Posts Tagged ‘black ink’
Follow the jump for a video demonstrating the Smart IntersectionNewer technology like GPS and Wi-Fi have given us easy access to directions, and soon, in-car Internet. Ford is working with the federal government and other automakers to use that same technology to improve safety on our roadways as w......
Microsoft launches new Clearflow traffic avoidance system
Monday, April 14th, 2008
Eric Horvitz is the president of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, as well as being an AI researcher at Microsoft. When stuck in traffic one day in Seattle, he asked his nav system to reroute him via side streets, and the result was worse than being stuck on the highway......
VIDEO: Traffic jam shockwave recreated in experiment
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
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Shockwave traffic jams -- the kind where you slow down and speed up (with others behind you doing the same thing) -- have finally been recreated in a controlled environment (woo-hoo!). Theories about the causes of traffic jams have been computer modeled before, but here h......
Ford Fiesta & Autocar India’s New Mileage Marathon
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Autocar India and Ford Fiesta’s Duratorq TDCi have done it again! The two have partnered to establish yet another record-breaking feat, Bangalore-Mumbai Mileage Marathon on a single tank of fuel. In doing so, they have set a new mileage record of 33.4 km/ litre under real road conditions. Autocar ......
Ford tries simply offering what people want
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
At the prodding of Alan Mulally, Ford Motor Co. is relenting and giving its customers what they want. At least most of them. What Ford's up to is reducing the number of options for buyers to choose from and rolling all that goodness into the standard package. By reducing the number of possible varia......
Ford’s finaglings may not be enough to save it
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
As if Ford didn't have enough problems, analysts are now saying it may be too little, too late for the Blue Oval. All of the company's current options, such as selling off Land Rover, Aston, Volvo and Jag; teaming up with foreign automakers; and buying back its shares to go private, wouldn't address......
GM shares rise 10% on raised rating
Saturday, April 15th, 2006
Yesterday the price of GM stock was up $1.05 or 4.46 percent on news that Deutsche Bank analyst Rod Lache had raised his rating on the stock up to "hold" from "sell". Why the change of heart? Monday's announcement that GM had broke a five-quarter losing streak with a Q1 2006 earning of $445 million ......