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SIM-Drive’s General Manager Masahiro Waragai gives us personal guided tour its Company SIM-Lei EV

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [23/5/2011 - 12:00] - 5 - Car Electric Vehicle Environment

Early April SIM-Drive announced that its newly developed SIM-Lei electric car reached 333km of range on a single charge! Also when we learned that the company will be attending an exhibition at Tokyo Bight Sight last week we could not [...]

SIM-Drive’s General Manager Masahiro Waragai gives us personal guided tour its Company SIM-Lei EV

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SIM-DRIVE’s SIM-LEI EV reached 333km of range on a single Charge!

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [1/4/2011 - 06:34] - 0 - Car Electric Vehicle Environment

SIM-DRIVE is the Japanese company that gave us in 2004 the Eliica, a unique Electric Lithium-Ion Car that was co produced and designed with one of Tokyo’s finest university: Keio University. With such strong expertise, SIM-DRIVE announ[...]

SIM-DRIVE’s SIM-LEI EV reached 333km of range on a single Charge!

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Kenwood introduces a new In-Dash GPS and Audio System with Pandora Link in the USA

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [31/3/2011 - 04:34] - 1 - Audio Systems

Kenwood latest In-Dash navigation System, the DNX9980HD that has just started to ship in North America not only comes with a gorgeous 7” touchpanel, state of the art GPS from Garmin, Bluetooth, but also the support of Pandora Link via [...]

Kenwood introduces a new In-Dash GPS and Audio System with Pandora Link in the USA

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Honda Announced Internavi LINC an iPhone base service

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [18/3/2011 - 08:57] - 1 - Car Gps Phones

Internavi is Honda’s All in One Service that bring a long list of useful data and services to your Honda GPS. Last week Honda has announced that they will offer for Free an iPhone application named Internavi LINC that will, depending o[...]

Honda Announced Internavi LINC an iPhone base service

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[CEBIT 2011] Technaxx car FM transmitter for Iphone & Ipad

By Ike LEUS - [7/3/2011 - 08:20] - 1 - Accessories

Since Apple generally forgets to include an FM transmitter in their products (god knows why), it was time somebody came up with one. The punters at Technaxx Germany have created a cradle to use your IPhone or IPad (every model supporte[...]

[CEBIT 2011] Technaxx car FM transmitter for Iphone & Ipad

TMC Unveils ‘Prius +’ at 2011 Geneva Motor Show

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [1/3/2011 - 05:42] - 0 - Car Environment

The Prius + is a dedicated gasoline-electric hybrid model designed to suit various lifestyles. Like the “Prius” hybrid sedan, the Prius + comes with outstanding environmental performance and an air of technological advancem[...]

TMC Unveils ‘Prius +’ at 2011 Geneva Motor Show

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Sharp Develops Intelligent Power Conditioner That Enables Electric Vehicle Batteries to Be Used as Storage Batteries for Home Power

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [22/2/2011 - 03:59] - 2 - Environment

Sharp has developed the Intelligent Power Conditioner that enables batteries in electric vehicles to be used as storage batteries for the home. With electric vehicles (EVs) expected to see widespread use in the coming years, this techn[...]

Sharp Develops Intelligent Power Conditioner That Enables Electric Vehicle Batteries to Be Used as Storage Batteries for Home Power

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Thanko Heated Blanket for Cars

By Akihabara News Team - [15/12/2010 - 01:22] - 0 - Peripherals

Car drivers and Thanko regulars will be really cozy (and possibly roasted) this winter! This orange blanket is heated by a 12V cigar socket and warms up to 40°C (104°F) in less than a minute – way faster than the onboard AC can h[...]

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Sharp Tokai Challenger Solar Panel Car: Photos!

By Akihabara News Team - [13/12/2010 - 02:00] - 0 - Environment

Remember the solar panel-covered car built by Sharp and Tokai University that we covered over a year ago? We got photos! Mosey your way down to the gallery. Looks sort of like a tamer, calmer, and ecologically friendlier Heavy Raider to me.

Sharp Tokai Challenger Solar Panel Car: Photos!

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Heated Car Seats for the Unheated-Car-Seat Owner

By Akihabara News Team - [13/12/2010 - 12:01] - 0 - Peripherals

Going on sale in preparation for this winter is Thanko’s heated mat, for car seat owners who were unfortunate enough not to opt for heated seats (or cars with that option) and will thus freeze nearly to death for five minutes bef[...]

Heated Car Seats for the Unheated-Car-Seat Owner

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Nissan Leaf launch date announced

By Akihabara News Team - [3/12/2010 - 02:19] - 0 - Car Electric Vehicle

Today Nissan hosted a press conference during which they revealed the start of sales’ date for their newest electric sensation, the Leaf. This condensed piece of technology will be available throughout Japan on December 20th, our[...]

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World Debut of Honda Fit EV Concept

By Akihabara News Team - [18/11/2010 - 05:22] - 0 - Misc

Honda has just unveiled the all-new Fit EV Concept electric car and the platform for a midsize plug-in hybrid. Honda is preparing to release Fit EV all-electric cars in the US and Japan in 2012, and these designs are a sure indicator o[...]

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Nissan announces new two-seater Concept EV in Japan

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [2/11/2010 - 12:27] - 1 - Car Electric Vehicle Environment

The Leaf is yet available to the market that Nissan is already showing off its future EV concept with today’s new “Zero-Emission” Mobility concept. Being a two-seater, the new concept will ideally fit the needs of modern urban citizen [...]

Nissan announces new two-seater Concept EV in Japan

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NEXCO West & Nissan: New Technology Warns Drivers That They’re Driving the Wrong Way

By Akihabara News Team - [25/10/2010 - 06:38] - 2 - Car Gps

The West Nippon Expressway Company (which manages highways in west Japan) and Nissan Motor Company announced the fruits of their twenty-two-month collaborative project to “develop roadway information provider technologies using I[...]

NEXCO West & Nissan: New Technology Warns Drivers That They’re Driving the Wrong Way

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Release of Windows Embedded Automotive 7 will transform the in-car experience

By Akihabara News Team - [20/10/2010 - 01:21] - 0 - Software

Yesterday, at the SAE Convergence 2010 Conference and Exhibition in Detroit, Microsoft announced the availability of Windows Embedded Automotive 7. Windows Embedded Automotive 7 is an industry-leading platform providing integrated serv[...]

Release of Windows Embedded Automotive 7 will transform the in-car experience

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We have tested for you Honda’s latest driving simulator and we loved it!

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [13/10/2010 - 12:34] - 2 - Science

Back in March 2010, Honda upgraded its Automobile Driving Simulator with many little improvement including three 42” Full HD LCD and a touch panel monitor (list of changes here below the video), and we could not resist on calling Honda[...]

We have tested for you Honda’s latest driving simulator and we loved it!

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Sanyo, TomTom, Mazda Co-op on New CarNav

By Akihabara News Team - [7/10/2010 - 06:20] - 2 - Gps

Sanyo Consumer Electrics and TomTom NV, the Dutch carnav manufacturer, have teamed up to develop a new built-in car navigation system, Sanyo announced today. The new nav units, featuring a 5.8-inch touchscreen and Sanyo audio/video tec[...]

Sanyo, TomTom, Mazda Co-op on New CarNav

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[TGS 2010] Kinect Sports and Kinect Joy Ride on Xbox360

By Akihabara News Team - [17/9/2010 - 08:21] - 3 - Gaming

At the Xbox booth, one of the main attractions was without any doubt the famous Kinect (originally known as Project Natal). Here again, we’re sure you’ve already heard lots of thing regarding this new controller-free gaming. Providing [...]

[TGS 2010] Kinect Sports and Kinect Joy Ride on Xbox360

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Panasonic new Strada Navigation system now relies on SD Cards for data.

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [4/8/2010 - 03:49] - 0 - Gps

Faster and more reliable than both CD and HDD, SD Cards are now Panasonic weapon of choice for their 2 latest Car navigation system, the CN-MW150D and CN-MW250D. With a dual SD/SDHC Card slot, Panasonic give you the possibility to easi[...]

Panasonic new Strada Navigation system now relies on SD Cards for data.

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Sony introduces to new Tune Tray Car Audio Player in the USA

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [29/5/2010 - 10:05] - 0 - Audio Systems

We all know what a car CD Charger is, but you may not know what a “Tune Tray” is. Well, just imagine your overage CD Charger that you may found in your glove compartment or in your track that instead of charging CDs is will in fact swa[...]

Sony introduces to new Tune Tray Car Audio Player in the USA

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THUMS Version 4: Toyota Motor’s New Virtual Human Model

By Akihabara News Team - [27/5/2010 - 02:44] - 0 - Misc

Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC) announced today advanced, Version 4 of their Human Model, the THUMS (Total HUman Model for Safety). This model has detailed models of the internal organs in addition to the skin, bones and brain of the previou[...]

THUMS Version 4: Toyota Motor’s New Virtual Human Model

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Panasonic new Strada in Car GPS

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [16/3/2010 - 06:42] - 0 - Gps

Panasonic proposed today alongside its 5 new PND, 3 New in Car GPS with the CN-HX910D, CN-HW890D and CN-HW860D. Sold between 200,000 to 280,000 Yen our midrange GPS all feature a 7” WVGA screen, a 60GB HDD a DVD and CD player, as well [...]