Mitsubishi’s Too-Cute EV Is a Hall of Famer   30 Oct 2009 21:28 GMT
Mitsubishi’s i-MiEV isn’t yet available to the general public, but it’s already snagged a big award from the Automotive Hall of Fame in Japan. The organization named the electric car’s control system, which Mitsubishi calls MiEV OS, “Car Technology of the Year.” The control system is the heart of the little EV, keeping tabs on the [...]
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Japanese Solar Racer Wins Race in the Sun   30 Oct 2009 20:06 GMT
A Japanese team has won the World Solar Challenge, racing across the Australian outback an an average speed of 63 mph to wrest the title from a Dutch team that’s dominated the past four races. Tokai Challenger from Tokai University crossed the finish line in Adelaide, South Australia, 29 hours and 49 minutes after leaving [...]
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Little X-Plane Pushes the Bottom Edge of the Envelope   30 Oct 2009 18:56 GMT
Flight test programs at Edwards Air Force Base and NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center usually are off-limits to outsiders, but we got a peek at one of its coolest programs, the X-48B, when the Air Force recently threw open the gates for an open house. The X-48B is the latest in a long line of experimental [...]
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Obama Says Aptera’s 3-Wheeler Is a Car   30 Oct 2009 18:00 GMT
The teardrop-shaped Aptera 2e electric three-wheeler has been officially deemed a car in the eyes of the Department of Energy. President Obama has signed legislation making high-efficiency two- and three-wheeled vehicles eligible for the same loans the department has granted to Tesla Motors, Fisker Automotive and others to spur the development of high-efficiency automobiles. There is [...]
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Bullet Trains Make China Bigger. And Smaller.   30 Oct 2009 12:30 GMT
The United States and China are latecomers to high-speed rail, with large-scale networks of bullet trains only recently viewed as practical investments. Such lines are slow in coming here in the states, where the 150-mph Amtrak Acela Express is the closest thing we have to high-speed rail. But China is pouring a few hundred billion [...]
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Ride Waves And Explore Depths In a Scubacraft   30 Oct 2009 11:00 GMT
The vehicle shown above may be both yellow and submersible, but please don’t call it a submarine. It’s a Scubacraft, the first self-contained submersible that’s also a capable surface watercraft. The brainchild of engineers and entrepreneurs from Wales, Scubacraft uses an internal combustion engine to reach a dive site where it can descend to a maximum [...]
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Bob Lutz Takes Jalopnik to School. In a Caddy.   29 Oct 2009 23:12 GMT
It was age before beauty at Monticello Motor Club in New York, where 77-year-old Bob Lutz took Jalopnik’s Wes Siler to school in a Cadillac CTS-V. A few weeks ago, GM’s vice chairman and chief rabble-rouser challenged anyone, in any car, to a race so GM could show how good the 556-horsepower supercharged super Caddy is. [...]
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Students Help Ford Bring The Cloud to Cars   29 Oct 2009 20:36 GMT
Ford has tapped the University of Michigan to help bring cloud computing and social networking to Sync. The goal is to figure out “what’s next” for in-car connectivity and the company’s wildly successful automotive communications and entertainment system. The project, dubbed “American Journey 2.0,” provides students with unfettered access to a developmental operating system and invites [...]
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MIT researchers developing robotic driving companion   29 Oct 2009 19:30 GMT
A team of researchers from MIT, along with industry partners, is developing robotic technology designed to help drivers navigate their way to regular destinations and keep them company on long trips.
Source: Computerworld

MIT rsearchers developing robotic driving companion   29 Oct 2009 19:30 GMT
A team of researchers from MIT, along with industry partners, is developing robotic technology designed to help drivers navigate their way to regular destinations and keep them company on long trips.
Source: Computerworld