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Cars

GM’s Vibrating Seats Might Be More Startling Than Accidental Drifts

It’s designed to make driving safer, particularly after a long day at work or a tiring road trip, but GM’s haptic seat technology that lets you know when you start unintentionally changing lanes might be even scarier than the drift.

25 May 2012

Science

Welcome To The Future, Where Our Apples Never Brown

Okanagan Specialty Fruits, a Canadian biotech company, has brought us the future… and it tastes like very fresh apples.

22 December 2011

Cars

OnStar To Demo In-Car Video Chats—That Sounds Safe, Right?

While lawmakers are passing stricter regulations on mobile phone usage in cars, OnStar seems to be bucking that trend. At CES they’ll be showing off a new in-car 4G infotainment system that will stream video content and allow for video calls.

21 July 2011

Science

How A Car Company Built The World’s First Mechanical Heart

In 1952, Dr Forest Dodrill captured national attention when he became the first surgeon to use a mechanical heart pump on a patient at Wayne State University’s Harper Hospital in Detroit. There’s a reason that heart pump looks like a 12-cylinder engine. It was made by General Motors.

12 June 2011

Cars

See-Through Car Will Make You Think You Have X-Ray Vision

This unusual see-through Pontiac was originally built by GM as one of two or three transparent display cars for the 1939 and 1940 World Fair for the – at the time – astronomical sum of $US25,000. [Jalopnik]

22 December 2010

Cars

Chevrolet Volt Car Will Use Recycled Oil Booms From BP Disaster

What to do with all those leftover oil booms that BP used to mop up its oil? If you’re a car manufacturer, you could recycle all of the oil-slicked plastic tubes into new Chevrolet Volts.

15 September 2010

Software

GM Shoving Facebook, Voice Texting Into OnStar-Equipped Cars

GM’s OnStar system has just taken a leap into connectivity, adding audio Facebook updates, voice texting and apps that control your car from your phone. Suddenly, your most expensive gadget might be your car.

8 September 2010

Software

New OnStar Coming With Facebook, Trapster

GM’s next generation OnStar will get a major upgrade and challenge Ford’s Sync system with infotainment options. In addition to OnStar’s well-known unparalleled route guidance and safety assistance services, the new system will get apps like Trapster and Facebook.

6 August 2010

Science

The Largest Car Wind Tunnel In The World

Jalopnik has toured the largest wind tunnel in the world and got these beautiful photos. It was built 30 years ago inside General Motor’s Aerodynamics Laboratory, and it still looks amazing today. [Jalopnik]

28 July 2010

Cars

Chevy Volt Pre-Orders Start Now: $US41,000 Before $US7500 Tax Credit

We finally know, officially, how much it will cost to own the Chevy Volt. General Motors has announced that their electric car is up for pre-order for $US41,000, with a tax credit of up to $US7500 lowering the tally.

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