Every year the machines are becoming more perfect. Even now easy to buy a model with built-in intelligence. Warns of collisions, self seekers parking and so on.

But what do the owners of the previous generation? Do not I have the same favorite vehicle due to lack of “mind.”

Answer to the question can startup CarVi. It offers a unique device drivers. Is endowed with diverse talents even old cars.

That the sponsors give people behind the wheel? Compact personal assistant.

Fastens the device under the windshield and – with the help of built-in camera – watching what is happening on the road. The situation is analyzed in real time.

The device signals the possible collisions, changing lanes too heavy braking and so on.

All the information the user gets right on your mobile device. The invention is synchronized via Wi-Fi with the app companion and outputs the data to the screen. Supports any gadgets running Android and iOS.

Said completely eliminates the need to have a cabin on-board computer with a separate monitor.

If we talk about the purely technical aspects, CarVi equipped with an accelerometer, microphone, speakers, wireless module and a lens with a resolution of 720p.

Alas, this is not an advanced autopilot. The platform is not able to take it over. It forces a man to warn of certain hazardous activities.

Issue price – 249 US dollars. Pre-orders are made on site Indiegogo. In the open market the gadget will appear in August 2015 (when will collect 100,000 USD at the start of serial production).

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Loved by many since childhood Lego designer often used in various fields, including robotics . A striking example of its widest application can serve as the world’s first full-size car from more than 500 thousand cubes Lego, designed by 20-year-old resident of Romania Raul Oyada. Cost outset that some elements of the vehicle (for example, struts, wheels, tires and sensors) are not cubes Lego.

In motion “legomobil” given by a pneumatic motor with four identical sections in which there are a total of 256 pneumatic cylinders. The engine is running, which is executed exclusively cubes Lego, compressed air. No harm will also mention that the designer made entirely from the steering wheel, doors, seats and glass.

Despite the fact that “legomobil” Raul Oyada developed the idea of ​​creating a car from Lego owned by Australian entrepreneur Steve Sammartino. It is noteworthy that while Mr. Sammartino not attracted neither one nor the other.

“I just technology enthusiast and wanted to show what you can do if you try to embody the idea of using kraudfandingovogo service and talented young people,” – he said in an interview with BBC .

It is known that the project Super Awesome Micro invested 40 users, and the creation of the car took about 18 months. At the moment it is known that the car can reach a maximum speed of 30 km / h Also mentioned that the maximum speed was limited to prevent damage to the creators of the engine and other elements made of plastic. Full cost of the project is not reported, but we know that $ 60 thousand took only yellow and black cubes designer Lego.

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During the motor show in Frankfurt, BMW has revealed its first hybrid car I8.

By itself, the car was quite interesting. The original design together with the technical solutions that formed the basis of i8, leave enough strong impressions. However, BMW engineers have managed to create an impressive not only the hybrid, but the key with a charm for him. Seemingly remote control functions are very simple and understandable, and to add to them something new problematic. Device must open and close the car, turn on and turn off the alarm, start and stop the engine, raise and lower the window and trunk lid. But this is not the case.

To begin with, the keychain size and appearance is more like a smartphone than a traditional device in its class. It is equipped with a fairly large color display with high resolution. The display can show information about battery level, the time required to complete its charge, the distance that you can drive with the current level of charge and available fuel supply. Also, the device will receive a button that the user can assign certain commands. Keychain for a special docking station near the gear automatic transmissions. When connected to a docking station will charge the built-in battery keychain and possible elimination of additional information.

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Opinions opponents or supporters of electric vehicles are unlikely to accelerate or delay the contrary their mass distribution. But the news of the U.S. Department of Energy may be quite upset last.

A member of the Ministry of Energy Information Administration (EIA) said that in 2040 the majority of cars on the road will be equipped with internal combustion engines (ICE). According to the EIA report , 78% of cars sold in 2040, will be equipped with internal combustion engines. While the share sold in 2040 purebred EVs will not exceed 1%, the proportion of hybrids with rechargeable – still about 1%, and the proportion of vehicles equipped with hybrid engines (such as the Toyota Prius) – 5%.

Reason for the slow growth in popularity of electric vehicles is quite simple – most manufacturers prefer to develop their high-tech engines and do not want to make drastic changes in their lineup. EIA staff noted that in the coming year leading automakers attention will be focused on technologies that can improve the efficiency of internal combustion engines. It is also reported that the stop-start systems (when you stop the car engine is turned off) and regenerative braking in 2040 will be equipped with 42% of vehicles with internal combustion engines.

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At a special event in Detroit, Ford presented to the public car modification Fusion Hybrid, designed to test a new system of automatic driving.

Homing version of Fusion Hybrid looks like a regular Fusion Hybrid 2014 issue, if not look at the roof. That’s where the system is installed Lidar and several 360-degree rotating camera. In Ford believe that with their help, the car can get the most detailed topographical and visual representation of the environment.

Tandem of four devices cylindrical shape under the force output maximum detailed image in real time, allowing the car to distinguish moving (frightened animals, pedestrians and moving cars) and nedvizhuschiesya (alleys, congresses and benches) objects.

Collected information and its processing algorithms developed by researchers at Michigan State University, will help the car regardless of the mode of transportation to eliminate the possibility of traffic accidents.

During the event, Ford’s vice president of product development at Raj Nair stressed that the experimental vehicle is not self-controlled car and will only be used to test new “modern driver assistance systems.” For example, self-parking systems or automatic bypass obstacles.

Of course, Ford plans to look not so ambitious as Google’s plans or Volvo , which plans to release its self-managed road cars robots. However, Ford is by nature is not as aggressive as Google and always occupied a middle ground between the desire to innovate at a speed of technological and characteristic for the automotive industry in Detroit conservatism.

Nevertheless, the issue of self-car company Ford is to be commended, as together with other automakers and the National Road Safety (NHTSA) is working on the implementation of the concept to include all vehicles in a single network. The idea is that all the cars do not just have to interact with the environment through cameras and data processing algorithms, but also to communicate with each other with a view to joint movement coordination. If cars can synchronize and communicate with each other, the need for a system Lidar, which can advance to see an obstacle in the form of moving towards the car disappear. Implementation of this concept will also be able to solve other problems. For example, to save fuel and avoid traffic jams.

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It was learned that three cases of fire electric Tesla Model S due to accidents are not only interested National Authority for Road Safety USA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA), but the road and the Federal Office of Germany (Federal Motor Transport Authority Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt, KBA ).

On the official website of Tesla Motors is already possible to find an appropriate message, which contains information about the results of the KBA investigation. So, is responsible for the regulation of traffic in Germany agency reported that no evidence which indicate defects in the electric Tesla Model S and directly blaming the manufacturer, has been found. That is why KBA sees no violation of any provisions of the law on liability for quickie and will not apply to any measures Tesla Motors.

Recall previously reported that the head of the board of directors Tesla Motors Elon Musk personally appealed to the National Authority for Road Safety (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA) to conduct a thorough investigation of each case ignition Model S. However, The Detroit News refutes this statement, referring to the statement of the official NHTSA. In other words, NHTSA independently initiated an investigation.

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Honda has officially announced the release of the promised update that will feature voice control Siri Eyes Free model Accord and Acura.

Siri Eyes Free function allows you to synchronize iOS-device with the HandsFreeLink cars Honda Accord and Acura via Bluetooth wireless technology and use the built-in microphone and speakers onboard computer to control your voice assistant Siri. It should be noted that this function is in no way affiliated with lessons Honda specialists in strategy iOS in the Car, a company must formally submit December 3.

To order and install feature Siri Eyes Free manufacturer advises to turn to official dealers Honda. Notes that the feature is available for models Honda Accord and Acura (RDX and ILX) 2013-2014 year. At the same time, a set of functions developed in the framework of the iOS in the Car, which will be distributed under the trademark Hondalink, will only be available to owners of the new 2014 Civic models. At the moment we know that the owners of the Civic in 2014 be able to control and manage iOS-devices with a 7-inch touchscreen display with support for gesture control, built into the dashboard of the car.

Recall, Apple announced its strategy for the integration of the mobile platform with multimedia systems in cars iOS in the Car during the WWDC 2013 event. As part of this strategy, Apple is working with leading automakers to develop features that will help car owners are not distracted from the road, make calls and use voice assistant Siri or mapping service.

Function is expected to Siri Eyes Free soon also appear in the cars Audi, BMW, Chrysler, General Motors, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz and Toyota.

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Chief Designer of Tesla Motors announced that work on the budget of an electric vehicle that will use the new platform, will begin in early 2014.

During the interview with the resource Gigaom Franz von Holzhausen said that the future rival BMW 3 Series, codenamed Blue Star, would look “more expressive” than the recipient of numerous awards for design electric Model S.

To describe the design of a new electric vehicle Tesla Motors, the chief designer of the company used the term couture, which, literally translated from French means “high sewing”, but could not explain what he meant by that. Perhaps he was referring to the fact that the design of Blue Star will be more outlandish compared to the Model S and Roadster.

Previously, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk has repeatedly reported that the cost of the budget electric Tesla Motors will be in the range of $ 30,000 – $ 35,000. Thus, the company is challenging not only the entry-level sedans BMW production or model Audi A4, but the more common vehicles, for example, Volkswagen Jetta.

Recall that for its new Model X crossover company Tesla Motors has chosen platform Model S. Thus, Model X employs about 60% parts Model S.

In an interview with PCMag Franz von Holzhausen said that the third generation car platform will reduce the cost of future electric vehicles.

Recall that at the moment all the resources thrown at Tesla Motors crossover Model X , which is due to start in 2014. According to preliminary data, the budget model will be commercially known as Model E and will be able to compete with the Chevrolet Volt with a power reserve of more than 300 km.

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By Nokia, specifically its division HERE, has officially informed about the latest achievement – a partnership agreement with Mitsubishi.

From now on, the model Lancer, Lancer Evolution, Lancer Sportback, Outlander and Outlander Sport 2014 release will use the mapping service HERE Traffic, which provides information about traffic jams, petrol prices and weather in real time. At that cars do not need access to the web. Used for data exchange technology HD Radio, a digital encoder provides enough bandwidth to update the information every 30 seconds.

Of course, service HERE Traffic will not be able to completely replace a full-fledged navigation system, but it provides quite a number of services at relatively low cost and is unlikely to be superfluous.

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It is now known that the National Authority for Road Safety (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA) received a complaint of unintended acceleration on one of the production models Tesla Model S. This is the resource MotorAuthority .

According to the owner of the popular electric car in the United States, at the time of the incident was at the wheel of his wife. Owner Model S claims that his wife was moving in a residential area at a rate of no more than 8 km / h and at the same time to time the brakes. After some time the electric accelerated and collided with the curb. For a split second Tesla Model S is vertical, dangling on a fence height of 1.4 meters.

After examining the data from the on-board computer electric vehicle, an engineer at Tesla Motors in the report, which was provided to the owner Model S pointed out that in a split second the pressure on the accelerator pedal has increased from 18% to 100%, and blamed the dispersal of the driver.

Interestingly, in the electric throttle Tesla Model S integrated limiter which is triggered when the force exerted on it exceeds 92%.

After a complaint was filed with the NHTSA, the company Tesla Motors declined to comment, citing the fact that the investigation is not over yet.

It will be recalled that a similar situation occurred in the recent past with Toyota. Then the Japanese giant had to recall their own cars and sustain a loss of several million dollars. It is hoped that the Japanese scenario will not happen again for Tesla Motors.

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