Category: Cars

Connected cars open up new possibilities

The cars of the future are not only low-energy and fossil-free, they are also online and continually updated. “ The Connected Car ”  concept opens up opportunities for new methods of application and new business models. This could mean that we will see similar developments in the vehicle industry to...

Beetle inspires new diesel technology

The Swedish Energy Agency has awarded SEK 6.8 million to a radical new principle for fuel injection in diesel engines. The technology is being developed at Lund University in collaboration with Swedish Biomimetics 3000. The technology resembles the way the Bombardier beetle sprays an irritating liquid mist on ants, frogs,...

Fuel Cells

Fuel cells pave the way for cars of the future

After the electric car and the plug-in hybrid come the fuel cells, according to Patric Jannasch, Professor of Polymer Technology at Lund University. The technology, which was hyped in the late 1990s but has since been put on a backburner, is now close to commercialisation. “Internationally, the car industry is...

Urban speed limits should be lowered

Traffic researchers at Lund University have concluded that vehicles should not drive faster than 30 km/h in urban areas, after analysing and compiling the research of recent years on speeds and sustainability. They have also analysed accidents involving pedestrians. This is the first study of its kind to be carried...

The Tesla Roadster electric car at the Paris Motor Show 2010 at Porte de Versailles, in Paris, France.

Tesla takes the lead

A number of major car manufacturers such as Honda, Volkswagen, Nissan, Fiat and BMW are currently pursuing various types of electric car project, but in most cases the focus is more on developing technical solutions than entire concepts for the electric car. “The company that has made the most progress...