Posts Tagged ‘Buick’

Automotive Technology Plus Collaboration: The Formula For Roadway Safety?

June 7th, 2010
Automotive Technology Plus Collaboration: The Formula For Roadway Safety?

The wish for increased vehicle security may be granted in the not-so-distant future. By 2025, experts predict at least one billion vehicles will be on the road, ramping up the urgency to develop more advanced vehicular safety. Rumors of everything from foam-filled airbags capable of expanding throughout the vehicle, to talking, self-guided, Knight Rider-like coupes hitting the market abound. What is actually happening in the eng » Read more: Automotive Technology Plus Collaboration: The Formula For Roadway Safety?

10 Top Mechanic Schools and Automotive Colleges

June 6th, 2010
10 Top Mechanic Schools and Automotive Colleges

You are a gearhead. Why not get paid big bucks for it?

You love the roar of the horsepower and smell of the rubber hitting the road. You would rather restore a rusted-out piece of you-know-what to it’s former glory than buy a car new.

You would tear apart a big-block V8 and see what makes it tick – than watch football for 8 hours on any given Sunday. You, my friend, should be doing what you love, and ge » Read more: 10 Top Mechanic Schools and Automotive Colleges

Automotive Engineers Working to Improve the Way We Drive and Live

June 5th, 2010

Today’s automotive engineers are focusing their attention on improving the way we drive — and the way we live. Some automotive improvements make life easier to navigate, like GPS systems with visual and voice-guided turn-by-turn directions. Other innovations help protect vehicle occupants and save lives, such as “active safety” technologies, which warn drivers so they can take action to avoid an accident. Of course, yet another » Read more: Automotive Engineers Working to Improve the Way We Drive and Live