We exceptionally republish the whole article by Marcelo Rinesi: “Volkswagen didn’t make a faulty car: they programmed it to cheat intelligently. The difference isn’t semantics, it’s game-theoretical (and it borders on applied demonology).
There is one notable aspect to the Volkswagen emission-cheating scandal that few commentators have mentioned: It would not have happened if the software for the pollution-control equipment had been open source.
Conventional cars are wasteful in the way they're built and the way they're operated. A startup called Divergent Microfactories has developed a radical new way ...
The drive by the previous Labour government to encourage millions of Britons to opt for diesel cars in a bid to save the planet was “wrong” and a “massive problem for public health” Barry Gardiner, shadow Environment Minister, has admitted.
Change the music by telling your car the title of the song you want to hear. Find a metered parking spot and pay it with the touch screen synced to your mobile wallet. Connected vehicles can make the driving experience is both safer and more enjoyable for car commuters all over the world.
BMW is one of the latest brands to tap into the ‘sharing economy‘ as it rolls out its car sharing scheme DriveNow in London, a response to huge growth in urban living. - Brand Republic
Tucked in a corner inside McCormick Place engineers from two companies and a national laboratory are furiously working on the final days of a challenge to make, assemble and drive a 3-D printed car on Saturday.
You knew the printed car was going to happen, but as soon as this weekend? That’s when the first printed car arrives. It will be built up from carbon-reinforced plastics, then driven out of Chicago’s McCormick Place convention center and onto the streets of the Windy City. The vehicle will be printed over 44 hours. Technicians will add in the unprintable — electric motor, battery, wiring, window glass — and the car, called Strati, should be out the door Saturday.
Vaclav Smil talks about his book Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization which takes a fascinating look at concrete, stell, and other stuff ...
Local Motors is reinventing cars, and car-building, from the ground up, using 3D printing, carbon fiber, "Microfactories," and a wide range of customizable features.
Improving the modern electric drivetrain isn't easy, but it's certainly worthwhile. It's rewarding too, for any one entering the Google and IEEE 'Littlebox Challenge'--a competition to design a smaller, high power density inverter.
Imagine never having to pull over to fuel your car. This is exactly what Highways England is planning to implement for drivers of electric vehicles. Automobiles would be fitted with wireless technology and then driven on roads with special electromagnetic field generating equipment buried underneath. Trials will be run for 18 months before a decision is made to move the project to public roads, but a similar project in South Korea gives reason for hope.
i like this because it gives use an option to charge your car with every pulling off to the side. i think that i would invest money in this because i think that this is wrath putting money into this project.
Divergent Microfactories (San Francisco, CA), a company aimed at revolutionizing automotive manufacturing, has unveiled a 3D-printed prototype supercar designed to illustrate the potential for eco-friendly manufacturing of cars.
There has never been a better time to buy a green car, and whether you’re choosing an environmentally friendly vehicle because of lower fuel costs or lower emissions, chances are there is a an alt-fuel or fuel-efficient green car to meet your needs.
When Tesla's CEO Elon Musk says there’s enormous demand for his powerful electric cars, he may not be exaggerating. We called a Tesla sales center in New York City to ask about delivery of a Model S for Christmas.
Visual artist Melle Smets and researcher Joost van Onna followed the travel of discarded cars from Europe to Ghana and ended up at Suame Magazine, near the town of Kumasi, in Ghana. In this area, 200,000 artisans are working in 12,000 workshops, stores and factories to repair and give a new life to European disused vehicles.
So, here we are finally. Self-driving cars. They are here, near you. Google has them, Volvo close behind, and the car companies expect that the first self-driving cars will be available for everyone very soon, maybe already in 5 years.
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