Most cars have wipers on the front and back windshields, and some even on the the headlights. But you’ll be hard pressed to find a vehicle with wiper blades on the side mirrors which get just as wet and obscured when it’s raining. So instead of just crossing your fingers and hoping you’re not cutting someone off when switching lanes, try a set of these cheap $9 side mirror visors to keep them dry.
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Google is working on its own self-driving, production-ready car and could initially deploy the autonomous vehicles as a “Robo Taxi” service, insiders claims, with the search giant supposedly exploring how it could use its R&D into car-AI itself rather than license it to existing manufacturers. company has been negotiating with contract manufacturers around building an […]
Google is reportedly having a hard time
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It’s no secret that Google has been slowly but surely finding its way into the automotive industry, as it’s already been working with manufacturers to build self-driving cars for quite some time. However, according to Amir Efrati, a former star reporter for the Wall Street Journal, the software giant is looking to drive a few extra miles down that road by designing and building cars of its own. The company has been in talks with component suppliers like Continental AG and Magna International in the hopes that it could put together an entire car under Google’s command. The idea, Efrati says, is to put more pressure on car brands to develop autonomous driving tech, regardless of if Google is directly involved or not.
So what would Google do with such a vehicle built under its direct supervision and brand? One idea on the drawing board is a “robo-taxi” service, which is exactly how it sounds: a self-driving car would come and pick you up and drop you off at your destination; at first, a human would need to be behind the wheel just in case, but that could easily change as the tech progresses and becomes more reliable. Steer toward the source link for a few more details about the thought process behind Google’s efforts.
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Source: Jessica Lessin
As environmentally-friendly concepts go, Nissan’s Infiniti EMERG-E is definitely more in the BMW i8 camp of performance first, rather than the meek eco-boxes that can give EVs a bad name, and we’ve been lucky enough to grab a test drive of one of the two working cars in existence while at Nissan 360. While most […]
So we might have found Biff Tannen. A guy in Wisconsin was texting and driving a Ford Mustang convertible when BAM… he crashed into a tractor pulling a trailer "full of liquid manure". Yikes, that might actually be worse than Biff’s fate in Back to the Future.
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Land Rover has introduced its first hybrid models, the Range Rover Hybrid and Range Rover Sport Hybrid. Both models will offer higher fuel efficiency and less CO2 emissions than its non-hybrid vehicles while keeping in line with the auto maker’s performance record. Those interested will be able to make a purchase next month, with deliveries […]
The Kia Sedona disappeared from the auto maker’s lineup last year, something that changed a few months ago with the announcement of the 2014 model, reviving the series from the dead, so to speak. Now the model has hit showrooms in the US, and will continue to roll out over the coming months, bringing with […]
BMW’s i3 may be the company’s first electric car to reach the market, but the company knows it’s gas-guzzling SUVs that could really benefit from an eco-friendly update, hence the new BMW Concept X5 eDrive. Set to debut officially at the Frankfurt International Motor Show, the concept SUV bears a few design tweaks on the […]
Nissan’s self-driving car technology works, but when will we see the first autonomous vehicles on the road, and how do you coax keen drivers out from behind the wheel and into trusting their AI chauffeur? Cars that can drive themselves are, many believe, the answer to cutting road-related fatalities and making better use of highways, […]
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