Taxpayer Gift Goes to GM for Fuel Economy Work
The U.S. Department of Energy is awarding General Motors Company a $7.7 million grant to help the development of four technologies to improve the fuel economy of light-duty vehicles. Critics, of...
View ArticleBMW Diesel Shows Electronic Noise Cancellation
BMW is using a 635d model – d as in diesel- to demonstrate that electronic noise cancellation can be used instead of heavier materials to decrease the noise created by the compression ignition engine....
View ArticleAudi Launches a “Travolution”
Few things are more frustrating than bouncing from one red light to another when you’re doing your daily commute. Worse, every stop eats up fuel. But by linking car and roadway infrastructure, the Audi...
View ArticleReady For Two-Cylinder Cars? Fiat Thinks So
At the center of the Fiat display at the upcoming Paris Motor Show will be four of the diminutive 500 models equipped with two-cylinder engines. That’s right two. Fiat Powertrain Technologies has...
View ArticleMcBlog: On “Bricks” and Hand Pumps: Musings on New Technology.
Battery-carmaker Tesla has been roiled in controversy as it turns out customers can turn their car into a virtual “brick” by failing to keep the vehicle charged. TheDetroitBureau.com asked intrepid...
View ArticleLuxury Buyers Like the Idea of Autonomous Driving
What has long been a science fiction fantasy is rapidly coming closer to reality – and a new study by J.D. Power and Associates finds many motorists – especially luxury buyers – intrigued by the...
View ArticleVolvo Making Life a Little Brighter with New Active High Beam Headlamps
Volvo will put the spotlight on a new technical breakthrough during its Geneva Motor Show news conference -- quite literally. Its new Active High Beam Control technology will allow motorists to leave...
View ArticleDemocratizing Technology
Luxury cars often deliver a range of advanced technologies, beyond upscale accoutrements like leather and wood. But in a stunning shift, many of the most advanced safety, performance and creature...
View ArticleShow-goers Find Plenty Cool Tech at 2014 Auto Show
This year’s Detroit Auto Show could reach record attendance levels despite the cold settled over the Motor City – and that may be because of all the cool stuff show-goers can check out at Detroit’s...
View ArticleSlap Those Wipers!
If you’ve ever had to scrape the snow and ice off your windshield on a cold winter morn – and it seems like everyone outside Southern California has faced that problem this year, you may want to root...
View ArticleBuyers Looking for Safety Help on Future Vehicles
While a self-driving car may be in our future, for now drivers just want for some additional safety help as they’re motoring along America’s highways and byways, according to a new study. The top...
View ArticleContinental Ups the Autonomous Car Ante
The race is on to be first to market with an autonomous vehicle, and automakers like Nissan, GM and Mercedes are being challenged by Google, which plans to launch a fleet of prototypes later this year....
View ArticleLatest in Driver Safety Technology Coming to Detroit
Toyota’s announcement yesterday of its goal of zero highway deaths related to its vehicles was one of several made by automakers recently about new safety technology coming to vehicles. Many of those...
View ArticleComponent Costs Deter Implementation of Driverless Technology
Cars loaded technology that allows them to drive themselves have been cruising the streets of downtown Detroit this week, but unless the costs of a critical component come down, don’t expect to see...
View ArticleMakers Counting on Tech Sector to Help Make Safer, More Interactive Cars
New technology that is being refined continuously now has the potential to make driving safer and more fun, while bringing the automobile business closer to the ever-blooming consumer electronics...
View ArticleMileage Still Critical to Shoppers, Despite Plunging Prices
As gas prices plunge, sales of pickups and other big vehicles have surged. Even so, a new JD Power study reveals that fuel economy remains the key factor for most US car buyers. As TheDetroitBureau.com...
View ArticleMIT Names V2V Communication Top 10 Breakthrough Technology
MIT Technology Review named Vehicle-to-vehicle communication, a much-discussed idea in the auto industry, one of the 10 Breakthrough Technologies for 2015. Each year, MIT and Technology identify...
View ArticleDaimler Invests Millions in Financing App
Daimler AG announced it plans invest several million euros into AutoGravity, a vehicle leasing and financing app. Find out more at TheDetroitBureau.com.
View ArticleApple Files Patent Linked to AV Driving
Apple has filed for a new patent for a suite of technology called “Peloton" which allows multiple self-driving cars to share battery capacity using a “connector arm,” according to trade publications...
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