August 3rd, 2009 | by admin | published in Technology
Move brings electric cars closer to a practical reality for everyday use
Canberra is to become the first Australian city to support electric cars, with recharge points to be installed in the capital’s homes, workplaces and shopping centres within three years.Electric Car
Sustainable transport company Better Place - which plans to facilitate electric car travel across the [...]
June 9th, 2009 | by admin | published in Technology
THE DECISION on which GPS mapping brand to go with may have just become a lot simpler, for a lot of people.
Well-known GPS mapping company TomTom has today unveilled its turn-by-turn navigation application for the iPhone. Unlike the current Google Maps app, the TomTom app will follow your progress along your chosen route, and advise [...]
May 25th, 2009 | by admin | published in Technology
Forget analog gauges; the instrument cluster of the future will be a 3D dynamic display configurable by the user. Computer graphics company Nvidia has developed a chip designed specifically for the automotive market. This chip holds system software and graphics processing capabilities to show 3D instruments on an LCD. Partner Iconmobile, which earlier did work [...]
May 25th, 2009 | by admin | published in Success Stories, Technology
Honda Australia have named Scott Duncan from Peter Roberts Honda in Queensland technician of the year’ and Christopher White from Col Crawford Motors ‘apprentice of the year’.
Honda Australia conducts an annual, national competition for all Honda service technicians and apprentices to showcase their skills, which are recognised and rewarded by Honda Australia.
Honda’s Technical Training Department [...]
May 19th, 2009 | by admin | published in Advice, Tips & Tutorials, Technology
Web company Feedia has just launched DealerTV which allows car dealers to personally showcase their cars online to prospective clients using video and commentary - for $1200 set-up fee and $430 per month
The DealerTV platform allows sales staff to record countless 2-3 minute video presentations of different vehicles and put them on a custom ‘DealerTV [...]
April 27th, 2009 | by admin | published in Technology
Honda’s has updated its unique iShowroom, an ‘app’ for the iphone and ipod Touch which provides information on a range of Honda models.
Honda’s has updated its unique iShowroom, an ‘app’ for the iphone and ipod Touch which provides information on a range of Honda models.
Learning all about the specifications of every Honda model is easier [...]
April 21st, 2009 | by admin | published in Technology
Ford has opened a new technology centre in partnership with the University of Melbourne.
The new $20 million Advanced Centre for Automotive Research and Testing (ACART) at Ford’s proving ground and the University of Melbourne makes available world-class emissions, environmental and engine development facilities.
Established to enhance the technical competitiveness of Ford Australia and the quality of [...]
April 6th, 2009 | by admin | published in Technology
Carsales.com.au has been ranked as the number one website in the “Automotive - Classifieds” category in the Hitwise Top Ten Awards 2008.
The award is based on market share of Australian internet visits in carsales.com.au’s online industry category.
Carsales.com Ltd managing director and chief executive officer, Greg Roebuck, says the company is “extremely proud” of winning the [...]
March 23rd, 2009 | by admin | published in Technology
Automakers battered by the global economic slump may be drawing comfort from the recent successful debut of Honda’s Insight hybrid as they are planning to introduce similar ultra-fuel-efficient hybrids on a much larger scale from this year.
Taking a lead from Honda, Toyota - the pioneer of gasoline-electric motor hybrid vehicles - will introduce its all-new [...]
March 10th, 2009 | by admin | published in Technology
AUSTRALIANS spend most of their waking hours consuming media and are spending more time online than ever before, a study has found.
We also are ditching our desktop computers for laptops, accessing the internet wirelessly and almost all internet users have broadband access at home, the report said.
The Nielsen Online Internet and Technology Report surveyed more [...]