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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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 …
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. …
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 …
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. …
