Ford VP Admits Your Car is Spying on You
At the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Ford Global VP/Marketing and Sales, Jim Farley, said, “We [Ford] know everyone who breaks the law, we know when you’re doing it. We have GPS…
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Nissan Gives Classic London Taxi an Updated Look
Nissan has revealed its new black cab design for London, which it claims to be a cleaner model than its competitor. A similar design has already been launched in New York and Tokyo but this…
Formula 1 Driver Cruises the Las Vegas Strip in a New Formula E Race Car
In September of 2014, a new, all-electric racing series begins with events taking place in Los Angeles and Miami. To show off the new Formula E racer, F1 driver Lucas di Grassi drove through Sin…
Google and Apple Race to Build Smart Dashboards for Your Car
Google and Apple are working to turn car dashboards into “smart” dashboards, fully equipped with apps, navigation and music and capable of running off their own mobile operating systems. Audi and Google have collaborated to…
World’s First Underwater Car Cruises at 75 MPH on Land and 1.9 MPH Underwater
For those who think that a submersible car from a James Bond movie is just a wild idea, Swiss company Rinspeed has launched the submersible car “sQuba” that can be driven on land and underwater.…
License Plate Scanning Technology Suspended Over Privacy Concerns
Police in Boston have been forced to suspend their car registration scanning technology, which scans drivers’ license plate numbers and feeds the information into a database. The scanning devices can instantly check if a car…
Hull Floated for World’s Largest Natural Gas Floating Facility and First Ocean-Based LNG Plant
The hull for the world’s largest floating facility named Prelude, even bigger than the Empire State Building, began floating for the first time on November 30. South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries floated this partially…
Consumer Reports Names Best and Worst Value Cars
The latest value reports from independent research body Consumer Reports have listed the Toyota Prius as the best value car currently on the market. Nissan Armada is considered the worst. The gas-electric hybrid Prius, which…
Build Your Own Sportscar for Just $30,000
Canadian compnay Dubuc Super Light Car has invented a kit car poised to rival high-performing sports cars … all at an affordable price of $30,000. The car is called the Tomahawk and will debut in…
Hacker Turns Hijacked Drones into “Zombies”
Will there be any blue skies and white puffy clouds to see in our future or will the view be muddled with a traffic jam of drones? We’ve been hearing a lot of talk lately…
