Upgrades for the 2014 Lexus IS F and GS have been revealed for North America ahead of updates for the local market due in the coming months. Still based on the outgoing-generation IS, the 2014 Lexus IS F gains a new carbonfibre rear ...
Tags: Lexus Australia, Auto Parts
Kal Tire has partnered with insurance provider Aviva Canada to discount the price of qualifying winter tires purchased by the insurer's customers between Sept. 16 and Nov. 30, 2013. Under the partnership, Aviva Canada existing customers ...
Tags: Auto Parts, tyre, tire
For the past two years, over 80% of the RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship field has trusted their 150 mph golf swings to HIRZL gloves, claiming 8 world titles, and establishing HIRZL as the winning glove at the championship by ...
Tags: Hirzl Gloves, Apparel
A new study has shown convincing motorists to support autonomous vehicles may be a major challenge, despite many of the world’s leading car makers promising to launch driverless technology by the end of the decade. A survey of 1000 ...
Tags: Autonomous Vehicles
The Renault Fluence has come in for its first facelift, but the changes are limited to minor styling and interior equipment tweaks. On the outside, the nip-tucked Renault Fluence gets a larger chrome grille with three horizontal slats, ...
Tags: Renault Fluence, Small Sedan
Based on the communications with Chinese truck drivers, our correspondent concludes that Chinese drivers speak highly of Scania trucks. In July, two Scania trucks, operated by Wenzhou Qingfeng Transportation in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
American National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced plans to add rearview video systems to its list of recommended features under its New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). NHTSA has taken this decision to prevent ...
Tags: Video Systems
Apple’s voice-recognition based personal assistant Siri has been in beta for the last two years, and has remained as such until the recent launch of iOS 7. Although voice recognition software itself has been around for some time, ...
Chinese drivers will have to pay more in fuel prices amid the country's drive to reduce air pollution through upgraded fuel quality. In the next two years, the prices of motor gasoline and diesel which meet the national 'fourth-phase' ...
Tags: Pricing Policy, Greener Fuel
The compact Oslon Black Flat LED can serve in headlamp or daytime-running-lamp applications while the Ostar Headlamp Pro integrates five emitters for adaptive beam control. Osram Opto Semiconductors has announced two new LED families for ...
Tags: Automotive Headlamps, Lighting
Contract IC fabricator TowerJazz and power management IC vendor DMB Technology have announced an AC-LED driver IC while analog IC specialist Linear Technology has developed a DC LED driver with spread-spectrum frequency modulation that ...
Tags: LED Driver ICs, 110V Controller
Research by the Commonwealth Bank has revealed Australian motorists pay more than $3800 every year to keep their cars on the road. According to an AAP report, the bank’s data reveals fuel is the greatest expense for car owners ...
Tags: Motorists
As LED lighting application matures, HVLED technology developed by Taiwanese LED manufacturer Epistar is showing fruits of success. The smaller sized HVLED has better heat dissipation and advantageous over-drive capabilities that can lower ...
Apple has yet again swept the market with the launch of the new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C. The new cell phones have acted as a propeller for sapphire substrate manufacturers and LED manufacturers with the introduction of new fingerprint ...
GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components enabling high-speed end-to-end information streaming over optical fiber and wireless networks) is showcasing drivers, ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, optical communications components