Automotive Technology

The future vehicle dynamics processor will be clearly more powerful than today’s ECP. It will operate about ten times as fast systems and be able to control up to 90 system participants.

It won't mean that there is the infrastructure or legislation to support it, but if anyone can get there first its likely to be Tesla.

The company is also taking COVID-19 precautions with individual climate control ventilation systems and air filters.

Virus-proofing cars

Ideas under consideration include blasting car interiors with ultraviolet light, using foggers to spray disinfectants, upgraded air filtration systems and antimicrobial materials.

Palisade is not only formed from 59 percent high-strength steel but uses 19 hot-stamped components that reduce weight by requiring less metal overall.

The seat tricks your brain into thinking it's walking.

A light touch

Headlights are now so sophisticated that you need new technical skills to replace them correctly. Neil Riley, product manager for Hella who make many OEM headlight units, explains both the technical talking points and the repair solutions.

PPG also showcased a variety of products and technologies, including its full array of mobility coatings for the autonomous, connected, electrified and shared vehicle ecosystem.

Australian invention promises massive boost to lithium production.

The 10 finalists in the 2020 What Car? Car of the Year Technology Award category are mostly driver assist technologies.

Hyundai is the first auto maker to start an urban air mobility division to develop flying cars.

New technology from Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, will link rooftop solar and batteries to support electric vehicle (EV) charging, even in the height of summer.

Using traditional methods to carry out repairs on a modern vehicle can be an extremely risky decision.

Monash Motorsport - the home of Australia's first student-built, fully autonomous race car

The system has approximately 150 milliseconds to make the decision to deploy the airbag and fill it.

Quite literally reinventing the wheel while offering a more sustainable product.