Teodor Ferseta
6 ARTICLES
LiDAR, the Technology to Make Self-driving Cars a Reality
19 Oct 2020, 09:00 UTC · By: Teodor Ferseta / During the 2005 DARPA challenge, engineers from the Stanford University came closest in achieving the decades-old dream of a self-driving car, as envisioned in staples of the sci-fi genre like TimeCop. To make out the world around it, their vehicle...
EV Regenerative Braking For Dummies
9 Oct 2020, 09:47 UTC · By: Teodor Ferseta / Regenerative braking has been a common thing for EVs ever since the Toyota Prius hit the market some two decades ago. It is a good way to save some of the kinetic energy that would otherwise go to waste every time you slow down, although it won&rsq...
How to Down a Stealth Fighter Jet
8 Oct 2020, 16:12 UTC · By: Teodor Ferseta / That neighbor you don’t like just bought himself a brand-new Lockheed F-22 and he’s now prancing around with it like he’s some hot stuff? Does your father-in-law brag and brag about his F-35 A, careful to rub the fact that you...
A Look at Fiat's City Brake Control System
5 Oct 2020, 14:21 UTC · By: Teodor Ferseta / Although Fiat did make dubious history in 2018 when two of its models scored no stars on the Euro-NCAP collision test, just some five years previously, the company had received the Advanced award for its innovative anti-collision system. How this c...
Why Drum Brakes Make Sense on EVs
2 Oct 2020, 16:09 UTC · By: Teodor Ferseta / Drum brakes aren’t as old-fashioned as most people believe, but even so, these wouldn’t be the first choice for the rear wheels of a 3,500 lbs (1600 kg), 200 hp car like the new Volkswagen ID.3. Why the German engineers opted for this s...
40 Years of Fiat Panda Tech Innovations in the Small Car Segment
28 Sep 2020, 17:29 UTC · By: Teodor Ferseta / Practicality is the first thing we are looking for in a small city car, and thanks to a constant stream of innovation and creative solutions, this is precisely what designers and engineers at Fiat managed to deliver with every new iteration of the ...