http://www.i-auto.co.uk in car technology; mp3, dvd, sat nav, tomtom, delkin, internet in car, mobile phones Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've been tracking the AirCar for near centuries in Engadget Time, but MDI's little car that could-maybe-possibly seems to have finally taken to the streets. The car has been seen sporting French plates, meaning it's actually been approved for use there -- unsurprising, considering the car's......For full content    click here http://www.i-auto.co.uk/133/MDI's-AirCar-hits-the-streets%2C-no-one-is-safe.-Especially-not-the-air.-Or-the-cars..html Texas Instruments has a lot to do with the original microchip, if for no other reason than being the employer of inventor Jack Kilby. Now, however, TI is looking to produce chips and other related gizmos that require an infinitesimally small amount of energy to operate. The overriding theme guiding ... http://www.i-auto.co.uk/132/Texas-Instruments-gets-excited-about-energy-scavenging.html It's no secret that the police have been using GPS to track cars for some time now, often without a warrant or court order and, as The Washington Post now reports, it looks like the practice is only getting more and more commonplace. That is mostly due to the fact ... http://www.i-auto.co.uk/131/police-turning-to-gps-to-track-cars-more-than-ever.html Okay, so maybe it's not a huge deal if your Civic Hybrid only hums around town, but when behind the wheel of say, a Lightning GT, you're going to want that bad boy to make some serious racket. Lotus is taking a somewhat fresh concept and kicking out an idea ... http://www.i-auto.co.uk/130/lotus-safe-and-sound-technology-gives-hybrids-a-voice.html When landing or taking off in a plane, the only things you want to see on the runway are lights and stripes. Foreign Object Debris (FOD), the stuff that can get sucked into engines or even flatten a plane's tires, has become the focus of several new technologies that are ... http://www.i-auto.co.uk/129/foreign-object-debris-detection-and-removal-systems-bring-safety-bots-to-the-airports.html What with all this electric car business going on down on terra firma, it was clearly about time we all got to work flying the negatively-charged skies as well. The ElectraFlyer C, built by the Electric Aircraft Corporation, recently got some extended hang time on its maiden flight, powered by ... http://www.i-auto.co.uk/128/current-conditions-favorable-for-electraflyer-cs-electric-flight.html While Nissan hasn't quite cut drivers out of the equation all together (yet), it is making some considerable progress in controlling just how they drive, including preventing folks from driving drunk and, now with its new ECO pedal, preventing people from driving inefficiently. To do that, the pedal simp...... For full ... http://www.i-auto.co.uk/127/nissan-eco-pedal-promises-to-push-back-against-aggressive-drivers.html Google.org, the search kingpin's philanthropic wing, has just added another notch to its eco-friendly belt with a recent (and sizable) investment in Aptera Motors -- makers of that absurdly futuristic gas-sipper we've been following. Along with ActaCell (an electric car battery maker), Aptera receive...... For full content    click here http://www.i-auto.co.uk/126/googleorg-invests-275m-in-aptera-motors.html The Tesla roadster goes from 0 to 60 in 3.9-seconds (by December anyway) and costs $100,000 if you're lucky enough to get dibs on the 10 or so electric cars delivered so far. Come to find out, it also goes from 30 to 0 in a nausea-filled second when ground ... http://www.i-auto.co.uk/125/tesla-6-crash-disturbs-the-sound-of-silence.html General Motors has already gotten a bit of cash from the US Department of Energy to further the development of plug-in hybrids, and it now looks like it's taking things one step further on another initiative, with it teaming up with the Electric Power Research Institute and 30 utilities in ... http://www.i-auto.co.uk/124/GM-teams-with-utilities-to-develop-electric-car-charging-infrastructure.html