A University of Michigan researcher thinks we can triple the fuel economies in our petroleum-powered vehicles in the next 25 years. All we need to do is replace horsepower with brainpower.
John
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The Apple iPhone seemingly knows no bounds. In North America, General Motors is developing an application that will enable the user to lock and unlock their car using their iPhone. It will also be able to flash the warning lights, unlock the boot, and check how much fuel is left in the tank
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When Korean car maker Hyundai launched its new i20 hatchback city car in July, it planned an economy run from Sydney to Brisbane.
The aim was to do the 1000km journey on one tank, but ace driver Ed Ordynski, a former rally champion, proved so frugal behind the wheel, that he kept travelling
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Less than a month after BMW confirmed that technology that can ‘read’ speed limit signs had finally been approved for use locally, the German car maker has announced another technology first for Australia: in-car web browsing and email.
Both technologies should be available here by the
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You may not have heard about it during your local traffic report this weekend, but anyone negotiating the Beijing-Tibet expressway in recent days is painfully aware of the problem: a 100 kilometre jam that slowed
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Cryonic technology could help meet the world's peak energy demands as well as cut down on greenhouse gas emissions, a new study says. No, not by freezing excess humans -- by
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Think your car runs like crap? A sewage utility in Bristol, UK, has converted a Volkswagen Beetle to run on human waste. The Bio-Bug
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An invention that's been around for two decades, but is only now getting any real attention, could change the way millions of people drive -- if people ever have the good sense to adopt it, its inventor says. Japanese inventor Masuyuki Naruse claims that placing the braking and acceleration
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Public transit in a metropolitan area is all about balance; if there aren't enough public transit options, too many people choose to drive, clogging roadways and adding to pollution. But trains are expensive (and, if above-ground, contributors to traffic) and adding more buses to the road can
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In just over a decade, the car industry in China has exploded. As of November 2009, China is the largest automobile market in the world, combining active partnerships with established foreign brands with a thriving, developing domestic market.
China's seemingly
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The Most Advanced R/C Car LOSI 1/10 TEN-T TRUGGY RTR Top speed: 72km/h Size: 34.3 x 45 cm. Price: US$500 Get it: losi.com
This 18-inch off-roader
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Using homemade software and a standard computer port, a team of scientists has figured out exactly how easy it is to hack into a modern car -- scary news for motorists already wary of faulty brake and accelerator systems.
The research team wrote code that allows
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There are currently more than 60,000 taxis cruising around Japan, a number that accounts for 20 per cent of the country's CO2 emissions. To promote environmental health, the Japanese government has joined with Better Place, a US firm specialising in electric
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With all the focus on hybrids and electric cars, you might assume that the internal combustion (IC) engine was headed for extinction. Yet more than 99 per cent of the world's new cars still use one. That includes conventional hybrids, whose batteries and electric motors
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Think your car runs like crap? A sewage utility in Bristol, UK, has converted a Volkswagen Beetle to run on human waste. The Bio-Bug
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While Toyota and Volkswagen – the world’s two biggest car makers – are locked in a battle for global sales leadership over the next decade, driven by a new generation of hybrid and electric cars, Japanese maker Honda is working on technology that may well leapfrog them both. Most big
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Automakers are already mass producing cars that will parallel park themselves, but the rudimentary sensor-based systems on the latest Lexus or Buick have nothing on Junior. The Stanford Racing Team's autonomous car can throw itself
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Public transit in a metropolitan area is all about balance; if there aren't enough public transit options, too many people choose to drive, clogging roadways and adding to pollution. But trains are expensive (and, if above-ground, contributors to traffic) and adding more buses to the road can
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A smaller but surprisingly less depressing North American Auto Show features a shaken industry seeking a fresh start
The 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit was quieter, smaller and shorter than in years' past. But it was not, however, depressing,
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GM's buyout negotiations with a Chinese firm have failed, ceasing production of the storied gas-guzzler
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For your chance to win a defensive driving course, email us at comps@popsci.com.au with the subject line 'The Buzz July Comp' and in 25 words or less tell us about which car you think deserves the title of Australia’s Best Value For Money Car
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For your chance to WIN one of three Garmin Nuvi 1690 GPS devices (valued at $599 each), email us at comps@popsci.com.au with the subject line ‘The Buzz August Comp’ and in 25 words or less: What was your first family car
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U.S. Marines could deploy the non-lethal weapon if it proves viable
Stopping a speeding
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The future of community bike systems may not require much pedaling at all; Sanyo has just installed two "Solar Parking Lots" that serve as solar charging stations for 100 Eneloop electric hybrid
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General Motors touted the automatic driving mode of its two-wheel electric car when it unveiled the vehicle last month in Shanghai, China. Now there's a video that
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While Toyota and Volkswagen – the world’s two biggest car makers – are locked in a battle for global sales leadership over the next decade, driven by a new generation of hybrid and electric cars, Japanese maker Honda is working on technology that may well leapfrog them both. Most big
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The Mitsubishi iMiev, the world’s first mass produced electric car, will be in Australian showrooms within two months. A pair of iMiev electric hatchbacks have been touring Australia for VIP test drives and to round up some government support. But soon, anyone will be able to get behind the
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Australia’s 30-year-old Commodore versus Falcon rivalry has been replaced by a new battle. The Holden Commodore is now duking it out in the new-car sales race with … the Toyota Hilux utility.
While the Commodore is still on track to become Australia’s biggest selling car for the 15th
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The Italian outfit has signed a pre-teen Canadian go-kart racer in the hope he will one day become a Formula One champion. Lance Stroll is one of five members of the latest intake of drivers in the Ferrari Driving Academy. In addition to honing their skills on the track, they are taught foreign
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