The Swedish manufacturer’s ambitious trial of 100 ‘highly autonomous cars’ navigating the real driving conditions of public roads is now underway. The first stage of the Drive Me project, announced in December, is currently taking place in and around the Swedish city of Gothenburg.
Anthony Colard is a very talented French industrial and automobile designer, who recently applied for a position at Porsche with this awesome project (2 weeks), envisioning a Porsche 928 successor, called the 921 Vision.
Trident has unveiled the production version of its new Iceni supercar, which has a claimed maximum speed of 190mph and a range of 2000 miles between refills. According to its maker this makes it, ‘the world’s fastest and most fuel efficient diesel sports car.’ It’s priced from £96,000 and is available for order now.
A study by a pair of researchers at Northwestern University found that when fuel prices drove residents of São Paulo, Brazil, to switch from ethanol to gasoline in their flexible-fuel vehicles, local ozone levels dropped 20%. At the same time, nitric oxide and carbon monoxide concentrations tended to go up.
Mercedes-Benz is recalling about 284,000 of its C-class sedans in the United States and Canada because an electrical issue could cause the taillights to dim or fail, according to the company and documents filed with U.S. safety regulators.
