Beginning February 2018, Singapore will no longer allow the number of cars on their roads to increase. With 12% of the country’s land mass taken up by public roads, expanding any further is a big no-no. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said in a statement. “In view of land constraints and competing needs, there is limited scope for further expansion of the road network.”
I, at times, ponder what world would my children and grandchildren live in. The car has come a long way since the days of Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler, and technology has helped it in so many ways, unimaginable during those days. The quest to revise and improve is so innate that it continues.
(UPDATE 12.12: All 12 VWs were sold within 20 minutes after they became available on Lazada. Malaysians WOULD buy cars online. What next…
Hi-tech keyless cars that are supposed to be amongst the most secure are being stolen from driveways in the dead of the night, without the thieves even having the key. Cars that have the latest technology to protect them from the miscreants have been disappearing in increasing numbers, baffling the Police and car companies alike. But now British Police have discovered how the thieves are circumventing the security systems without getting access to the keys.
The new CEO of Proton has been making waves with his almost daily stream of announcements, but one of the most recent concerning the name of Proton itself has somewhat slipped under the radar in Malaysia, the home of Proton.
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Toyota Research Institute and Luminar Technologies have teamed up to provide driverless technology to the masses. Silicon Valley-based startup, Luminar, makes LiDAR—Light Detection and Ranging—which are sensors that will give self-driving cars the ability to see far beyond the human eye. It is currently being used by its self-driving Lexus fleet at TRI, and will be tested across the automaker’s facilities in the U.S.