The driving-age urban legend revisited
Every year rumors fly – too young to drive at 16
Transformer cars for traffic congestion
This morning there's just you driving to work. In the evening there'll be friends or family. Suppose you could adapt your vehicle to suit either one?
Driving efficiency with telematics
Wireless communication is saving oil and making traffic safer. Now a fleet tracking company is making the oil industry more efficient
Drive your way to better fuel economy
Eco-driving experts from Germany recently came to the USA to help Ford demonstrate that changing a few habits can improve your fuel economy by 24%, maybe more.
Rent a car for $1 a day
A Toronto, Canada-based company is offering you a rental car for about $1 a day, and they expect to make lots of money doing it!
Fuzzy logic on car tire danger
If the age of the tires on your car is so important you'd think this information would be easy to get, but you'd be wrong – maybe fatally so
IKEA-style low-cost mobile phone access
VNL, a Swedish-Indian telecom company says it has developed cell phone base stations that rural villagers can 'put on their ox-cart, travel for two days and install it themselves'
11 'War Drivers' indicted
An inexpensive WiFi card, a custom built car antenna, and the urge to find exposed computers – a hobby for some, but now international wardriving ring indicted by U.S. DOJ
Sweden makes fuel economy a license requirement
With gasoline prices in Europe ranging around twice north American rates it's hardly surprising that Swedes would set tough driver licensing 'eco' requirements
Mobile social networking – the end of isolation
You're driving towards your distant destination and decide to take a break. You glance at your cell phone to check if any of your social networking group happen to be in the vicinity. This is location-based social networking and it's predicted to become a $3.3 billion business by 2013
