Toyota Plugs Away at the Next-Gen Electric-Car Battery
Magnesium-ion batteries promise to be cheaper and more energy-dense than lithium-ion ones.Light and powerful lithium-ion batteries have allowed automakers to make electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles...
View ArticleHope for Electric Vehicle Battery Manufacturers
Those who can switch to making lithium ion hybrid batteries could tap a fast-growing market.Worldwide, lithium ion battery production capacity for electric vehicles and hybrids is five times larger...
View ArticleToyota Unveils an Autonomous Car, but Says It’ll Keep Drivers in Control
The carmaker discusses research that could make cars autonomous and eliminate traffic fatalities.
View ArticleThe Perfect Parking Garage: No Drivers Required
With security, reliability, and legal issues yet to be resolved, the first self-driving vehicles will perform only specific tasks.Drivers who use a parking garage in Ingolstadt, Germany, could be...
View ArticleObama Wants Far More Money for Existing Technologies than for Developing New...
Does it make sense to spend so much on already commercialized technology?According to the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, President Obama’s budget has nearly $13 billion set aside...
View ArticleHow Today’s Sensors Could Make Tomorrow’s Cars Safer
Sensors in cars today could do more to reduce traffic accidents, and costs are coming down.Driverless cars haven’t hit the roads yet, but computers are already helping to slow down or stop a car in...
View ArticleWhy Toyota and GM Are Pushing Fuel-Cell Cars to Market
Falling costs are making fuel-cell vehicles look like a plausible alternative to conventional cars.Hydrogen-powered vehicles have been out of the spotlight for years, but they’re about to make a...
View ArticleDitching the Transmission Allowed Honda’s Accord Hybrid to Hit 50 MPG
Honda’s Hybrid Accord uses electric motors in lieu of all but one gear.Honda says it has found a way to improve the efficiency of hybrids—and in all likelihood significantly lower the cost to build...
View ArticleHow Toyota Will Be First With a Fuel-Cell Car
Toyota says it has reduced the cost of fuel cells significantly enough to sell hydrogen cars for under $100,000.Toyota says it’s made several advances to hydrogen fuel cells that will make them...
View ArticleWhy Your Car Won’t Get Remote Software Updates Anytime Soon
Software is taking over cars. But it may be a while before it can be updated without a trip to the dealer.When Toyota recalled over two million cars last week because of flaws with antilock braking...
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