Research and Development
Tesla Model 3 Will Feature New Glass Technology From Solar Roof Tiles
Tesla creating Glass Group to develop and innovate products for both solar roof tiles and automotive applications.
Proof Apple is Working on a Car Buried in Financial Figures
The tech-giant is on track to blow through $10 billion in 2016, roughly a 30 percent jump from last year.
Honda F1 Gets UK Home Base for 2015 Season
Honda announced today that it will base its Formula 1 racing effort in Milton Keynes, U.K.
General Motors Consolidating Powertrain Operations
GM is adding roughly 400 jobs to its suburban campus in Pontiac, a suburb of Detroit, in an effort to speed development in the next phase of its propulsion development.
Why Your Next Set of Tires May be Made from Weeds
When it comes to the auto industry, oil isn’t the only thing imported from foreign countries and subject to supply issues and price spikes. The same is true of the rubber in your car’s tires, though a solution could lie in a simple, resilient weed that grows freely across the American southwest.
Self-driving cars by 2020, Former GM Exec Says
Self-driving cars aren’t new, but if electric vehicles’ slow adoption rates among U.S. consumers are any measure of new technology acceptance then autonomous cars can’t be close at hand, or can they? According to a speech given by Larry Burns, former General Motors research and development head, we can expect such technology by 2020. Unless…
Acura NSX To Be Developed and Assembled In Marysville, Ohio
Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Maseratis, they all have distinct exhaust notes that turn heads from Hoboken, New Jersey to Hollywood, California. They still ain’t got nothing on the rare and raspy resonation that marks an Acura NSX. Where an ultra-expensive Italian car says status, the NSX spits true tuner taste— especially because they aren’t in production. That’s…
MIT Algorithm Can Predict Red Light Runners
Statistics gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reveal that 700 of 7,000 traffic related fatalities in 2008 were caused by drivers that failed to stop at red traffic lights. What’s more, the red light offenders and the victims involved in the accident (whether passengers, pedestrians, or the driver of the other vehicle) share…
Renault-Nissan Open Silicon Valley Research Office
In an official press release, the Renault-Nissan Alliance stated that the office will “build staff organically,” to focus on specific projects and business developments as they emerge.”
General Motors Named Innovation Leader by Patent Board
The announcement comes on the heels of news that GM recently received more patents for clean energy technology last year than any other organization, based on findings from the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index.
