All-electric Coda Automotive makes available their Coda Sedan to the California market middle of this week, with an attractive price tag of $39,900 for the 150-mile range and $37,250 for the 125-mile model. The company made some early deliveries in California two months ago, but the all-electric sedan will be available through dealership centers within [...]
Looking for an electric-powered vehicle that comes in a bigger package? The Rav4 EV, launched during the Electric Vehicle Symposium in Los Angeles, is the first all-electric SUV sold in the U.S. at a price of $49,800. The product of a partnership between Tesla and Toyota, The Rav4 EV runs with an estimated top speed [...]
On Monday the first ever license for one of Google’s driverless cars has been released in the state of Nevada, a milestone for the self-driving vehicle project first planned in 2010. The license was approved for Google, which was the first company to have sent in an application to test its self-driving automobile in the [...]
Chevrolet teamed up with street artist Jeff Soto in a world-first street-art collaboration. The car was transformed in a paint-spraying robot. “The car required to make this artwork is modified to 1.4L turbocharged engine and 6-speed manual transmission. Typical spray paint cans are also used by Jeff Soto to customize the wall paint. Three robotic [...]
Two Smart Fortwo Electric Drive are used as controllers to play Pong* in Germany. “The giant game — called “Smart eBall” was set up by ad agency BBDO as a publicity stunt for the Smart Fortwo Electric Drive. Why? To prove the little car has some big acceleration, thus the driving up and down to [...]
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse is the fastest convertible car on earth, with a 0 to 62 mph in 2.6 seconds and a top speed of 255 mph (410 km/h)… The French manufacturer has put a 7.9 liter W16 engine (1200 hp and 1,500 Nm of torque) inside this monster. If you want to [...]
Sway Motorsports built a 3-wheel electric scooter and it looks terrible. Please buy me one! “The model below is powered by a 60v Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) battery Pack, which gives the vehicle a range of about 10 miles (16 km). Sway Motorsports intends the production model to include a 60-Ah pack for a range [...]
Here is a wonderful replica of Shotaro Kaneda’s bike (Akira). “Akira is a 1988 Japanese animated science fiction film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. The film depicts a dystopian version of the city of Tokyo, called Neo-Tokyo placed in the year 2019. The plot focuses on biker Tetsuo Shima (Nozomu Sasaki) and his psychic powers and [...]
Most of us have heard that within our lifetime we could expect to be introduced to an actual flying car. While it may be hard to believe, these aircraft slash cars are expected to begin production and have the first ones rolling out within a year’s time. The vehicle – appropriately named Terrafugia Transition – will be able [...]
Fisker Automotive revealed at 2012 New York Auto Show the new code name for its old “Nina” : Fisker Atlantic, which is actually a smaller version of the Fisker Karma. The Californian automaker did not unveiled technical specs but you can see pictures and video below. As the Karma, the Fisker Atlantic is a plug-in hybrid vehicle that combines a gas-engine with an electric motor. She has an electric [...]
The flying car is no longer a fantasy of a crazy scientist. Terrafugia is about to launch its flying car on U.S. roads soon. And now here is a concept even more unusual, the 3-wheels helicopter PAL-V One (Gyrocopter) of the Dutch company PAL-V. And I must admit that I like that concept because it [...]
Here is the new Sexy plug-in hybrid BMW i8 Spyder. If you like the picture above, wait to see the videos… you will fall in love with this supercar. No noise and a look as in Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol with Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise), although in this movie it was the previous version, the [...]
When you think of a blind driver, you may picture horrendous accidents and reckless driving. Google is seeking to change that image with the introduction of their self driving car. This is not like any car that you can imagine – it truly is unique and one of few of its kind. A three minute [...]
This man seems to fly like a bird (albatross) but for me it’s a fake. May be I’m wrong. What do you think ? “Smeet’s efforts take cloud computing to a (literally) whole new level, as the wings rely on an Android-powered HTC Wildfire S smartphone to process arm acceleration and compute the motor output. [...]
Volvo introduced the first Pedestrian Airbag on Volvo V40 in Geneva Motor Show. “When impact occurs, a section of the bonnet (closest to the windscreen) is released and elevated by the deployment of the airbag. The inflated airbag covers the area under the raised bonnet, around one-third of the windscreen as well as the lower [...]
Honda NSX (Acura in US) is back 22 years after the first year of production in 1990. And what a nice concept !! “The dynamically-styled NSX Concept gives an indication of the next great performance vehicle from Honda. Making use of lightweight materials and a mid-mounted V-6 engine, the NSX Concept employs several new technologies, [...]
Mercedes made an invisible car with its new F-Cell Hydrogen concept. “ What Mercedes has done here is cover one side of its F-Cell Hydrogen car with a sheet of colored LEDs, while on the other side mounted a Canon 5D Mark II camera for filming. It then gives pedestrians the effect of being able to see right [...]
Tesla Motors unveiled its new electric 7-passengers SUV : the Model X. “We’ll have more details live from California soon, but here’s what we know at the moment. The Model X can hit 0-60 in 4.4 seconds, will cost around the same as the Model S, and it has those cool “falcon” gullwing-like doors. With [...]
General Motors plans to produce interactive, transparent, touchscreen car windows in the near future. The Windows of Opportunity (WOO) Project is in partnership between General Motors and students from the FUTURE LAB at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design (Israel). “The task: Conceptualize new ways to help rear seat passengers, particularly children, have a richer [...]
Toyota just unveiled the TES-ERA EV at Tokyo Auto Salon 2012, an electric sport car with gull-wing doors based on the chassis of the 1990-1996 Toyota Sera. “The TES-ERA EV is the culmination of work done by the Toyota Engineering Society. The TES-ERA EV features fiberglass bodywork and is powered by a 5.7 kWh lithium-ion [...]
