Google to Launch Street View in Europe
	It seems like Google's Street View function is one of the hottest technologies inside Googleplex since the Mountain View-based company continuously improves the feature. Following the integration of Street View in Google Earth, it looks like Google wants more than that as the famous Street View car was spotted in Italy. According to Philipp Lenssen from Google Blogoscoped, the photo was captured in Rome and, as you can see i ... [read more >>]
	18 April 2008, 09:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Is This the Real Google Street View Car?
	Since Google's Street View technology was published on the web, there were lots of speculations concerning the cars used to shoot pictures around the world. As you probably know, the Mountain View-based company has used multiple cars equipped with all kinds of high-end equipments in order to take high-resolution photos around the globe. The cars were driven in a certain city all day long while the cameras mounted on the roof ... [read more >>]
	17 April 2008, 03:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Intelligent Brake Lights Could Save Your Life
	The messages sent by brake lights to the driver behind bear a small resemblance to the binary code used by computers. But as we all know, the binary code is hardly the perfect communication language. For example, when you press the brake pedal, the break lights signal to the cars behind your intention to stop, except that no additional information is given, such as whether the car is slowing down or you are executing an emergency brake. ... [read more >>]
	27 March 2008, 10:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Future Cars to Have Side-Impact Sensors
	If you think a little bump can ruin your day, think again. A side-impact can ruin your life! Side-impacts are probably the most dangerous types of car crash, mostly due to the fact that the sides of the cars are the least protected areas. That's why European researchers are now trying to develop a car body that is intelligent and able to protect the occupants of the vehicles from imminent side impacts. The newly-developed bodies will ... [read more >>]
	17 March 2008, 09:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Verizon Brings Automotive Content on Mobile Phones
	Verizon Wireless thought about all the automotive enthusiasts out there that are equally enthusiastic about cell phones, and today launched a new application called Car and Driver SlideShow. Developed by Viva Vision, a top provider of mobile entertainment content, the application is an interactive SlideShow one that will bring users the latest automotive images from Car and Driver, the famous American automotive magazine. Ca ... [read more >>]
	11 March 2008, 11:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Robot Invasion Begins!
	So be it then! We should at least look at the bright side of the whole deal. No more stepping out of the car, no more getting dirty or smelling of petrol after a quick refuel. The automatic refueling unit was developed by an inventor from Netherlands who is also a gas station owner, and is the first of its kind in the world working in a gas-pumping station. Ouch! That will really drive some unemployed people mad. Nico van Staveren said ... [read more >>]
	07 February 2008, 09:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

See the Gadgets Behind Google Street View
	The Google Street View cars are racing across New Zealand, according to several eyewitnesses. Some more compromising pictures, people entering adult book stores or upskirts from ladies entering cars are not singular items to be shown so far. I guess the weird collector’s gallery is going to become richer with the addition of a new country. The New Zealand run is interesting now, because it is the first time somebody actually talked to a ... [read more >>]
	10 January 2008, 13:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Just Ask.com if You Need Directions
	Don’t you dare say you’ve never heard of this before, because it isn’t true and you know it! Besides, if you lie, it will count on Santa's list of people who have been good and/or naughty for the Christmas to come. Asking directions is an expiation for some drivers who feel that they are stranded in an ocean of humiliation the moment they pull over and ask somebody on the sidewalk for directions. Understandable, but not quite. It i ... [read more >>]
	07 January 2008, 04:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The New Air-Compressed Car: 200 Km (125 mi) with Just $ 2 (1.5 Euro)!
	We are in the middle of a dreadful global warming that could melt all the Arctic glaciers by the middle of this century. Humankind is in a struggle to find all kind of technologies reducing the emissions of greenhouse effect gases. And one of the main emitters of these gases are cars. Sun-powered cars would emit no polluting gases at all, but so far this technology has not convinced. But now, BBC News is signaling that a French company ... [read more >>]
	07 January 2008, 02:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Aptera: Perfect Car Witchcraft!
	Aptera has officially unveiled two brand new vehicles that could change the future of automotive design...again! Notably, Aptera’s Typ-1 is a vehicle designed to combine the advanced aerodynamics with lightweight composite technology to create a safer and smarter car. To whom it may concern, the Aptera Typ-1 will be available as all-electric or hybrid models for less than $30,000 starting 2008. The all-electric, powered by bat ... [read more >>]
	14 December 2007, 14:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

eBay's Special Offer: Buy A Car And Get Nothing!
	One of the worst nightmares: buy a very expensive car through eBay and receive nothing. Not even your money. And this happened to approximately 1,000 Canadians in the last 7 years according to the CBC news. But, here's what happened a few days days ago. Shaqir Duraj, a Kosovo refugee who moved to Canada, has started his own bakery some time ago, making several transactions through the famous bidding website eBay. Back in Oct ... [read more >>]
	04 December 2007, 05:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hackers Broke Into The Rolls-Royce Network
	It has happened before, but this time, hackers bit the dust as they didn't manage to access valuable data stored on the computers. Rolls-Royce, a famous company based on the production of luxury vehicles and airplane engines, was the victim of a Chinese hack attack targeting the private data stored on the firm's computers, "TerraNet" reported citing "The Times". According to the same website, some an ... [read more >>]
	03 December 2007, 02:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Maps Street Coming, Check Your Attire
	Are you ready to be immortalized and be seen by the entire world? How about those sneakers you’re wearing at the moment, do they look memorable enough? Are you a trendsetter that needs that little boost to get things going? Have no fear, Google’s here! Well not exactly here per se, but it’ll be coming in a town near you (or perhaps if you’re lucky in your town) and be taking pictures so be sure to practice your Colga ... [read more >>]
	23 November 2007, 04:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Erotic Car Seat Massager Helps You Arrive Faster!
	Traffic jams...I hate them! But, after seeing this, I actually want them to happen...Since vibrating things are commonly used in all sorts of relaxation therapies, it was a matter of time until someone would have though about integrating vibrators in car seats. Forget about romance, just think about the pleasure of using such an interesting relaxation methods while waiting at the traffic lights. The vibrating car seat doesn� ... [read more >>]
	02 November 2007, 04:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

One More Street View Car Spotted, One More Google Maps Update
	The Street View car which is supposed to be used for capturing street level panoramas to be included in Google Maps was spotted a few days ago in Knox, Indiana. Obviously, this makes us think the Mountain View company prepares new updates for Google Maps as similar vehicles were seen in other cities included in the web-based service. According to Search Engine Land, Knox, Indiana has a population of only 3,721 which is pretty cur ... [read more >>]
	15 October 2007, 08:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Night Vision for Intelligent Cars
	Humans are not made for traveling during nighttime: around 42% of fatal car crashes happen at night, taking into consideration that at this time there is 60% less traffic. There's little visual acuity and field of vision at night provided by illumination from the headlights. Now a team at the Department of Computer Architecture and Technology at the University of Granada has created an electronic system that significantl ... [read more >>]
	28 September 2007, 04:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Smart Steel for the Cars of the Future
	Car accidents have now turned into one of the main causes of mortality in the modern society and their number is increasing, in parallel with the number of cars on the roads. Annually, over 200,000 car accidents take place only in Germany. That's why the car manufacturers dedicate a lot of time and effort (besides the financial part) on research in investigating the safety of the cars and in developing new methods to pro ... [read more >>]
	20 September 2007, 05:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Smart Anti-accident Cars of the Future
	Humans are tricky drivers, that's why a team at Sandia National Laboratories outside Albuquerque, NM, created by the Pentagon and a major auto maker is going to develop the smart cars of the future, primarily with military applications, for transporting troops and equipment. The next stage is to test the system with the help of really bored drivers. "It will involve a convoy of drivers wearing brainwave-detecting ca ... [read more >>]
	12 September 2007, 08:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

More Street View Imagery from Google?
	Just after Google released Google Maps Street View, the Internet community started talking about the cars which were used to capture the photos. As you might know, Street View provides detailed street level panoramas so it requires a vehicle equipped with numerous cameras in order to capture photos from multiple angles. Obviously, some of the US residents managed to identify some cars used by Google in Street View and the picture ... [read more >>]
	04 September 2007, 02:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Anti Drunk-Driving Car
	Like always on Saturday night, you're dead drunk and since you’re such a brave person, you will prove that you can drive home safely on your own (by the way, who would dare try to face your punches and curses just to grab your keys?). Well, Nissan has found a solution to your problem now. If not for the sake of the others’ safety, at least at for the sake of you keeping your driving license. An array of technologies will detect a ... [read more >>]
	09 August 2007, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

1938 Rusted Car Found in Barn Sells for $850,000
	There are lots of old things you can find in a barn, like rusted tools, really useless pieces of equipment and appliances, even dad's rusted car that used to make him proud in his young days and is now slowly eaten away by time. But once in a while, someone stumbles on a rare collection car that's been sitting for years, an abandoned old glory that needs a mechanic's magic touch to make him a fortune. This 1938 ... [read more >>]
	30 July 2007, 09:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

SHADOW, the Army's 4X4 Hybrid Stealth Vehicle
	The Shadow Reconnaissance, Surveillance Targeting Vehicle (RST-V) is a prototype vehicle developed by General Dynamics Land Systems for the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR). It looks like a heavily modified Humvee, the official US Army vehicle, because it is based on the same platform, but features a series of improvem ... [read more >>]
	28 July 2007, 05:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

What Is The Link Between Termites, Cows and Cars?
	Although not very obvious, there is a link between termites, cows and cars: bacteria. Some of these little critters are helping cows and termites digest cellulose, and some can produce electrical current and could be used in fuel cells that could power up future ecological cars. A group of researchers at Penn State University came up with the idea of carefully pairing these bacteria in a fuel cell that consumes cellulose and produces el ... [read more >>]
	28 July 2007, 04:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

GPS Systems Cause NYC Yellow Cab Crisis
	A recent proposal to fit every yellow cab in New York with GPS systems is causing massive protest among drivers who threaten to call strike until the order is revoked. The trade body representing more than 8,000 drivers is considering this last resort action against city officials. Two months ago, this project was viewed as a major technological advance by NYC officials. "This project is nothing short of revolutionary and evolutio ... [read more >>]
	27 July 2007, 10:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Eco One Cool Car Makes My Mouth Water!
	The fellows from Gizmodo ran into this, but I couldn't help myself from searching and offering it to you. The Eco One car could be the most delicious car you've ever dreamed of. But the impressive fact is that this vehicle is even greener than the other eco ones we've already shown you. Surprisingly, ladies, you'll have to use your cooking skills on it, since it is said to run on wheat and sugar. Imagine the tasty co ... [read more >>]
	27 July 2007, 05:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How to Ride in the World's First Flying Car
	Remember the cartoon series "The Jetsons" where sometime in the future, everybody had flying cars that could be packed in a briefcase to avoid parking space problems? Well, a company has brought this from the far future of the cartoons to our reality. They don't know how to fit their car in a suitcase yet, but they sure can make it fly. And it looks like a flying saucer, too. The Moller M200G Volantor is a 2 pe ... [read more >>]
	26 July 2007, 10:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The New Ford Hybrid Cars Will Be Plugged in Next to Household Appliances
	Electric cars are an environmentally friendly alternative to old internal combustion engines that use fossil fuels and pollute the atmosphere. For now, they have their limitations regarding the autonomy, because electricity is very hard to store in conventional batteries and because recharge stations are still rare. Now, a new generation of experimental vehicles designed by Ford and utility company Southern California Edison, ... [read more >>]
	11 July 2007, 05:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Is The First Ferrari Electric Hybrid for Real?
	Ferrari is a name that needs no further presentation. It's the symbol of sports cars, the car maker than imposed red as official color of any respectable supercar, and it's a dream ride for any car enthusiast in the world. Owning a Ferrari is more than a description of your bank account, it's a statement of class, of wanting a riding pleasure that not many competitors can offer, and ultimately, it's a syno ... [read more >>]
	30 June 2007, 03:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New "Robocar" Could Be Used in Urban Wars
	Cars that can drive themselves have been a dream for motorists around the world since the 1950s, when the idea became popular. Such cars could save the driver from the effort of cruising through crowded cities, congested highways, impossible parking spots, being able to react much faster than a human. The latest robotic car, developed by MIT, with funds from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), just passed ... [read more >>]
	29 June 2007, 09:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Future Cars Could Have "Reflexes" and Avoid Accidents
	Many of today's cars are equipped with state-of-the-art driver assist technologies, like cruise control, anti-lock brakes, automatic transmission and adaptive headlights, designed to do things beyond the natural abilities of human drivers, thus relieving him of some manual operations during complex driving situations. A more complex type of driver assist technology is currently being researched at IBM, aiming to give the ... [read more >>]
	27 June 2007, 09:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Small Penises and Fast Driving
	We all understood that men with minute penises employ huge cars to compensate for their lack. But now "Young men who speed do so because they have a small penis" is the slogan of a new road safety campaign triggered by Road and Traffic Authority in Australia. The $1.9 million campaign is targeting speeding among 17- to 25-year-olds and it encourages people who see speeding male drivers to wiggle their pinkie fingers ... [read more >>]
	26 June 2007, 14:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Car That Tells You Where It Hurts
	It seems that the days of repairing the car in the backyard are gone. Dad will no longer spend the week-ends working on the family car, getting full of oil and grease. Already, most cars have most of engine parts encapsulated and hard to access without the proper tools and knowledge, but a new intelligent system is going to make life impossible for the amateur mechanics. The new intelligent system is being developed by engineers [ADMAR ... [read more >>]
	20 June 2007, 09:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Apple and Mercedes Plan Revolutionary Navigation System
	A recent rumor attracted mass media’s attention because it sustains that Apple signed a deal with Mercedes-Benz to create a brand new navigation system for all the car models included in the 2009 model. The German magazine Focus sustained that the product is exclusively addressed to Mercedes, other car producers being allowed to implement it after about 6 months from the initial release date. LeftLaneNews went even further and ad ... [read more >>]
	19 June 2007, 09:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Ford: What The Heck, Google Is Now Building Cars?!
	Lately, Google has different goals than the ones we were expecting and tries to avoid damaging the energy system by using solar energy and promoting several campaigns to protect the environment. The amazing attempt comes from a hybrid car built by Google.org, the Google engineers and the Hymotion/A123Systems and is meant to show an alternative to the classic cars that are damaging the environment. The car works with solar power a ... [read more >>]
	19 June 2007, 02:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

UK Speedster Caught On YouTube
	The UK authorities are now investigating a man who posted a clip on YouTube showing him speeding with approximately 150mph with a Vauxhall VX220 sports car. Anthony Coyne, 27-year-old, uploaded a video recorded by one of his passengers, showing him and his 28.000 pounds car near Harrietsham, close to Maidstone. According to Kent News, the investigations were started by The Sun, one of the most famous UK publication. "Coyn ... [read more >>]
	08 June 2007, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The 600 hp Cadillac
	Cadillac is probably the most famous American brand of luxury vehicles, produced and mostly sold in the United States and Canada, but sold in almost every part of the world. It has become a "must have" for many newcomers in the richest people arena. In the United States, the name became a synonym for "high quality", used in such phrases as "the Cadillac of watches," referring to a Rolex or an Om ... [read more >>]
	06 June 2007, 15:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How to Drive the $3.8 Million Rolls Royce
	In a world where the threat of terrorism is almost everywhere, the richest and most powerful people need to feel safe when traveling in a car. Civilian armored cars are either factory produced, such as the BMW 7 Series High Security and the armored Audi A6 and A8 cars, or retrofitted versions of series cars. Rolls-Royce is mostly famous for the elegant and expensive limousines, with an unique aspect and a prestige other car m ... [read more >>]
	06 June 2007, 11:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Porsche 914 Electric Car
	The famous German car maker Porsche is well known for the slick sports cars and the rear mounted boxer engines and is currently the world's largest race car manufacturer. The company has been successful in many branches of auto racing, scoring a total of more than 28,000 victories. The words Porsche and electric car don't go together at all. But if the car maker doesn't envision pro ... [read more >>]
	06 June 2007, 08:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

This Is The Car That Captured The Google Maps Pictures!
	A few days ago, the Mountain View company debuted an innovative feature for Google Maps that brings detailed street pictures with several US locations. Because Google Maps is a web-based service that shows satellite maps, numerous users were curios about the procedure used by the search giant to capture the photos. According to PR Differently, the Mountain View company used a car, that seems to be a US version of the Volkswagen B ... [read more >>]
	01 June 2007, 03:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How to Drive a Car That Runs on Air
	This must be the crowning achievement in the field of alternative fuels. After the electric car and the one powered by hydrogen, this new product has the potential of successfully replacing the small city cars, which cause so much pollution. It's called Air Car, it's developed by ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre, and will be built by India’s largest automaker, Tata Motors. The name says it all. This car runs on comp ... [read more >>]
	29 May 2007, 12:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Plasma Can Recycle Tyres
	Pneumatic tires or tyres are used on all types of vehicles, from cars to earthmovers to airplanes. A significant disadvantage of tyres is the fact that recycling them is not very easy and so mountains on tyres are gathering all across the world. It may come as a surprise, but the same technique that makes tyres so durable, the vulcanization, makes them hard to recycle. The sulfur bonds between rubber make them almost impossible to reus ... [read more >>]
	29 May 2007, 08:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

YouTube Sued for Violent Car Crash
	The online video sharing service YouTube was sent to the court by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority after a violent car crash was posted on its official page. The video shows a 52-year-old man who dies after he smashes a toll plaza in New Jersey. According to Google Watch, The New Jersey Turnpike Authority sued several companies including NextPoint, the parent company of Break.com. It seems that the complaint was also involving L ... [read more >>]
	25 May 2007, 09:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How to Drive in the World's Most Impressive Armored Limousine?
	In a world where the threat of terrorism is almost everywhere, the richest and most powerful people need to feel safe when traveling in a car. Civilian armored cars are either factory produced, such as the BMW 7 Series High Security and the armored Audi A6 and A8 cars, or retrofitted versions of series cars. Probably the most impressive armored cars are produced by Mercedes-Benz, as they offer a long-standing tradition in automotive in ... [read more >>]
	25 May 2007, 08:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Warning: Cellphones Can Disable Your Car Keys
	The famous warning that says not to keep the cellphone in the front pocket, or it will affect your "jewels" may or may not be true, but the new warning about cellphones disabling car keys is unfortunately a proven fact. The car manufacturer Nissan North America has issued a warning for some of its customers, not to keep the car keys too close to the cellphones, or the key will jam and they'll be left admiring ... [read more >>]
	25 May 2007, 03:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Breakthrough in Hydrogen Technology Brings the 300-Mile-Range Clean Car
	An important breakthrough has been made in the field of hydrogen-fueled cars. The new storage technology has overcome one of the biggest shortcomings of current technology by increasing the car's autonomy up to 300 miles. A team from the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, under the auspices of the UK Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Consortium (UK-SHEC) has developed a new appro ... [read more >>]
	24 May 2007, 16:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

World's Fastest Hydrogen Car
	The most interesting automobile to hit the "market" of incredible prototypes that actually work is the BMW H2R Record Car. You wouldn't think a hydrogen car could do so much, but this is not just an electric car. She's a fine example of German craftsmanship combined with the latest technology in the field of alternative fuel sources and it was built with the intention of setting new records in hydrogen performance. ... [read more >>]
	24 May 2007, 11:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Cars Powered by Sugar
	No meal is complete without a little bit of sugar. In fact, adding a little sugar even to a salty meal enhances its taste. By 2020, you could add sugar to your car to make it more efficient in producing hydrogen. This is not a sci-fi theme and even the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2006 Advance Energy Initiative proposed this sweet additive as a viable solution. Now, a team of researchers at the University of Georgia and at Virginia Tech ... [read more >>]
	23 May 2007, 04:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How Can a Formula 1 Car Drive Upside Down and Defy Gravity?
	Many car enthusiasts or Formula One fans around the world have heard the statement: ‘A Formula 1 car can drive upside down without falling.’ Is it true? And if yes, how do they do it? If you thought abound the car's aerodynamics, you were right, but let's see exactly what are the equipments and the conditions to make this happen. First, let's take a look at a plane. The wing of an airplane produces lifting force. ... [read more >>]
	17 May 2007, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How Does the World's Biggest Combustion Engine Work?
	What is the world's biggest internal combustion engine? Here are some clues: it's running on diesel and it's used to power the world's largest ships. The name is Wärtsilä RTA96-C and it's the largest piston engine in the world. The turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine is manufactured by the Aioi Works in Japan and is part of Japans Diesel United Ltd engine manufacturers. What would need such an extreme en ... [read more >>]
	16 May 2007, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia