Gearing up to plug your next car into the mains at night? Not so fast. While the race is on to produce the best in electric motoring, or at the very least to offer competent hybrid options, there is one manufacturer who’s thinking differently. Electricpig’s spent a couple of days in the Scottish highlands with the new Mazda CX-5, and we’ve been talking about the real future of driving. Think you know what’s coming? You might want to buckle up…
We’ve all been there: you get to your car with hands full of shopping and have to struggle – sometimes in the rain – to get your keys out and open the boot. Thankfully Ford’s deemed this a big enough problem to chuck a load of time and money at. Meet the new Ford Kuga: the car with the self-opening boot. Read more
Want to see where Ford fine-tunes the tech that goes into its latest cars? This is it. The Ford Virttex car simulator is used not, as you might expect, to trial run new motors but rather to test driver reactions to the technology inside them. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the Ford Motor Company’s inner sanctum.
Remember that GM EN-V bubble car we told you about back in March? We’ve just spotted it doing the runaround outside the madness of the CES convention centre. Back then we only glimpsed concept art. Now we’ve seen it for real – it looks even better in person. Read on for our full photo gallery of it on-the-go.
We’re tackling transport problems head-on this week, with a host of high-tech solutions. Forget Wi-Fi enabled trains and buses with talking timetables, this is proper state of the art kit.
We bring you, Travel 2.0. In part one we explored next-gen car sharing schemes. Now we’re taking to the road under our own steam, or rather, electrons. Read on for everything you need to know!
The world’s getting more crowded, and hauling your backside across town can be a pain. Trains come clogged with commuters and buses get snarled up in traffic, so we’re exploring next-gen travel solutions. We bring you, Travel 2.0. In part one we explore a new type of car ownership: car sharing.
Ah, the open road. Except it’s not open, is it? It’s clogged with drivers going nowhere fast, and usually, nowhere far. Sure, you could hop on a bike and zip through the jams, but what if you’ve got more than yourself to transport? Luggage? Other people? You need a next-gen travel solution. Could a new breed of car sharing solve the nation’s problems? Read on to find out.
