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Tesla Model X crossover electric vehicle coming in 2013, starts at $49,900 after tax credits
www.theverge.com
If the Tesla Model S isn't your speed, the electric car company has something a little more reasonable: the Model X. It's a "crossover" vehicle somewhere between a sport utility and car and will enter production in 2013. The fully-electric vehicle isn't quite as staid as other vehicles in...
Ford brings SYNC and AppLink to Europe
www.engadget.com
America, I hate to say it, but you're no longer special. Sure, maybe you'll always be number one in Ford's heart, but the company has got to sow its wild oats, and that means heading across the Atlantic with SYNC and AppLink in tow. The manufacturer hopes to sell...
Voice-controlled 4G cop car of the future identifies lawbreakers on its own [video]
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Police officers may soon find themselves patrolling the streets in next-generation vehicles that combine Knight Rider with modern technology to create a cruiser that can handle a good amount of police work on its own. Unveiled recently by Motorola Solutions, the 2012 Chevrolet Caprice PPV and Detective vehicle combines cutting-edge technology...
New Wi-Fi standard means better vehicle support, improved cell handoff
gigaom.com
The ubiquitous Wi-Fi standard officially improved on Monday, with the IEEE publishing its fourth revision to 802.11. The updates include faster throughput, improved cellular hand-offs, and better communication between vehicles in addition to other improvements. Once considered a secondary connection compared to wired Ethernet, Wi-Fi is becoming a dominant wireless protocol...
A123 Systems stung by faulty batteries
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Battery maker A123 Systems will need to replace batteries to the Fisker Karma and other vehicles following the discovery of a defect at its Livonia, Michigan battery plant. [Read more]...
If cars could talk to another, what could (and should) they say?
gigaom.com
At Mobile World Congress, Ford Motor executive chairman Bill Ford tried to elevate the discussion of the connected car beyond the infotainment system. In a speech on Monday, Ford outlined a future of 4 billion cars that don’t just use wireless links to tap into music, media and navigation, but...
Patent filing: Google’s self-driving car could pick up the kids, swerve to avoid deer
www.geekwire.com
A Google patent application made public today goes into great detail about the possibilities of its self-driving car project – and no, this isn’t an April Fool’s joke. According to the filing, features would include the ability to autonomously pick up kids from school and drive them home, communicate with other...
Will you rent your ride to a stranger? Peer-to-peer carsharing arrives in Seattle
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We’ve already told you about the ability to use the Internet to find nearby lodging (Airbnb); pet sitters (DogVacay and Rover.com) and sports tickets and other goods (Zaarly). Now, residents in Washington state — due in part to changes in insurance laws instituted by the legislature earlier this month —...
Burnout Crash’s automotive chaos smashes on to iOS
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Burnout, the long-running series of destruction-oriented racing games has made the jump to iOS. Originally available as a downloadable title on Xbox Live and Playstation network, the latest edition to the series, Burnout Crash is now available as a Universal iOS app. Developed by Criterion Games and EA, the game’s casual,...
Proof That Pirate King Kim Dotcom Is A James Bond Villain
www.businessinsider.com
MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom has a history filled with criminal activities including hacking, embezzlement, and insider trading. He's also a street-racer and playboy. Add another title to that: real-life James Bond villain. Here's one excerpt from BusinessWeek's profile of Dotcom about a raid on Dotcom's mansion and his arrest...
Metropolitan police send 1,000 victims each other's email addresses
www.guardian.co.uk
'Human error' led to addresses being placed in wrong field when sending survey to victims over standard of serviceScotland Yard has inadvertently shared the email addresses of around 1,000 victims of crime with each other, in a mistake that has been referred to the information commissioner.The Metropolitan police said emails...
Ford: Telecom Companies and Auto Industry Have to Work Together to Avoid “Global Gridlock”
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Bill Ford Jr., the executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company used his keynote address at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last night to lobby for a stronger cooperation between mobile tech companies and the auto industry to avoid "global gridlock." Given numerous predictions that we will see global...
Another Bus Crash at Disney?
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Tags: bus, crash, Transit News Isn’t Disney supposed to be a happy place? First there was a horrible crash of the Disney monorail that killed the operator of the monorail. A week later there was a bus crash that injured 12 passengers. And back in December, passengers on the monorail...
South Korea Begins Testing “Recharging Roads”
www.inquisitr.com
The University of California a while back invented recharging roads, a technology that allows vehicles to suck up energy from the ground. Now South Korea has adopted the technology and they are currently testing it at a Seoul amusement park. The technology, known as the Online Electric Vehicle System...
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