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Digital navigation solutions provider MapmyIndia has announced its partnership with Ford, on their AppLink platform. The Map app from MakymyIndia gets an enhanced version on the Ford SYNC platform and will provide the user search Points of Interest via category listing and specific brand names.

The entire automotive world is slowly but surely moving to smaller and efficient engines. And that's how it should be as well. Joining on to this bandwagon is Mercedes-Benz, who is looking to work on down-sized petrol engines. Sources say that the German auto-giant will be looking to bring new 1.2-litre and 1.4-litre engines which will have four cylinders and will be transversely laid out.

Petrol and diesel powered cars will end as soon as by 2030, says a study done by Stanford economist, Tony Seba. The study says that fossil-fueled cars will vanish within eight years and the people who want to buy cars will have no choice but to invest in electric vehicles or vehicles working on similar technologies.

The DEVC system can charge an electric vehicle dynamically with a charge of up to 20 kilowatts at speeds up to, and in excess of, 100 kmph.

Suzuki has filed patents for a turbocharged motorcycle engine and we believe that the day isn't far when we will see turbocharged motorcycles from Suzuki, in production.

This is the first time new services have been fully integrated into Audi's brand specific infotainment system.

Toyota, has recently invested $375,290 (Rs. 2.43 Crore approx.) on a new flying car project - SkyDrive. The car is being developed by a team of 30 Toyota employees calling themselves - 'Cartivator'.

The wooden motorcycle runs on fuel made from algae oil. Dutch designer Ritsert Mans developed the bike while his friend, scientist Peter Mooji started growing algae to harvest it for oil.