Black Box for Your Car 2 – RoadScan Records Your Accident for Evidence

(TrendHunter.com) Here’s a second example of a black box for your car.

The RoadScan Drive Recorder is the auto industry’s equivalent to the black boxes found in commercial airplanes. It records video 14 seconds before…

Low Emission Auto Design – Three Wheeled Compact from Berlin (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Technical University of Berlin has designed a three-wheeled car called CLEVER or Compact Low Emission Vehicle. It is an urban transport that runs on compressed natural gas and gets 188 miles per gallon.…

Hi Tech Storage Unit – Robovault Uses No Humans (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) South Florida residents who need a place to safely park the Lamborghini, stash a fine wine collection, or valuable antiques now have a super secure, super high tech alternative to home security. RoboVault…

Bumper Cars – Kawasaki-Powered and Street Legal

(TrendHunter.com) Have you always wanted to own your own bumper car? These new models are powered by a Kawasaki 750cc motorcycle engine, available for $50,000, and are street legal. It’s not the same thrill ride you enjoyed…

Luxury Subcompact Cars – The Mi.To. by Alfa Romeo (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Mi.To., Alfa Romeo’s much anticipated subcompact vehicle, was finally released today.

If you’re wondering where this rather unusual name came from, it was derived from the city where the car…

Aliens-Inspired Bike – The Speed Racer by Dan Bailey (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Speed Racer bike concept is the brainchild of Dan Bailey. The bike integrates alien technology into the design of this motorcycle. Actually, Bailey was inspired by the Aliens movie franchise for the…

AIR Powered Go-Karts – Breathe In, Breathe Out (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Everybody is whining over the prices of gasoline and petroleum. It is fact one of the world’s most pressing concerns. Because of that, people are looking for alternatives to be used in powering vehicles.…

Segway Without a Motor? – Exercise With The Zingsniuoklis (or Walk Instead) (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Take the segway concept and adapt it for health-conscious people who are not afraid to put in some effort, and you have the Zingsniuoklis.

Designer Regimantas Vegele has come up with this innovative transportation/sport…

Motorcyle Art – Motorbike Concept from Recycled VCR and PC parts

(TrendHunter.com) You really have to see this one to believe it.  At first glance, I even questioned whether the picture was created with the magic of Adobe PhotoShop.

The artist, Alex Andromeda created this model in…

Dirt-Repelling Paint Job – Chamelic

(TrendHunter.com) It sounds more like a magic spell than a new technology – a dirt-repelling coating. Spray it on glass, metal, or plastic and… that’s it. The surface stays clean. Developed by the University of Leeds…

Fake Websites – Pretty Women Lure You to Fake Sites, and Sixt Gets Your Attention (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) There’s nothing that grabs the attention of men quite like the combination of hot cars and pretty women. And that is exactly what gets leveraged in this campaign for Sixt, a rental car company.

We see…

Eco-Friendly Magnetic Cars – Zero Eco Friendly Vehicle (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) In the future, cars could run on magnetic energy. Natalie Bonebrake designed the Zero Eco Friendly Vehicle, pod-like transit based on using magnet power as an environmentally-friendly alternative to fuel.…

Top 30 Auto Innovations and Motor Trends in 2008 (So Far)

(TrendHunter.com) Leveraging our traffic data, this list ranks the top 30 most best auto and motor trends in 2008 (so far).

From homemade fuel to motorized unicycles, it’s been a kick ass year in the world of automobiles.…

Electric Bike Parade – Go With Me (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Jiang Qian designed this compact, electric bike. The user can ride solo or link up with another 08 electric bike rider to share the view and good company.

The front wheel sandwiches in between the two…

Exotic Kit Cars – The Danish Sondergard (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This sweet-looking ride is a Danish kit car called the Sondergard. Kit cars are vehicles that you purchase and then assemble yourself very often with disparate parts from different vehicles and models.…

Perpetual Passenger Train – Non-Stop Metro Rail Transit

(TrendHunter.com) Taiwanese inventor, Peng Yu-lun, has designed a non-stop passenger train. It takes a lot of energy to start and stop a moving train due to something called inertia (mass x speed). Awesome! Wait a minute.…

Mass Produced Fuel Cell Cars – Honda Announces Plans for the FCX Clarity (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Honda Motor Co. President, Takeo Fukui, announced the release of the FCX Clarity hydrogen fueled car from the new-model center in Tochigi Prefecture, located northeast of Tokyo. `If we can bring costs…

Social Communities for Cars – Smart Marketing for Smart Car

(TrendHunter.com) SmartUSA seems to be doing everything right according to Web 2.0 standards. Their latest is a social networking site called smartinsider.com.

Owners or fans of the Smart car can form local or regional…

Auto Vending Machine – Smart Idea (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This giant vending machine dispenses a really small car. Put your $20,000 in the slot, and take your pick from a Smart Coupe or Cabrio. Smart cars have only recently been exported outside of Europe to…

Vehicles as Works of Art – The BMW Art Cars (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The BMW Art Cars tradition began in 1975 when French race car driver Hervé Poulain asked Alexander Calder to customize his BMW 3.0 CSL. For 33 years, BMW cars have been turned into rolling works of art…