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Protecting Your Ride: A Guide to Anti-Theft Systems & Devices

Clean Fleet Report

When triggered, they emit a blaring sound, flashing lights and often disable the vehicle’s ignition. Tire Locks : Tire locks, commonly known as “boots” or “Denver boots,” are typically used by law enforcement to immobilize illegally parked vehicles. They provide an extra layer of convenience and security.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

These projects put more than 9,000 alternative fuel and energy-efficient light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles on the road, and establish 542 refueling locations across the country. The program includes the installation of 10 alternative fuel refueling sites (two B20, one Electric Recharging, and seven CNG).

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2018 VW Tiguan and new 2.0 TSI B-cycle engine gives VW a strong offering in compact SUV segment

Green Car Congress

Based on our half-day of driving the new Tiguan in the foothills of Denver, the automaker has succeeded on the quality front. This technology stops the engine during idle when the brake pedal is held (such as when waiting at a red light). A Start/Stop system is standard for all Tiguan trims.

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Andrew Leland on Assistive Tech for the Blind

Cars That Think

Leland is gradually losing his vision due to a congenital condition called retinitis pigmentosa , which slowly kills off the rods and cones that are the eyes’ light receptors. And I would have had to do a lot more work to find specialists who would install it on my computer for me. In the 1990s, screen readers were around.

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AI-Guided Robots Are Ready to Sort Your Recyclables

Cars That Think

To date, the technology has been installed in hundreds of sorting facilities around the world. Cardboard is rigid and light—it can glide over a series of mechanical camlike disks, while other, denser materials fall in between the disks. at a facility in Colorado ; today, we have systems installed in more than 25 U.S.

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Subspace Rebuilt the Internet for Real-Time Applications

Cars That Think

More than 20 percent of Internet-connected devices experienced performance issues at any given time, and 80 percent had major disruptions several times a day. For instance, high-latency connections limit the speed of "matchmaking," or the process of connecting players to one another, by restricting the pool of players who can join quickly.

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