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Some of us noticed that the VW Space Up! blue concept car at the LA Auto Show has a car computer that looks like an Apple coverflow UI. Could this be the result of Apple and VW launching a UI together per earlier talks? My eyes are screaming yes, but my brain tells me that an Apple alliance is the kind of thing VW and Apple would want trumpeted. Maybe at production time for vehicles with this system, come spring, or maybe at Macworld in January. More »
VW's Touchscreen UI Looking Mighty Apple-y
Some of us noticed that the VW Space Up! blue concept car at the LA Auto Show has a car computer that looks like an Apple coverflow UI. Could this be the result of Apple and VW launching a UI together per earlier talks? My eyes are screaming yes, but my brain tells me that an Apple alliance is the kind of thing VW and Apple would want trumpeted. Maybe at production time for vehicles with this system, come spring, or maybe at Macworld in January. More »
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R/C Stoner Van Streams Live Video While Truckin' (Video)
Built and demonstrated by our very own Nick McGlynn, this webcam-mounted R/C Volkswagen bus streams video live via a hidden Sony Vaio laptop with Sprint EV-DO card. Unfortunately for Nick, the camera is fixed facing forward, limiting its upskirt potential. Oh well, there's always V(W) 2.0. [Justin.tv]
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LG and VW Team For MP3 Player
Now, this doesn't make a whole lotta sense. What do you get when you take LG's Prada-ish design and combine it with VW? Apparently an LG/VW MP3 player. There aren't very many details here, but all we know is that there's a 2.4-inch (possibly touch) screen, 2 to 4GB of storage, and comes in red, yellow, and blue. More »
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Cars are supposed to protect the driver in the case of a lightning/voltage strike. Apparently it's not the rubber tires that insulate the vehicle, but that the shell is attached in a way to keep the threat away from (most) of the cabin.
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Lightning Strikes Car, With Man In It
Cars are supposed to protect the driver in the case of a lightning/voltage strike. Apparently it's not the rubber tires that insulate the vehicle, but that the shell is attached in a way to keep the threat away from (most) of the cabin.
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Chinese Artists Take a VW Down the Hershey Highway for V-Day
The Valentine's Day madness has apparently spread around the world, as evidenced by this chocolate-covered Volkswagen Beetle parked in front of a supermarket in China. After first wrapping the vehicle in plastic, seven enterprising car company employees slathered on 440 pounds of chocolate, resulting in the day's biggest internal-combustion chocolate truffle. More »
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VW Sleds Are Slick, Slippery and Schweet
VWs are in the Gizmodo news these days, where the other day we saw one pulling a Boeing 747, and now here's a sled carrying the earmarks of the timeless Volkswagen Golf GTI design. Is this one badass-looking conveyance, or what? More »
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VW Opens Hyperbolic Time Chamber
Some of you may get the reference above and will not even need to read the following useless filler text. To those who haven't watched the complete series of Dragonball Z (yet), read below. More »
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VW Microbus Chameleon Hippie Bus Gets Gizmodo-ized
VW R&D must not have enough to do after helping Stanford win the DARPA Grand Challenge. Instead of working on the ever-elusive flying car, they've outfitted this old hippie bus with hidden tech. The drivetrain is all electric, and the surfboards on top have solar cells for charging up the lithium battery banks. Click to Jalop to see the interior's digital dash. More »
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Google and VW Join Forces
Looks like Google and Volkswagen are banding together to work on a vehicle that will use Google Maps/Google Earth in a VW in-car navigation system. Working with NVidia to build the system, it will include three-dimensional graphics and, hopefully, other features like automatic personalized information updates. But don't hold your breath—there are still no definite plans to release this system to the public, and right now it's just a prototype. More »
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The Week in Cars - The Best of Jalopnik
This week in Jalopnik: Tokyo motor show, part ni. Carmakers take Tokyo really seriously these days, using the show to launch their most high-concept and technology-focused prototypes. Automotive Armani, signer Giorgietto Giugiaro celebrates 50 years in the biz with a Ferrari concept; Volkswagen shows a high-mileage diesel-powered roadster; Hyundai spurns the eco-crowd with a crossover-SUV concept that showcases its new V8; Mercedes twirls its propeller cap and comes up green; and Lexus shows off a new all-wheel-drive flagship concept, sporting a V8 hybrid, that will likely show up, as is, in the US. More »
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