Car Technology

Car Technology

Volkswagen partners with Cariad software company

Volkswagen's new Mobility branch will work closely with Cariad software division on new autonomous and electric vehicles. Volkswagen has formed a dedicated new division for...

Headlight technology is projecting symbols on the road

Ford recently revealed details of headlights that can project symbols such as directional arrows onto the road, and it is a trend that's taking...

Kia EV batteries to be recycled as energy storage

Used Kia Soul electric car batteries to be used in prototype facility for 72kWh of energy storage. Kia has announced a tie-up with German start-up...

Omega 1 is a near-zero emissions rotary engine

Astron Aerospace's Omega 1 rotary engine doesn't suffer the internal wear of a Wankel and runs on a variety of fuels. Radical ideas for internal...

EV battery swapping? We test it out in Norway

We sample Chinese brand NIO’s innovative battery-swap technology in Norway to see if it could be the future of electric-car charging. The time it takes...

Sustainable tree lignin to be used in EV batteries

Organic carbon substitute lignin could be used in everything from batteries to biofuel and carbonfibre. Lignin is a sustainable material that exists between the cell...