Adaptive cruise control (ACC) is a highbrow variation of cruise control that 'adapts' a vehicle's speed in accordance to that of the vehicles in front.
German carmaker Audi is rolling out technology that will allow its vehicles in the United States to communicate with traffic signals, allowing for a more stress-free ride in what it says is the car industry's first commercial use of the nascent technology.
BMW is helping the US Swimming team athletes train for the Rio Olympics. The athletes are using the automaker's autonomous driving technology to improve and enhance their training skills.
Audi has just revealed plans for a cutting-edge system that can make electricity from the kinetic energy of the suspension. The technology is not new as a patent for such a technology was filed way back in 2005, but Audi would be the first mainstream automaker to use it in a production car.
ZF, the German auto-component manufacturer, will setup its first ever technology centre in Hyderabad which will focus on the company's development in software and mechanical engineering. It was just last month that the company's headquarters in Germany had hinted on setting up a new R&D facility in India
Blaupunkt has introduced the phone link feature for select 2 DIN multimedia systems. This is part of a feature upgrade and will be available on the San Diego530, Las Vegas 530 and San Antonio 640 systems.
To unclog the busy streets of Paris, two entrepreneurs are building an egg-shaped river shuttle that will essentially fly above the Seine, the next iteration of which will be summoned by a smartphone and piloted by a robot.
BMW has recently announced a new range of 3 and 4 cylinder petrol and diesel engines which will power the future models for itself and its sister company Mini as well. The earliest that we can see these engines doing duty is on the next-gen 3-Series, which will make its international debut sometime towards the end of 2017.
