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Hop Into Kenguru, The Electric Car Designed For Wheelchair Users

Hop Into Kenguru, The Electric Car Designed For Wheelchair Users by Motors.new
What car has four wheels, one door and no seats? The Kenguru of course! Able to cruise at up to 45 km/h (28 mph) with a range of up to 110 km (68 miles), the environmentally friendly and electrically powered Kenguru offers wheelchair users roll-in, drive-away convenience in a great-looking, affordable package.

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Urb-E Is An E-Scooter That Folds Up

Urb-E E-Scooter by Josiah Motley
The Urb-E Electric Scooter is perfect for the trendy, start-up employee or the over-zealous college student. Designed to traverse 20+ miles on one charge, and topping out at 15 miles per hour the Urb-E goes from transportation method to rolling luggage in a few simple motions. With two models available, a three-wheeled version and a more agile two-wheeled version, will the Urb-E be right for you?

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City Transformer: Is This The Future Of City Cars?

City Transformer Teaser by Diogo Costa
We all know that transforming cars are a fiction thing - but are they really? What if there were a car that was driven normally but, when parking time comes, the car "stretches" itself to the width of a motorcycle? While this not yet a reality, the City Transformer is set to hit the market in three years, causing a revolution in terms of accessibility.

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Volocopter, The Fully Electrical Helicopter

Volocopter Teaser by Diogo Costa
Recently I wrote an article about a 100% electrical van which, even though being great news for the automotive industry, is not absolutely innovative, as there are other electrical cars being made. However, now I will talk about a 100% electrical helicopter - and that is a true novelty. Volocopter, for now still a prototype, is being developed in Germany and had surprisingly positive results in the tests.

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Volkswagen Beetle Dune Concept Is A 21st Century Baja Bug

Volkswagen Beetle Dune Concept Is A 21st Century Baja Bug by Motors.new
The way VW's gorgeous new Beetle Dune Concept turned heads at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show, you'd have thought a bikini-clad Kate Upton was on the reviewing stand. Unlike the pneumatic supermodel, however, a production version of Volkswagen's reimagined Baja Bug may soon show up on the streets of your town.

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3 Exciting Environmentally-Friendly Cars of the (Near) Future

What Will They Think of Next? Photo by Accretion Disc, flickr. by Cindi Brown
Automotive technology is rapidly changing, and who hasn't looked around at the cars on the streets and wondered: what will they think of next? Of course, the wish is that the next generation of cars will be fuel-efficient, low emissions, and fun to drive. Here are a few environmentally friendly cars of the near future that just might fit those parameters.

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Nissan and FedEx Will Test e-NV200 In Brazil

e-NV200 Teaser by Diogo Costa
Nissan and FedEx are keeping their tests of the new e-NV200 van and the next stage is Brazil. e-NV200 is 100% electric and will be delivering FedEx packages for a month. The obtained results will then be analyzed by the two companies and used to perfect e-NV200 plans, which production will start latter this year in Spain.

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Georgia Tech's Using Human Arms To Make Robots More Accurate

Georgia Tech's Using Human Arm Sensors For Safer Robots by Tech Light
One of the biggest driving forces in robotics innovation is the manufacturing industry. See, the machinery used to construct cars could easily tear a human apart of miscalibrated. The latest development comes from the Georgia Institute of Technology: a control system developed using the human arm.

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Google Wants To Bring Android Into Our Cars

Google Plans Android Into Cars Teaser by Diogo Costa
Google is a company that sets itself apart from the others mostly due to the broad spectrum of activities and enterprises it invests on. Google's investment in cars is not new, with the development of a self-driving car as one of the most well-known projects by the company, but recently it has been announced that Google wants to move Android into our cars, with something called "Open Automotive Alliance".

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Workplace Mechanization Is The Next Frontier Of The Robot Revolution

Companies Experimenting With Robot/Human Collaboration In Workplace by Tech Light
For decades, robots and humans have worked separately from one another on factory floors as a matter of safety. Now, however, companies like GM and BMW are looking to close the gap between man and machine. They're looking to create integrated work-spaces, where robots and humans can work in tandem.

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