‘Space saver’ spare wheels and puncture repair kits may help minimise vehicle weight, but according to a poll motorists much prefer to have a full-size spare tyre
Author: Adam Gavine
Adam Gavine
Adam divides his time as an editor between the worlds of aviation and motoring. These worlds may seem a little diverse today, but autonomous technology and future urban mobility is bringing them ever-closer. Adam is also chairman of the Vehicle Dynamics International Awards.
Take an inside look at Goodyear’s Proving Grounds in San Angelo, Texas as the company celebrates the location’s 75th anniversary
Goodyear is celebrating its 75th year of tyre testing operations in San Angelo, Texas in style, having opened two new expansion projects at the facility that can be used to evaluate performance of a diverse range of products
ZF’s supervisory board has appointed Dr Martin Fischer as a new member of its board of management. The 49-year-old has experience gained at Siemens VDO, Hella and BorgWarner, and is expected to join the board on 1 November, 2019
Racelogic has launched the VBox Indoor Positioning System (VIPS), which according to the company is a highly accurate way of measuring speed, position and attitude in areas where GPS is not available, with accuracy of ±2cm
Monica Jones, a research scientist in the Biosciences Group at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) is looking to solve the issue of motion sickness in autonomous vehicles by finding ways to quantify its causes
Nearly a third of UK adults think we will never switch to having only driverless cars on the roads, while 60% say they would always prefer to drive themselves rather than use a self-driving vehicle, according to a new opinion poll
A compact and self-contained cube simulator has been developed that is claimed to be powerful enough to validate driver assistance and autonomous technologies
Volkswagen Group Research, which has been the automotive group’s incubator for innovative vehicle and mobility solutions for 50 years, has been renamed and restructured as Volkswagen Group Innovation, with shared responsibilities at new Innovation Centers
Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv are creating a joint venture to advance autonomous driving. This partnership brings together one of the world’s largest vehicle manufacturers with a global technology company that develops advanced mobility solutions including perception systems, software algorithms, compute platforms, and data and power distribution