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Generation Y prefers electric and hybrid vehicles to conventional cars, according to a new global study by auditing firm Deloitte. The survey found 57 per cent of Gen Y (people aged from their late teens to early 30s) prefers electrified vehic...
Researchers and students from a design college in Israel have developed an interactive program designed to revolutionise back-seat travel in future General Motors vehicles. Similar to Toyota’s Window to the World concept revealed last July,...
Toyota is developing an intelligent headlight system that is designed to help reduce pedestrian fatalities at night. The Advanced Headlight System [AHS] allows motorists to remain on high beam at all times while driving on dark roads. It autom...
Google has been awarded a patent for its driverless car technology. A Toyota Prius has been used to conduct testing of the technology, which allows it to drive with zero input from a driver, for the past few years. The technology is said to be ready...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the US is proposing new design rule to standardise the length of time a vehicle's engine start/stop button has to be held down to kill the engine. The proposal comes after a family died in...
The 2011 J.D. Power Navigation Usage and Satisfaction Study in the US has shown motorists continue to be frustrated by their factory-fitted satellite navigation systems. Users recorded up to 3.5 problems per device this year. The study, which...
iPhone vs car. No brainer? Apparently not according to data from the US, which shows 46 per cent of people aged 18 to 24 would take internet access over access to a car of their own. The data, compiled by technology researcher Gartner, reveals the...
Toyota will unveil its version of the infamous 'Google car' at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show. Based on a Toyota Prius and called the Toyota Prius A.V.O.S. (Automatic Vehicle Operation System), the concept is able to drive and park itself without a driver...
The friendly duo from Sesame Street have paired up with satellite navigation guru TomTom to produce a Bert & Ernie sat-nav application with the voices of the two characters. In collaboration with Sesame Workshop and Locutio Voice Technolog...
Ford US has released a new technology as part of its MyKey function that withholds incoming calls and texts and saves them for when the car is stopped. The function is primarily intended for parents and their younger drivers. The Ford MyKey Do...