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Glue-gle invents Pedestrian Adhesive

May 22, 2016

t could be the latest big thing in road safety, and it has just been patented by Glue-gle…opps, we mean, Google. According to the frontrunner in self-driving technology, it is an adhesive for the front-end of a vehicle, that is intended for the “mitigation of secondary pedestrian impact”. To put it in English, it is basically converting the front part of the car into a flypaper for pedestrians. In the event of a vehicle-pedestrian collision, the unwitting human will remain stuck to the hood of the car, instead of bouncing off or sliding across the vehicle and risking another impact.

Hyundai gets the Bentley Boys back together

May 18, 2016

In a clear case of the boys are back in town, Lee Sang-yup has jumped ship from Bentley to join up with his old boss, Luc Donckerwolke, over at Hyundai’s Genesis in a bid to realise the Korean automaker’s goal of building a world-class luxury brand. Back in 2012, Donckerwolke became the head of design at Bentley, where he and Lee brought the Bentayga from idea to finished product, but he left shortly after that, in 2015, to become global head of design for Hyundai and of course the Prestige Design Division of the Korean company. And now, he has been followed by his colleague.

Take a spin in this Driverless Pod

May 15, 2016

Last Friday, the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) invited the public to sign up for the first public trial of a self-driving vehicle in the UK. The pilot trial will take place in the borough of Greenwich, which has been designated in its entirety as a Smart Mobility Living Lab. The objective of the test is to ascertain how the public would react to driverless vehicles when they are let loose in a city environment, where there are plenty of motorists and pedestrians.

Top Gear release extended trailer for new show

May 13, 2016

A new longer trailer for the upcoming new Top Gear series has been launched and frankly it does appear to be all that we have come to expect from the show, with the new cast hooning about in high performance cars and old junkers alike, in locations as diverse as the South of Fance and California to the M5 near Manchester on a decidedly rainy day.

Tesla Model 3 to get Ludicrous Mode

May 11, 2016

It hasn’t been launched yet but there are already 400,000 pre-orders for the Tesla Model 3. At last month’s unveiling of the Model 3 by its proud father, Elon Musk, the performance figures in terms of speed – if not distance – were already pretty darn good. But now, via Twitter, Musk has confirmed that the upcoming Model 3 will also have the aptly named ‘Ludicrous Mode’ – as in Ludicrously Quick.

Gen Y and Z more open to Self-Driving Technology

May 3, 2016

Let’s face it – most of us tend to become Luddites as we age, and the younger generations are generally more ready to trust and adopt new technologies. So, it’s no surprise to us that a recent study by JD Power found that while more than half of younger drivers would trust self-driving cars, only less than a quarter of Baby Boomers and even fewer Pre-Boomers do.