In recent years, electric car manufacturers have been touted by celebrities and politicians as a way to help the environment and save money on gasoline. Generous tax credits were handed out to encourage people to buy alternative fuel vehicles.
A report from the auto-research group Edmund.com says that the number of car owners, trading in their high-efficiency vehicles for traditional petrol cars, have significantly increased in the first three month of 2015. Edmund claims that 22 percent of drivers that have traded in their hybrids and EVs in 2015, bought a new SUV. More »
Yobot, a unique high-tech amenity of the new Yotel Hotel, is a robot that is designed to place guests’ luggage in a locker for them before or after checking in the hotel. The 669-room Yotel is located at Times Square West in Manhattan. The Yotel brand operates three other hotels in London and Amsterdam.
The robot is placed at the entrance of the hotel behind a secure glass wall where hotel guests can watch it in action. Guests use a touchscreen to enter the number and size of their bags. Te 20-foot tall robotic arm brings a box where the guest places their luggage and enters a pin number and last name. The container is weighed and stored in one of 117 lockers. Then the robot issues a receipt with bar code for the subsequent bag retrieval. More »
The AeroMobil 3.0 prototype, piloted by its inventor, spectacularly crashed during a test flight in west Slovakia last week.
Stefan Klein, co-founder of tech company AeroMobil, flying car’s inventor and test pilot, was testing the latest experimental AeroMobil prototype in Nitra, Slovakia, when something went wrong at an altitude of approximately 900 feet. The aircraft appeared to be in trouble and went into a tailspin before it crashed into the ground.
The pilot activated the parachute system built into the car, which slowed the descent and saved Klein’s life. Onlookers said the 54-year-old inventor didn’t need any help to leave the scene. He was later taken to hospital for minor injuries. However, the aircraft wasn’t so lucky. It was badly damaged in the crash. More »
Five perfectly preserved classic pre-war automobiles, stored for four decades in a Austin barn were discovored by a Texas car collector. Antonio Brunet is a chairman and founder of Motostalgia Auctions. He is now helping the classic’s owner take the cars to auction. The collection is valued at more than $700,000.
The collection includes a 1932 Cadillac 370B V-12 Victoria Convertible, 1933 Cadillac Model 370C V-12 Town Coupe, 1938 Cadillac Series 90 V-16 Fleetwood Limousine, 1923 Milburn Electric Model 27L, 1908 REO Model G Boattail Roadster/Sedan Tonneau. The 1932 Cadillac 370B Victoria Convertible is the rarest of the five cars. There were only four prototypes built for 1932 to show executives to see if they approved of the model. The Cadillac found in the barn More »
General Motors has taken the wraps off its new Chevrolet-FNR at the Shanghai GM Gala Night during the celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the brand in China.
The Chevrolet’s latest innovation is an autonomous electrical concept developed and designed in Shanghai by the company’s Pan Asia Technical Automotive Centre (PATAC) joint venture. More »