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Luxury, speed and performance are always in demand, but cars of the future will be defined more by their impact on the environment
August 11, 2010 |
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Some new green car tires offered by major manufacturers roll easier and contain less crude oil
News
Once relegated to the sidelines due to bulky components and complicated controls, these systems are benefiting from lightweight materials and ecofriendly fluid formulas
News
Beginning in certain 2013 models, GM promises to use a new AC refrigerant that breaks down faster in the atmosphere than currently used chemicals
Extreme Tech
Audi is sending a robotic version of its TTS sports car to navigate to the top of Pikes Peak only guided by computers and GPS
Industry leaders look way down the road
Very few people really know much today about the experience of owning an electric vehicle of course, given that EVs are not widely available.
This Web-only article is a special rich-media presentation of the feature, "The Dirty Truth about Plug-in Hybrids," which appears in the July 2010 issue of Scientific American. The presentation was created by Zemi Media. Find all our other interactive offerings here.
The automaker introduces its Electric Networked Vehicle prototypes, one third the size of a typical car, as a way to reduce big urban auto emissions and traffic congestion
The German government has big goals for vehicles running on hydrogen fuel cells. But can their model translate to the U.S. market?
The Electrification Coalition, made up of carmaker Nissan Co., utilities and tech companies, introduced itself and its mission on Monday
A group of companies led by Alcatel-Lucent demonstrate the power of next-generation wireless broadband technologies by rolling out a Prius with 4G connectivity
Battery-driven vehicles are touted for their potential to cut down on harmful emissions spewed for decades by gasoline-powered cars, but electric and hybrid vehicles may be too quiet to be heard by pedestrians, posing a particular danger to people without sight
The standard for plugging electric cars and hybrids into utility meters remains undefined
Dozens of new electric-vehicle models from General Motors, Ford, Toyota and others are expected to hit the streets within the next couple of years. Will there be enough juice to keep them moving?
Boss 2 will serve as the test bed for a number of new autonomous driving technologies
Interest in electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrids has come on strong over the past year or so, pushed relentlessly by carmakers promoting a newer, greener generation of transportation
Blackberry Storm, iPhone and Motorola Droid users will be able to control when their Volt charges with the help of this new smart-phone software
The cities of the future might be greener, cleaner and more vibrant if people are put before automobiles. David Biello reports
The original field of 136 experimental vehicles vying for a $10 million prize in Progressive Insurance's Automotive X PRIZE competition has been whittled down to just a handful of finalists
Biomaterials researchers build a Formula 3 racing car from recyclables and compostable materials that has been clocked at 238 kilometers per hour
A California company hopes to sell a build-it-yourself kit by 2011
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