5 sci-fi car accessories get real

5 sci-fi car accessories get real

The time has come for cars from the future. Cars talking to the driver, not needing maintenance or even cars using a green fuel get out of screen and get in our garage. Technology has not provided us yet with flying cars or vehicles gliding on roads, defying gravity. Innovation, however, has achieved unexpected goals.

The UK invests 43 million pounds in electric vehicles

The UK invests 43 million pounds in electric vehicles

The UK government will be investing 43 million pound (60 million euros) into the support of electric vehicles through 2020. There will be a wave of chargepoints installed across the UK, writes the government, together with the creation of new chargepoints locations that will include hospitals, train stations, A-roads, after the government set out 32

The Metrocab: navigating London without polluting it

The Metrocab: navigating London without polluting it

London reaches its objective of reducing pollution by licensing the Metrocab, a new generation of the city’s iconic taxi powered by electric engines. Metrocab is still black and more or less recalls the design of the ultra-traditional London taxi but, unlike its historic ancestor, it emits 75% less CO2.     For more than a

An African student develops a solar and wind-powered car

An African student develops a solar and wind-powered car

Retrofitting is a technical term which means modifying the technology of an object to improve its performances.  Segun Oyeyiola, a Nigerian student of Engineering, just retrofitted an old Volkswagen Beetle and turned it into a solar and wind-powered car.     Within a year the final year student managed to convert the Beetle into a