Ford introduces inflatable seat belts

Next year the Ford Motor Company will introduce the world’s first automotive inflatable seat belts, combining traditional seat belt and air bag technologies to provide more crash safety protection for rear seat occupants.

Right on the Formula One Button

Jenson Button’s career is a clear demonstration of the fact that in order to succeed in motorsport, you need to be in the right car at the right time.

Cool As

A vehicle engine converts less than half of the chemical energy in fuel to mechanical energy that moves the vehicle forward.

Cracking down on cowboy polluters

Rogue dismantling operators creating hazardous pollution problems in the Auckland region will soon be forced to clean up their act.

Electric supercharger solution for cleaner cars

We have previously talked about how electric supercharging is helping create cleaner diesel engines in trucks (June issue P25), but the biggest news is that this technology could be at the vanguard of a whole new generation of cleaner petrol and diesel engines for cars and commercial vehicles.

Do hybrids have a long-term future – or will they be abandoned because there just aren’t enough supplies of critical materials necessary for their manufacture?