Wild Fire Motors has released its three-wheeled vehicle, the WF250-C that nets you an amazing 72 miles per gallon without breaking the bank with its $5,495 starting price. EPA certification states that that is a “highway motorcycle”, making that a street legal vehicle to travel around. There doe…

Passive and active safety systems in vehicles seem to get more and more common these days, making me wonder when the day will come where cars are so safe there is no need to buckle up anymore. Toyota’s Pre-crash Safety System is touted to be the first in the world that can determine whether a dr…

Not only is the Trev a green car (literally), it plus helps keep the earth clean by running on a 7kWh 44kg lithium ion polymer battery. Don’t scoff at the Trev, as it can hit 100kph from a standstill in 10 seconds, with a top speed of 120kph. A full charge will supply a maximum running range of …

UCLA researchers are working on a project called “CarTorrent” — a kind of BITTORRENT FOR CARS. There concept is to build peer-to-peer networks into cars, enabling them to recieve, soon after pass along to other cars, emergency and other info. Good notion, or unnecessary?
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[CES 2008] Bringing kids on a expanded road trip can be annoying particularly whether they have grown up on a diet of video games instead of good ol’ books. The Visteon Headrest Entertainment System could help alleviate boredom, as it not only plays back DVDs but comes with a built-in Gameboy…

Keeping your new car in pristine condition can be quite a challenge, particularly when you park anywhere else but the relative safety of your carport. The CarCapsule targets the paranoid, being made out of super-tough, 10 mil PVC that features anti-static and flame retardant capability. In addi…

Researchers at Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences are working on a cheap and light THREE-SEAT SOLAR-POWERED CAR optimistically predicted to go on sale to consumers next year for $25,000 each. Sadly, the commercial version of the car will top out at just 43 miles per hour,…

This is just a concept at the moment, but Nissan has been playing with the concept of embedding a micro-wave oven into that minivan, in case someone wants a quick snack.

I’m not a big fan of mini-vans, but my friend Samuel Cake does, and I’m certain that he would appreciate the large wind…

You might have heard of Prof. Kawashima, as he is the developer of Brain Training, a mega-hit on Nintendo DS among older (and younger) society. Toyota realizes that there might an automobile market for the elderly, just like there’s a cellphone market for that population – at least in Asia.
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This video demonstrates the “virtual cable” in-car navigation concept: using mirrors, a virtual cable can be displayed on the windshield, showing the driver which direction to take. It is an interesting concept that keeps the driver’s eyes on the road. We mentioned it in that previous post (M…