Category: Vehicles
The quite superb Suzuki PIXY single-person electric car
If you fancy tootling around town while being mocked by the local youths and have a skin think enough to cope, the Suzuki PIXY could be the next-generation vehicle for you. It’s a single-person vehicle which may or may not be legally describable as a “car” – and it’s entirely electric so that all you world-saving environmentalists can tootle around feeling quite superior about that.
Drivemocion – emoticons and messages for your car
If you find all those hand gestures, blasts of the horn and flashing of headlights a bit much, the Drivemocion could be for you. Put simply, this is a way of clearly communicating with fellow drivers. Just fix it…
Ferrari unveils branded Segway
Geekologie isn’t keen on the Ferrari Segway at all, saying that the sight of it has “moved Ferrari’s place in my mind from right under Lamborghini to between Daewoo and Kia… I’m sad to say my Ferrari induced boner days are over.” Ouch.
Goodmans GCE2814IP – in-car CD/MP3/radio/iPod player
Just about all the car audio possibilities have been packed into the newly-launched GCE2814IP player from Goodmans – and it still retails for under £70. For your iPod, there's connectivity provided directly to the player and if you get…
Parrot SK4000 – hands-free kit for bikers
Parrot has announced its first wireless hands-free music kit for motorcyclists – the Parrot SK4000. The SK4000 is a Bluetooth hands-free motorcycle kit that features FM RDS radio and wireless mobile remote control, as well as noise reduction and echo…
Toyota's Highlander SUV covers 550 miles on a single tank of hydrogen
More misery at the UK petrol pumps today with the government adding another 2p on a gallon of fuel. But things could be looking up for the future, with the news that Toyota has squeezed 550 miles out of…
Pre-order the Aptera electric three-wheeled hybrid… car thing
But only if you want to become known as the town eccentric. Clocking up a smug environmentalist’s dream 230mpg and maxing out at 55mph, the hybrid electro/diesel freakshow is available for pre-order now – although it’ll cost around £15,000 for Americans to buy when it starts shipping in 12 months time.
Robot cars with lasers spotted in… Daventry?
Who knew Northamptonshire was this exciting? The town of Daventry is currently home to a bunch of driverless cars using lasers to find their way around. They’re called Cybercars, and are being pitched as a potential way to increase the use of public transport.
It’s all part of an EC scheme called CityMobil, with the Cybercars running on a light track, and designed to be used in pedestrianised zones and tourist areas. “We can build lots more car parks and have lots more cars going in, or we can look at a viable alternative to the car,” local council leader Chris Millar tells the Beeb. “We believe this could be the answer.”
There are a few potential pitfalls though…
HumanCar: the concept car powered by… your arms?
Hey, y’know those railway cart things you see in old movies, where two people power them along the track by hauling on levers? Well, imagine how great it’d be if someone used that concept for a car? You know you’d drop your VW Polo like a stone for one of those. Maybe.
Well, take a look at HumanCar, which uses what’s apparently called the FM-4 human-powered propulsion system, although there are electric motors on board too, if your arms get tired.
Triketek X2 Arrow "cruising trike"
Mid-life crisis time? Already bought a 57″ TV, dumped the wife for your son’s girlfriend and are considering relocating to a flat in Hoxton?
Then lunatic vehicle maker TRIKEtec has just the thing to ferry you at great speed between hair replacement surgery and the gym.
Despite looking like a death trap…
