Motorcycles have featured front suspension for over a century, with BMW being the first manufacturer to produce a motorcycle with hydraulically damped telescopic forks in 1935. Currently, a majority ...
Toyota Kirloskar Motor recently hosted a special preview of the 2017-model Prius, which the company plans to launch in India in Q1, 2017. At the 'Toyota Caravan' event held at the Jawaharlal Nehru ...
Introduced to the world back in 1976, the Honda Accord is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Introduced in India in 2000, the Accord went through three model updates before disappearing ...
Electric Vehicles (EVs) are expected to make a profound impact on the environment and global climate. However, market penetration of EVs is slow primarily because of higher cost, limited driving ...
The transmission is, of course, a critical part of a vehicle's powertrain, since it transfers the engine's power to the driven wheels. Automotive engineers aim to minimise power losses in the ...
MICHAEL DURACK is Technology Director at Ultimate Transmissions Pty Ltd in Queensland (Australia). A scooter delivers over double the mileage of a typical car. However, the scooter's tank to wheel ...
Bosch, together with Nokia and Deutsche Telekom, is working on a joint development project that will provide local cloud solutions relating to road safety for the automotive industry. This ...
Ford is currently working on a new 'ride the green wave' technology that could mean the end of stopping at red lights dozens of times a day. Currently on trial in the UK, a green light optimal ...
With close to 300,000 units of the Monster having been sold since its launch in 1993, there have been many iterations of the bike over the last two decades. Currently, the Monster family ...
Late last year, Volvo Cars had announced their global strategy for the development of plug-in hybrids and an all-new range of small electric cars, which would go on sale by 2019. In fact, the ...
In a serious bid to take on the German Big Three in the luxury sedan segment, Volvo is all set to launch its heavy-hitter, the S90 in the Indian market. The Swedish company is making no bones about ...
The A4 has been a popular product in Audi India's portfolio, and has had a successful run in India for the last few years. The German carmaker has now given the car a new lease of life, with the ...
Unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September last year, the Land Rover Discovery Sport HSE Luxury is pretty much one of the most capable SUVs on the planet. Of course it is handsome and ...
BMW's 'Vision' series of vehicles are aimed at fulfilling future mobility needs and may make it to production at some time over the next 2-3 decades. After BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce 'Vision' ...
With close to 300,000 units of the Monster having been sold since its launch in 1993, there have been many iterations of the bike over the last two decades. Currently, the Monster family comprises ...
Bosch, the global technology and solutions provider, is betting big on connected industry or Industry 4.0 to enhance and bring about a revolutionary change in the way work is done in a manufacturing ...
Mahindra Reva, which was recently rebranded to Mahindra Electric, is the first Indian manufacturer to bring an electric car to the domestic market, more than a decade ago. Reva was the first model ...
With the demise of two-strokes due to increasingly strict emissions norms, almost all motorcycle engines these days are four-stroke units. However, they still come in multiple flavours, including ...
Today, anti-lock brakes (ABS) have finally started filtering down to smaller-capacity motorcycles and fitment may soon be made mandatory, by law, on all motorcycles above 125 cc, regardless of power ...
Author: MARKUS EKLER works in the Technical Marketing department of ST in Munich (Germany) For the stringent sensor bus communication requirements in airbag systems, only very few bus solutions ...
Cadence Design Systems (India) Pvt Ltd recently concluded its annual flagship user conference, CDNLive India 2016 in Bangalore, which brought together users and industry experts from semiconductor ...
From conception to execution, automotive engineers are tasked with designing interior solutions that are not only functional, but can change directions with overall styling adjustments as well. With ...
