Designing Shared CarsDesigning Shared Cars
Almost 10 years ago I blogged about car sharing companies in Melbourne [1]. Since that time the use of such services appears to have slowly grown (judging by the slow[...]
Category: Cars
Voltage Inside a CarVoltage Inside a Car
I previously wrote a post with some calculations about the power supplied to laptops from a car battery [1]. A comment on the post suggested that I might have made[...]
Seatbelts and Transporting ComputersSeatbelts and Transporting Computers
I’ve just read an interesting post at Making Light about seat-belts [1]. In Australia seat-belt use is mandatory, you can be fined for failing to wear one – and the[...]
Designing Unsafe CarsDesigning Unsafe Cars
The LA Times has an interesting article about problems with Toyota and Lexus cars [1]. Basically there are problems where the cars have uncontrolled acceleration (there seems to be some[...]
The Future of Electric CarsThe Future of Electric Cars
TED published an interesting interview with Shai Agassi about electric cars [1]. One idea that I hadn’t heard before is that of moving car batteries between regions as they lose[...]
Real-World Car Safety TestsReal-World Car Safety Tests
The car safety tests that are required for every new mass-market passenger vehicle are flawed in many ways. Here is a list of the most obvious flaws (please point out[...]
Inhaling Petrol FumesInhaling Petrol Fumes
Tonight at 6PM the channel 7 news will have a special report about the dangers of inhaling fumes while filling cars with petrol. I’m blogging now because based on past[...]
The Cost of Car CrashesThe Cost of Car Crashes
An article from 1999 suggested that car crashes caused a financial loss in OECD countries equivalent of 2% of their entire economies [1]. An article from the Sydney Morning Herald[...]
Hyperthermia and Children in CarsHyperthermia and Children in Cars
Bruce Schneier writes about the risks involving children abandoned in cars and cites an article about the tragic deaths of children in hot cars [1]. One unfortunate error that he[...]
Used Car PricesUsed Car Prices
There is an interesting article in The Age about the effect of petrol prices on the poorer people in Melbourne [1]. The article claims that people are unable to sell[...]