Ratan Tata invests $15 million in a research facility, aimed to power car by simple water.

Recently, in a press conference convened by the Chemical Research Society of India, revealed the dream of Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata.

Ratan Tata's dream is to see cars fueled by only water, simply water which may be toilet water, sea water or drinking water. In order to make it happen soon, he has invested USD 15 million in a start-up firm supporting research in the field, carried out by an eminent scientist from Massechusetts Institute of Technology in the US.

Ratan Tata invests $15 million in a research facility, aimed to power car by simple water.

17 year school kid from Sikkim designs car based on Electromagnetic induction magnetism (EMIM)

A class XI, seventeen-year-old, Deepak Gupta, a science department student of Jawaharlal Navodya Vidhlaya at Rabong in South Sikkim has come up with eco-friendly vehicle design which works on the principle of electromagnetic induction magnetism (EMIM).

He said that the design has one system in the gear. "By pressing the buttons of the vehicle, one can increase or decrease the speed of the vehicle. With the help of the batteries, we start the dynamo which shall charge the electromagnetic induction motor which gives energy to the vehicle," he said to PTI.

17 year school kid from Sikkim designs car based on Electromagnetic induction magnetism (EMIM)

Cars to report accidents to authorities.

Scientists are developing intelligent cars that can alert and send useful information to authorities during an accident.

The cars, fitted with aircraft-style black boxes, can send video footage and information about driving behaviour during accidents to the police and insurance companies.

The car, being developed at Intel, will record information about the vehicle speed, steering and braking along with video footage from inside and outside the vehicle.

This would be sent to the police and insurance companies automatically during an accident to make it easier to know the reason for car crashes and identify the responsible person.

Cars to report accidents to authorities.

Car to run with 'petrol made from CO2'

Scientists are inching closer to produce a new fuel from carbon dioxide and sunlight which they claim will help meet world's energy needs and minimise carbon emissions.

A team at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is developing the technique which will produce "synthetic liquid fuels" in solar-powered reactors.

Experiments have also shown that the reactors can absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) and turn it into carbon monoxide. The same reactors can also be used to turn water into hydrogen and oxygen.

The two can then be reacted together with a catalyst to form hydrocarbon fuels, in a technique known as the "Fischer-Tropsch" process.

Car to run with 'petrol made from CO2'

Former F1 engineer unveils new Efficient City Car

The former Formula One engineer who created the iconic McLaren F1 supercar has officially unveiled the T.25 -- his idea for a new class of city car.

Murray and his team based in Shalford, south east England, have been working on the design for the past three years and, until now, have kept the exact details of the car firmly under wraps.

The car made its first public appearance on Monday at the UK's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment in Oxford.

At less than eight feet long and a little over four feet wide, the T.25 is smaller than Daimler AG's popular Smart car, and a petrol engine model will retail for around $9,000.

The centralized driving position -- also a feature of Murray's McLaren F1 -- and central instrumentation and controls are perhaps its most obvious traits borrowed from Formula One.

Former F1 engineer unveils new Efficient City Car

Now a Blind Person car Drive with Tactile Feedback system.

Scientists are inching closer to develop a special car which can be driven by blind motorists.

The unique car, expected to be built as early as next year, will be equipped with a new technology that would help a sightless person to get behind the wheel.

The technology, called Non-visual Interfaces, will guide its driver through traffic by transmitting information about nearby vehicles or objects.

Vibrating gloves or streams of compressed air directed behind the wheel are among the options for communicating the information needed to avoid collisions and reach a destination.

Now a Blind Person car Drive with Tactile Feedback system.

Dirty cars pose health risk: Study

Dirty cars can pose serious threat to your health in warmer weather, reveals a new study.

The findings revealed that motorists are at danger from germs like Bacillus cereus and Staphylococcus "each time they enter their car".

Bugs linked with food poisoning, vomiting and skin infections were all discovered inside a "random" car when it was subjected to a range of tests.

During the study, scientists analysed swabs taken from the car used by a couple and their two children and found Bacillus cereus and Staphylococcus bacteria inside, including on the steering wheel, gear-stick and door handles.

Dirty cars pose health risk: Study

Car device prompts driver to stay in proper lane .

When the steering wheel starts vibrating strongly, it indicates your car is too close to the edge of the road. WayPilot, a new Norwegian product, helps to keep it where it should be in the driving lane.

Examples of such systems include driving lane aids that warn the driver if his vehicle leaves the lane without the blinker being activated as can happen when the driver nods off.

Safety equipment of this sort has reduced both collisions and cases of driving off the road.

"What many of these systems have in common is that they utilise video-cameras to orient themselves with respect to the road," says SINTEF research manager Terje Moen.

Car device prompts driver to stay in proper lane .

Leaf like car that can absorb co2 and emits oxygen.

Chinese automaker Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation has developed a new concept car that could take in carbon dioxide and produce oxygen.

SAIC, which has a partnership wtih General Motors in China, showed designs for the photosynthesizing YeZ Concept Car recently at Expo 2010 in Shanghai.

YeZ (pronounced "yea-zi") is Mandarin Chinese for "leaf," and it is the apt title for the open buggy-like vehicle, which has a roof shaped like a leaf only, reports Discovery News.

Leaf like car that can absorb co2 and emits oxygen.