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Monday 3 October 2011
2011 Nissan Leaf EV Test Drive: Plug-In Electric Paves Road to 2010 Launch
Nissan continues its EV full court press with an ambitious, all-electric vehicle called Leaf that will be available in 2010. We tested the original EV-02 prototype of this car last year. And now, we've spent some time behind the wheel of a newer model in Japan.
Name That Exhaust Note, Episode 105: 2012 Jaguar XKR-S
On Tuesday, we posted an audio recording of a mystery car?s exhaust note. To hear it again, click play above. Almost everyone who commented figured out that this week?s sound came from the 2012 Jaguar XKR-S. Like that sound? Download the MP3 and quiz your friends, make your own ringtone, or just lull yourself to [...]
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GM Pioneers The Front Center Air Bag
General Motors will launch an industry-first center air bag in 2013 Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia and Chevy Traverse midsize crossovers. The airbag will be standard on the Buick Enclave, and on all Acadia and Traverse models equipped with power seats. The front center airbag is designed to protect drivers in an opposite-side crash, and will serve as...
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Can car reviewers be trusted?
American Journalism Review recently posted an article by Frank Greves entitled Taking Readers for a Ride which talks, not particularly favorably, about the world of automotive journalism. The article makes some strong (and by and large legitimate) accusations: Free loaner cars, press junkets, automakers who favor positive reviewers, and journalists who say nice things to curry favor -- all points I'd like to address.
Sunday 2 October 2011
Video: Honda's Asimo + Kinect = Creepy animatronic hokey-pokey
Filed under: Etc., Japan, Technology, Videos
When the end of the world comes, it will arrive on the shoulders of dancing robots. The researchers behind Asimo, the humanoid robot from Honda, have tapped into the muscle behind the Xbox Kinect system to allow users to control Asimo using nothing more than their own body movements. With self-collision safeguards and upper and lower body correlation programming in place, the adorable face of our robotic overlords is moving more like a human than ever before. What's more, Aismo can now utilize a database of text-inspired gestures as a form of communication.
Why does this matter? In the past, programmers had to individually code the movements in each of Asimo's joints in order for the robot to be able to perform a simple task. The design required a symphony of programming just for the robot to be able to walk across a stage. Now Asimo merely requires a human to move naturally in order to instruct his joints. It's a massive step forward. We're guessing it wouldn't take much to be able to record those movements for future replay, either. Hit the jump to check out the video.
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Can you watch this without flinching?
Video: yet another demonstration that bike racers are utterly mental
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480bhp Nissan Juke: first pic
This is the ?Super Juke?, stripped out and powered by something almighty indeed?
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USDA: Advanced biofuel payouts will create jobs, jobs and even more jobs
Filed under: Biodiesel, Ethanol, Legislation and Policy, USA
Let's create jobs while concurrently expanding the U.S. output of advanced biofuels, says Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.Just days ago, the USDA announced that its will fork over some money to more than 160 energy producers in 41 states to support the expansion of advanced biofuels. As Secretary Vilsack says, this is really mainly a job-creating scheme:
The payments are authorized under the Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels and will be made available only to firms looking to increase output of advanced biofuels. Payments are based strictly on the amount of biofuel a recipient produces from renewable biomass. Corn-based ethanol producers can't apply, as that type of biofuel is not considered "advanced."Renewable energy production will create tens of thousands of direct, American jobs; thousands more indirect jobs, and clean electricity to power millions of homes. The payments I am announcing today represent the continuing commitment of the Obama administration to work with producers to provide the biofuel necessary to reduce our nation's dependence on foreign energy sources.
One example of a BPAB payment is the $98,507 given to Ever Cat Fuels to help offset the costs of producing 881,000 gallons of biodiesel from plant oils and animal fats in Minnesota. The USDA says the payout to Ever Cat will create 20 full-time jobs. Sure, 20 may be next to nothing on a national level, but you don't get to tens of thousands of jobs without starting somewhere.
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Caterham Announces Technology and Innovation Division; Aiming to Out-Lotus Lotus?
When one considers Caterham, ?technology? is not the first thing that comes to mind. After all, barring its recent track-only collaboration with Lola, the company makes its bucks continually refining Colin Chapman?s venerable Lotus Seven. Admittedly, today’s Cat is a far cry from Chapman?s original, including such niceties as fuel injection and modern brakes, but [...]
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Global spending on advanced oil, gas exploration tech to hit $10.17 billion in 2011
Filed under: Etc., Natural Gas
Although the Arctic has incredible potential energy resources - the United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimates 90 billion barrels of undiscovered oil and 1,668 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered gas - extracting that fuel will be costly.
A calculated and cautious approach to exploitation will be vital to optimal development, according to the UK-based analytical firm Visiongain. Due to the lack of geological data in the Arctic, oil and gas exploration and extraction will be a high-risk, massive-reward venture in which only the most experienced and wealthy of companies will compete.
Visiongain predicts that global spending on advanced oil and gas exploration technologies, including those used in the Arctic, will exceed $10.17 billion in 2011 and soar to exorbitant levels by 2021. Why all this spending? Well, as the world shifts to discovering hidden oil and gas deposits, the exploration industry will be required to use advanced surveying methods and outrageously expensive equipment. This kind of energy doesn't come cheap.
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The Truth Behind the 230 MPG Claim From the Chevy Volt: Analysis
Chevy has announced that the Volt will deliver an estimated 230 mpg. Other plug-in-hybrid manufacturers won't be long in announcing similarly astonishing fuel-economy numbers. But where on earth does that number come from?
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Hyundai working on fuel-saving 10-speed automatic
What's eight plus two? If you guessed ten, then you'd be right. As in, right on the mark in answering a related question: How many forward gears will Hyundai's next-generation automatic transmission feature?
Automotive News reports that Koren automaker Hyundai will skip past nine speeds and go straight for a double-digit ten-speed trans as soon as 2014. Word is Hyundai will initially equip only its Genesis and Equus sedans with the ten-speed unit to bump up the fuel economy rating of both vehicles, but the trickle-down effect most likely means we'll see the ten-speed slushbox in additional Hyundai models at some later date.
If this report pans out to be true, then Hyundai is truly taking the uncharted path in the world of multi-speed transmissions. Plenty of OEMs are working on or have eight-speeds out there, but ten?
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Saturday 1 October 2011
2010 Acura RDX Test Drive New Fuel Economy Leader Packs Poise and Refinement
Acura has evolved the RDX for 2010 with styling revisions, luxury features and tech upgrades to help the company fend off the influx of new competitors from Infiniti, Audi and Volvo and retain its 34-percent market share in the compact luxury segment.
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