All Entries in the "Cars" Category
License Plate Advertising
Imagine seeing the license plate of the car in front of you suddenly starting to flash messages like a neon sign, with advertisements, public service announcements, maybe even news. The California Legislature is weighing a bill that would allow the state to begin researching the use of electronic license plates for vehicles. With the state [...]
Ferrari F10 Steering Wheel
Every year, Ferrari fields a team in the Formula One championship, and dumps around $400 million into developing and racing the car. So you’d think that the steering wheel–perhaps the car’s most crucial point of contact, where a human turns all that R&D into championship trophies–would be a masterpiece of interface design. And you would [...]
LA New Detroit?
Chinese automaker BYD plan to build its US headquarters in Los Angeles. This is the latest in a series of moves that are slowly turning California into the new electric vehicle hotspot. BYD started selling its first plug-in hybrid (the F3DM) in China this week. The company also produces EV batteries and recently established a [...]
Ford Styling
One Thing I have not talked about yet is Ford. I’m a Ford truck man, one hundred percent. So I’ll be talking more about Ford over the next few months. If you have a hybrid or EV, efficiency is easy enough to achieve, but otherwise it’s difficult to gauge (unless you’re a professional driver). Ford’s [...]
The Renault Swivel Seat
With cool 4WDs and mini-vans we are all familiar with seat configurations that can swivel, but Renault attempts something different with their new Clio which will hit the European market soon, where it has the first original equipment swivel seat for the front passenger.
New Style Police Car
Ford’s classic old Crown Vic police car; will now be the new Police Interceptor. This is set to replace the aging model, so it’s bad news for criminals, although good news for everybody else. The Interceptor is 25% more fuel-efficient than its predecessor thanks to an Ecoboost-powered V6 engine. Sweet!
