeek
The slate grey Porsche 911 driven by Hollywood icon, Steve McQueen in the opening sequence of ‘Le Mans’ is coming under the hammer at the annual Monterey sale organized by RM Auctions. The 911S, driven by McQueen’s character, Michael Delaney was his own car, forming part of his collection and is said to be in [...]
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Posted on March 10th, 2011 by ElectroGeek
Recalls have become so common that most of them barely warrant much mention unless they lead to a web of intrigue. Or, sadly, unless it’s one from Toyota. However, last week’s minor recall of some 2009 and 2010 Mazda6 sedans for the Yellow Sac spider infestation in the car’s fuel evaporative system was the exception. [...]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2011 by ElectroGeek
This is good news bad news time for you and me alike: Ford has announced details of its hot Fiesta S1600. Why the good news bad news? Because Ford is building just 500 of these pocket-rockets so the chances of getting hold of one are pretty minimal. Priced from £15,895 ($26,000) on the road, the [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Technology that shuts down a vehicle’s engine at stoplights is nothing new to anyone that’s driven or ridden in a hybrid. If you’ve missed that particular slice of automotive pie, the effect is the same as when your weird, 60-year-old hippie uncle insists on shutting off his car’s engine at every opportunity to save gas. [...]
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Posted on December 15th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
A single picture shows clearest view yet of the carbon-fiber Murciélago replacement. The picture you see here is the best glimpse yet of Lamborghini’s V-12–powered Murciélago replacement, the supercar that’s all but certain to be called the Aventador LP700-4. The snapshot reached the light of day thanks to the Lamborghini Club of Los Angeles, who [...]
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Posted on December 15th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
The THINK City EV has received approval by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to qualify as a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV). This approval allows THINK to sell the electric-powered City in California and 12 other states, including the District of Columbia, which have adopted California’s ZEV requirements. The THINK City is a tiny coupe, available [...]
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Posted on December 12th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Porsche’s GT racer gets an update. Building race cars is a huge business for Porsche. Talk to team owners who run the firm’s cars, and they’ll tell you all about the high prices Porsche charges for parts and support. But this doesn’t scare many of them off, as most keep coming back, filling out orders [...]
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Posted on December 11th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Electric cars are known for running in almost total silence, but this hasn’t stopped Nissan from making plenty of noise about the company’s first delivery of an electric-powered and zero-emission Leaf hatchback. Tomorrow the Japanese automaker will deliver the first Leaf EV to San Francisco Bay Area resident, Olivier Chalouhi. The keys to the black [...]
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