Technology
car&bike Team
Oct 24, 2016, 3:21 PM
Christened Vahana, the craft can carry a single passenger or cargo and seeks to enable opening up of urban airways in a predictable and controlled manner.
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Seshan Vijayraghvan | Oct 17, 2016How Do Plug-In Hybrid Electric Cars Work?Recent times have shown us that the Indian car market is getting ready to move towards vehicles with cleaner and a more sustainable fuel source. Though very niche, there is a market for hybrid and electric cars in India which has been explored by companies like Toyota, Mahindra and very recently Volvo.1 min read
PTI | Oct 15, 2016India Looking For Eco-Friendly Technology To Scrap Old Vehicles; Germany Might HelpIndia has sought advanced environment-friendly technology from Germany to scrap old polluting vehicles and processing the waste generated by it, besides manufacturing cars to run on flex-fuel, the government today said.1 min read
Seshan Vijayraghvan | Oct 13, 2016Infiniti's Driverless Cars Might Be Ready For Hong Kong By 2020Infiniti has announced that, if local regulations permit, the company's autonomous car could hit the road in Hong Kong by 2020.1 min read
Reuters | Oct 13, 2016By 2030 Electric Vehicles Will Dominate Roads In Most Of The Wealthy Cities: ReportElectric vehicles could account for two-thirds of all cars on the road by 2030 in wealthy cities such as London and Singapore due to stricter emissions regulation.1 min read
car&bike Team | Oct 12, 2016Driverless Cars Tested For the First Time On UK RoadsWith the steering wheel turning on its own and radar and camera technology guiding it, a driverless car took to Britain's streets for the first time on Tuesday, as part of trials aimed at getting autonomous vehicles onto the roads by 2020.1 min read
Kritika Sethi | Oct 9, 2016Driverless Mercedes-Benz Cars Will Give Precedence To Occupants' Safety Over PedestriansMercedes-Benz claims that its self-driving cars will be programmed to give precedence to occupants' safety over pedestrians.1 min read
car&bike Team | Oct 7, 2016Is Rinspeed's Oasis Concept The Ideal Electric Hatchback For The City?What youre looking at is Rinspeeds Oasis concept. Its a small hatchback developed primarily for urban areas that can seat two people and of course its pure electric and autonomous. The creator says that the Oasis concept can be described as the trendy buddy of Star Wars icon R2D2 due to its almost zero turning radius, which is why we said at the very beginning about it being for the urban areas.1 min read
PTI | Oct 6, 2016Motorcycle Helmets Equipped With Airbag Could Provide Six-Fold Protection: StudyAirbag helmets may reduce impact by as much as six-fold compared to traditional bike helmets, drop tests from as high as two meters have shown.1 min read
