We all have our favorite holiday films and automobiles, but here is a list of Top 5 Christmas Movie Cars.
Flying cars could be a reality within 24 months. Finally after decades of dreaming and waiting, a company is planning to make a flying car commercially available to the public in two years.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has this month approved Terrafugia’s TF-X flying car for testing. The team behind TF-X patented their flying car in 2011 and unveiled the TF-X concept for the first time in 2013.
The FAA approved only mini versions of the TF-X to enter into space. They are roughly 2 ft long and with a weight restriction of no more than 55 lbs. The four-seater prototype vehicle looks like a mini car with wings and the company can test the flying car at altitudes up to 400 feet and at speeds under 100 mph. More »
A stolen Tesla Model S 85D was tracked down using a smartphone app and returned to owners within hours.
Katya Pinkowski, a Vancouver resident and Tesla Model S owner, went to see a concert a few days ago. When it was over, she returned to the car in an underground parking lot and found out it was missing. It is never fun to find an empty space at the place you left your car. After a car theft, it usually takes owners weeks or even years to retrieve their property. More »
Two Italian researchers have developed an entirely new mode of autonomous public transportation. Tommaso Gecchelin and Emmanuele Spera have created self-driving pods, called “Next” that could change the way we travel.
Different modes of autonomous public transportation vehicles are beginning to emerge all over the world, but what makes “Next” different is that it combines personal transportation with public transportation and it can act as a train, bus, or personal vehicle. “Next” consists of modular, energy-efficient pods that can travel on their own, like a personal self-driving vehicle, or can connect while in motion.
When the pods connect, passengers can walk through them the same way we walk to different compartments on a train. “Next” is electric and has six seats. More »
Speaking on Monday at WSJD Live, the Wall Street Journal’s technology conference in Laguna Beach, California, Apple’s Chief Executive Tim Cook predicted there would be “massive change” in the auto industry in the coming years. Cook did not comment on numerous rumors and reports that Apple is working on developing its own electric car.
However, Cook repeated the two words “massive change” More »
Shortly after taking to the stage, BMW chief executive Harald Krueger collapsed during a press conference at the Frankfurt Auto show yesterday. The incident happened while he was standing beside the company’s hybrid electric i8 supercar and commenting on BMW’s latest models. Two staff members rushed to help him. It was the first appearance at a major auto show by Mr Krueger, 49. The new CEO took the top job at the German luxury carmaker in May.
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We can soon forget what it means to open the door with a key. Jowan Oesterlund is a modern-day cyborg. He has a NFC (Near Field Communications) chip embedded in his hand. Oesterlund uses his NFC chip as a key to get into his tattoo studio. He’s a tattoo artist and he also does implants on the side. The grain-sized Near Field Communications chips are not complicated. They have 880 bytes of memory. More »
You have forgotten to plug in your Tesla after a long day of driving and the next morning you wake up to find out your battery is low or completely depleted. What about a robot which plugs itself in without any human assistance? You only have to stick the car in the garage and let the robot charger do the rest.
The California-based electric carmaker Tesla Motors has recently More »
Under pressure from federal regulators and after government and automakers raised concerns about vehicle communications, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV agreed Friday to recall approximately 1.4 million cars and trucks that can be cyber-attacked remotely.
The company made its decision shortly after Wired magazine revealed that a Jeep Cherokee could be hacked remotely. Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, two security experts, took control of the Cherokee trough its UConnect entertainment system. They could activate the brakes, steering, windshield wipers, transmission and entertainment system. Although it was just a demonstration, the two well-known hackers highlighted the vulnerability of the security system. More »