Honda announced a new battery charger for electric vehicles – Honda NEN55, which is attached to the wall and is powered by solar energy. Honda NEN55 advantage is easy installation without the need for the erection of any additional buildings or sites. This in turn makes a new charger also cheaper and thus economically advantageous.

Honda NEN55 can be connected either to a conventional electrical outlet or extraction system of solar electricity. The amount of charge outputted new charger depends on the amount of energy generated by the solar battery.

New charger provides work without a mains connection, ie in the case of a power outage, the unit will continue its work. This feature is due to a volume backup power solar energy directly to the device itself.

Honda NEN55 will be shown at the end of January the 6th international automobile exhibition Electronics Technology Expo.

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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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Honda is the official website posted a video that demonstrates the possibility of a new experimental technology that prevents the car collision with pedestrians. Pedestrian Detection has received the names of Vehicle-to-Pedestrian (V2P).

It is based on older technology Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V), and for the exchange of information between vehicles and pedestrians using mobile device communication protocol Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC), featuring a range of 300 to 1000 m

The system operates as follows: embedded smart pedestrian special receiver, which transmits the location information of the owner. To determine the location and position of a pedestrian in turn used by the satellite navigation receiver GPS and accelerometer. A similar sensor mounted in the vehicle, collects information about its location, direction and speed. Information from the receivers is supplied to the vehicle onboard computer, which builds real time various deployment scenarios for future events. As planned by the Japanese, the system is able to anticipate the intersection of car and pedestrian paths, and early knowledge of the latter with the help of the warning message with sound like the noise of a passing truck.

According to Honda, this technology will be able to pre-warn the driver about what the busy pedestrian (listening to music, talking on the phone or picking up text messages). Currently, the Japanese company is also developing a similar technology to prevent collisions with cars motorcycles, which is called Vehicle-to-Motorcycle (V2M).

It is worth noting that almost simultaneously with the Honda a similar statement on the implementation of such technologies in their cars did General Motors.

According to Phys.org , such projects are an initiative of the Ministry of Transportation (United States Department of Transportation, DoT). If the system fails to establish itself well in practice, the DoT, is likely to insist on the fact that such solutions have been pre-installed on all vehicles sold in the United States.

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Honda has released a lawnmower to reach speeds up to 130 miles per hour. The unit accelerates from 0 – 100 km/h in 4 seconds, faster than it does the Porsche 911.

The purpose of this device was the establishment of a new world speed record for lawn mowers, which it does not lose its functionality.

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