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Archive : Technology
The Stop & Start, it’s a Bosch thing
You arrive at a red light, your engine shuts down. When the light gets green, you lift your foot off […]
Zeroshift: gears to make electric cars more efficient
We know cars with automatic or manual transmissions but when it comes to electric cars, there’s no choice. An electric […]
Vislab: a boring electric drive to Shanghai
Earlier this year, a French couple did something crazy: they drove from Shanghai to Paris in an electric Venturi Berlingo. […]
The best of European engine technology in a Ford Explorer?
There’s no way to think of the Explorer as a green car. This is the average SUV for the average […]
A nine-speed automatic from Mercedes?
Mercedes is one of the very few luxury manufacturers that builds its own automatic transmissions. He’s making 3 at this […]
An electric car made in Munich
Munich! Bavaria! Some very nice cars are built there. People all over the world love them, but this car doesn’t […]
Bill Gates invests in the OPOC engine
OPOC stands for Opposed Piston Opposed Cylinder. That sounds original, but it’s hardly new. The idea is more than 100 […]
Engines of the year: Germans rule!
The International Engine of the Year Awards were announced a bit late this year. They’re usually late in spring, but […]
Citroen and Peugeot e-HDI, when the Stop & Start gets better
Citroen makes good cars, unfortunately american people can’t buy them. With the euro going down, maybe the french manufacturer will […]
Intelligent brakes show what they’re worth
A new technology that is an important step in terms of safety has appeared recently. I’ll call that intelligent brakes. […]
Cloud computing in a car, is that real?
Cloud computing is arriving slowly in businesses all around the world, with some people already looking way forward: to bring […]