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3:40PM Rosa Golijan | Aside from looking like a giant crustacean, this concept Nissan Vehicle-to-Grid (aka V2G) automobile seems like it would perfectly satisfy those who crave the manoeuvrability of a motorcycle, yet can’t abandon the protective frame of a car. Plus it looks super-duper-speedy. More »
The V2G Automobile Brings Out The Speed Demon In Me
3:40PM Rosa Golijan | Aside from looking like a giant crustacean, this concept Nissan Vehicle-to-Grid (aka V2G) automobile seems like it would perfectly satisfy those who crave the manoeuvrability of a motorcycle, yet can’t abandon the protective frame of a car. Plus it looks super-duper-speedy. More » 
Vehicles
The World’s Most Efficient Electric Car Is Destined To Fail
6:53AM Jesus Diaz | According to Gordon Murray — the ex-McLaren’s Formula 1 designer responsible for the T.27 car — one day we all will be driving one of these vehicles. And wearing clown costumes. I don’t care that it’s the most efficient car. It won’t work. More »
GPS
Garmin EcoRoutes ESP Displays Car Diagnostics On Your Nuvi GPS
5:20AM Sean Fallon | Sometime next year, Garmin nuvi GPS devices will have the option of displaying information on your car’s inner workings using EcoRoutes ESP — a module that taps into your car’s onboard diagnostics (OBD-II) port. More »
Vehicles
Inflatable Seatbelts…Really Ford?
3:56AM Mark Wilson | Times are tough for the automotive industry. Consumers have less money, the environment has less tolerance and nothing short of new engineering paradigms can fix any of it. You know, stuff like inflatable rear seatbelts. More »
Vehicles
5:46PM Nick Broughall | This is the team behind the solar car which won the Global Green challenge race from Darwin to Adelaide. Seems to me that they would have been pretty crowded in that thing… More »
But How Do They All Fit In Such A Compact Car?
5:46PM Nick Broughall | This is the team behind the solar car which won the Global Green challenge race from Darwin to Adelaide. Seems to me that they would have been pretty crowded in that thing… More »
Vehicles
11:45AM Damian Francis | Without meaning any disrespect to the workers at the Tsutsumi Manufacturing plant in Toyota City, watching them work as like watching the perfect ant farm. It’s rare to see such organisation in human activity. Although being that this is Japan (the Switzerland of the east perhaps) it wasn’t overly surprising. More »
Infiltrating Toyota’s Tsutsumi Manufacturing Plant
11:45AM Damian Francis | Without meaning any disrespect to the workers at the Tsutsumi Manufacturing plant in Toyota City, watching them work as like watching the perfect ant farm. It’s rare to see such organisation in human activity. Although being that this is Japan (the Switzerland of the east perhaps) it wasn’t overly surprising. More »
Vehicles
You Won’t Need Chairlifts With The Fastest Snow Car In The World
4:40AM Jesus Diaz | I don’t care that Ken Block’s new Subaru-based Trax STI could be the fastest snow vehicle in the world. I’ll be there with my red Zissou hat. More »
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2:26AM Danny Allen | Jalopnik is all over this week’s SEMA car show in Vegas where Toyota and Microsoft are parading their crazy Tacoma All-Terrain Gamer concept. Four Xbox 360 Elites hooked up to four swing-out 24-inch Samsung LCDs? Check. Energy drink dispenser? You betcha. More »
Toyota’s Tacoma ATG: Gull Wings, Four LCDs, Xbox 360s
2:26AM Danny Allen | Jalopnik is all over this week’s SEMA car show in Vegas where Toyota and Microsoft are parading their crazy Tacoma All-Terrain Gamer concept. Four Xbox 360 Elites hooked up to four swing-out 24-inch Samsung LCDs? Check. Energy drink dispenser? You betcha. More »
Vehicles
1:00PM Jesus Diaz | Forget the Darpa’s urban challenge. This fully automated Audi TTS — equipped with GPS, sensors and guidance systems — is set to race on the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, a crazy 20km rally race circuit with 156 turns. More »
Fully Autonomous Audi TTS To Rally Race At Pikes Peak
1:00PM Jesus Diaz | Forget the Darpa’s urban challenge. This fully automated Audi TTS — equipped with GPS, sensors and guidance systems — is set to race on the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, a crazy 20km rally race circuit with 156 turns. More »
Vehicles
9:00AM Mark Wilson | In the most recent World Solar Challenge, a Japanese team upset the former four-time Dutch champs to win the 3000km solar-car race across Australia with the vehicle you see here. More »
The Fastest Solar Car On The Planet
9:00AM Mark Wilson | In the most recent World Solar Challenge, a Japanese team upset the former four-time Dutch champs to win the 3000km solar-car race across Australia with the vehicle you see here. More » 
