Nifty new tech could cut EV charging times from hours to minutes

Nifty new tech could cut EV charging times from hours to minutes

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Post Views: 108 Battery science is a pretty undeveloped field, which is why we’re still using lithium-ion instead of ultra-efficient metal air or sodium chemistry. During the period when burning fuel to generate power was always the easiest option, there wasn’t a motivation to make storage a priority and when it comes to EV charging,…

Car headlights are getting a much-needed upgrade with the infrastructure act

Car headlights are getting a much-needed upgrade with the infrastructure act

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Post Views: 138 Over the years, improvements to headlights in the United States largely revolved around simply making them brighter. Meanwhile, the rest of the world began experimenting with in-car technology to adapt a vehicle’s headlights to better light the world around them. Meanwhile, the US.was left in the stone age with its headlight tech…

The 6 terms you need to know to understand self-driving cars

The 6 terms you need to know to understand self-driving cars

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Post Views: 142 Understanding these different levels is clouded by driver expectations of this scale, and drivers might wonder if there are increments along the way. After all, some carmakers describe Level x.5 or Level x-plus functions—but the SAE J3016 specifications do not provide for these incremental increases. A vehicle’s ADAS system provides a defined…

Volvo wants to turn your entire windshield into a heads-up display

Volvo wants to turn your entire windshield into a heads-up display

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Post Views: 120 Spectralics’ tech works by overlaying the windshield with a thin film called a multi-layered thin combiner. This effectively turns the entire windshield into a transparent display, enabling Volvo to superimpose graphics and other visual elements onto the driver’s view of the roadway, functionally transforming the glass and surrounding environment into an augmented-reality…

Toyota’s GR Yaris experiments with a hydrogen combustion engine

Toyota’s GR Yaris experiments with a hydrogen combustion engine

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Post Views: 148 Alternatively fueled cars are rising in popularity. While hybrids and electric cars are winning that particular race, hydrogen cars have languished at the back of the pack. In 2014, Toyota cornered the market with the Mirai—an electric car which charges using a hydrogen fuel cell— but hydrogen simply hasn’t gained popularity like…

Which cars will be left in the dust by next year’s 3G shutdown?

Which cars will be left in the dust by next year’s 3G shutdown?

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Post Views: 161 Reading that, probably on a 5G-enabled device, you think, “Huh. Quaint.” But even if your smartphone’s network is several generations ahead, the same might not be true for your car. The truth is a large number of new cars made in the last decade, even some in the 2021 model year, were…

Honda will soon start patrolling Ohio highways to improve the roads

Honda will soon start patrolling Ohio highways to improve the roads

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Post Views: 127 A new pilot program from Honda is focusing on lane lines for that very reason, and it turns out that these lines and their upkeep are a “hot topic,” says Sue Bai, the chief engineer with Honda Research Institute in Detroit, Michigan. “Based on our understanding, the lane lines are painted regularly—they…