Universities 1 to 100 of 100                   POSITION       CONTINENT RANK UNIVERSITY COUNTRY WORLD RANK  SIZE  VISIBILITY RICH FILES SCHOLAR                 1 National University of Singapore 84 552 158 83 50 2 Kasetsart University 140 69 73 53 616 3 Chulalongkorn University 173 430 107 263 380 4 Mahidol University 202 179 211 142 361 5 Prince of Songkla University 228 80 208 14 657 6 Khon Kaen University 233 88 88 183 824 7 Chiang Mai University 236 315 146 20 666 8 Universitas Gadjah Mada 249 46 110 979 591 9 Institute of Technology Bandung 277 28 117 847 689 10 University of Indonesia 365 39 464 207 663 11 Nanyang Technological University 394 1,485 711 617 205 12 Universiti Putra Malaysia 428 419 897 794 239 13 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 437 458 919 400 333 14 Universiti Sains Malaysia 464 1,395 921 557 260 15 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia / National University of Malaysia 523 555 1,089 751 365 16 King Mongkut´s University of Technology Thonburi 576 166 380 642 1,194 17 University of Malaya 596 1,626 920 1,226 432 18 Universiti Teknologi MARA 626 124 791 1,155 851 19 Thammasat University 638 229 646 472 1,087 20 King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang 677 388 419 1,156 1,285 21 Mahasarakham University 727 243 308 348 1,644 22 Vietnam National University Hanoi 743 907 1,555 412 652 23 University of the Philippines Diliman (1) 753 3,414 583 2,276 788 24 Suranaree University of Technology 764 676 578 516 1,369 25 Multimedia University 891 1,563 867 2,512 1,125 26 Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember 898 14 642 135 1,834 27 Bogor Agricultural University 1,024 123 776 170 1,855 28 Indonesia University of Education 1,031 55 266 188 2,131 29 Asian Institute of Technology Thailand 1,078 3,591 1,067 3,149 1,256 30 Silpakorn University 1,119 605 1,978 364 1,554 31 Universitas Sebelas Maret 1,186 215 435 1,464 2,000 32 Universiti Malaysia Sabah 1,222 2,319 2,739 2,284 1,021 33 Gunadarma University 1,237 150 1,754 128 1,840 34 Singapore Management University 1,271 3,826 3,215 1,007 1,020 35 Naresuan University 1,305 513 235 334 2,881 36 Diponegoro University 1,310 282 1,642 478 1,856 37 Universitas Sriwijaya 1,323 178 790 1,497 1,983 38 Universiti Malaysia Perlis 1,341 847 4,216 2,267 1,026 39 Petra Christian University 1,342 207 1,880 43 1,925 40 Airlangga University 1,354 290 1,282 49 2,075 41 Universitas Islam Indonesia 1,381 330 1,109 418 2,027 42 Srinakharinwirot University 1,388 699 558 394 2,355 43 Universitas Negeri Malang 1,394 660 2,850 7 1,862 44 Universitas Negeri Semarang 1,397 230 2,117 95 1,918 45 Burapha University 1,399 221 395 119 3,401 46 International Islamic University of Malaysia 1,411 854 5,265 1,962 988 47 Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang 1,439 409 3,761 5 1,838 48 Assumption University of Thailand 1,474 3,363 296 1,518 2,390 49 Universitas Mercu Buana 1,479 208 889 759 2,284 50 Universitas Padjadjaran 1,493 651 1,567 338 2,015 51 Universitas Sumatera Utara 1,497 653 3,218 191 1,809 52 Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna 1,561 293 127 1,184 5,773 53 University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce 1,561 217 604 1,200 3,013 54 Universitas Hasanuddin University 1,564 1,318 566 2,304 2,415 55 Universiti Teknologi Petronas 1,598 4,983 5,763 3,703 819 56 Electronic Engineering Polytechnic Institute of Surabaya 1,611 841 1,162 2,126 2,128 57 Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta 1,619 823 1,806 1,235 2,003 58 King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok 1,620 363 881 645 2,864 59 Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta 1,623 303 1,997 321 2,168 60 Can Tho University 1,649 2,256 629 1,271 2,690 61 Maejo University 1,651 720 745 826 3,110 62 Universiti Tenaga Nasional 1,687 1,906 5,788 1,669 1,430 63 Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon 1,713 203 1,544 1,081 2,489 64 Universiti Utara Malaysia 1,734 1,679 1,729 681 2,256 65 Ramkhamhaeng University 1,746 275 809 662 4,285 66 Informatics and Computer College Stmik Amikom 1,774 1,506 3,096 1,339 1,917 67 Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman 1,777 734 6,170 2,564 1,551 68 Ubonratchathani University 1,779 452 1,137 579 3,511 69 Yogyakarta State University 1,831 1,695 2,852 1,151 1,982 70 Universiti Malaysia Terengganu 1,838 3,176 5,458 4,639 1,465 71 Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 1,842 3,631 3,092 4,112 1,813 72 Brawijaya University 1,855 228 2,453 213 2,640 73 Unikom 1,856 365 6,356 113 1,843 74 Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang 1,912 803 3,537 819 2,041 75 Universitas Tarumanagara (1) 1,942 4,192 2,617 1,688 1,985 76 Rajamangala University of Technology Isan 2,000 375 871 1,215 5,533 77 Universitas Udayana 2,004 3,680 2,477 2,351 2,062 78 Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology 2,008 667 1,831 1,312 3,126 79 National Institute of Education 2,014 4,420 1,551 1,781 2,493 80 Walailak University 2,021 2,160 1,497 1,649 3,020 81 Payap University 2,051 359 1,281 1,476 4,587 82 Suan Dusit Rajabhat University 2,063 1,537 702 1,401 5,773 83 Ahmad Dahlan University 2,100 708 2,104 3,512 2,603 84 Rajabhat Institute Chandrakasem 2,120 1,345 409 1,344 8,237 85 Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2,127 1,601 3,252 3,190 2,096 86 Mae Fah Luang University 2,136 1,382 1,312 2,124 4,111 87 Yala Rajabhat University 2,148 1,310 985 3,134 4,639 88 National Institute of Development Administration 2,172 1,497 2,728 813 2,726 89 Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia 2,185 1,520 2,429 2,998 2,505 90 ISI Denpasar 2,216 4,825 2,590 3,925 2,112 91 University of the Philippines Los Baños 2,231 2,110 2,297 6,461 2,290 92 Bangkok University 2,231 269 1,747 1,739 4,796 93 Universitas Surabaya 2,251 998 814 5,219 5,533 94 Universitas Lampung 2,258 1,286 3,070 1,593 2,564 95 Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City 2,285 3,022 2,603 7,387 2,115 96 Sekolah Tinggi Manajemen Informatika dan Komputer Jakarta 2,313 2,208 4,661 1,199 2,089 97 Siam University 2,359 3,263 906 3,022 5,430 98 Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University 2,375 585 1,218 1,461 6,828 99 Surindra Rajabhat University 2,427 1,366 845 3,160 6,828 100 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Review Summary: 

The Fujifilm F600EXR produces some very nice images and is especially impressive in low light. Enthusiasts will like RAW shooting options and manual exposure modes. 

A Sharp Low-Light Shooter 

Fujifilm has a long track record of creating compact cameras with innovative sensor designs that produce surprisingly good image quality in low light, especially considering the small size of the sensors. The first several generations of Fuji’s special sensors were called the “Super CCD,” and used octagonal rather than rectangular pixels. The most renowned camera of that first era was the F31fd, which camera buffs still talk about with reverence.

In 2008 Fuji announced a new version of the Super CCD sensor, the EXR, which used a color filter array layout that allows for binning (combining) two adjacent pixels of the same color. In early 2011, Fuji released the F550EXR, in which its EXR technology was combined with a back-illuminated CMOS sensor for greater speed and low light ability. The F600EXR is Fuji’s follow-up to the F550EXR.

As I mentioned in my “First Look,” the F600EXR is very similar to the F550EXR. Based on looks alone, you’d be hard pressed to tell them apart. Both use a 1/2.0 inch, 16 megapixel back-illuminated CMOS EXR sensor, have a 15x optical zoom lens with a lens range of from 24 through 360mm (35mm film camera equivalent), have a built-in GPS for geo-tagging your photos, can shoot in RAW mode and can take HD movies at 1080p resolution. The only significant differences I can see is that the F600EXR employs motion detection in Auto EXR mode to reduce blur, a Landmark Navigator feature to improve the functionality of the GPS, and an intelligent digital zoom which effectively doubles the telephoto range of the lens.

The F600EXR is packed with attractive features. In addition to those mentioned above, it also has an advanced mode with options for “Motion Panorama 360,” which enables you to take easy panorama shots simply by sweeping the camera horizontally or vertically, “Pro Focus,” in which the camera takes three shots and combines them to create an image with a blurred background, and “Pro Low-Light” in which the camera combines four shots to reduce noise and blur. Another interesting feature of the camera is a dynamic range adjustment mode in which the camera combines shots to increase detail in high contrast shooting situations.

I brought the F600EXR with me to Williamsburg, Virginia, which is a restoration of what was once the Virginia capitol back in the colonial era, and had fun taking photos and movies. Overall, I enjoyed my experience with the F600EXR. Let’s take a close look at this interesting camera.

BUILD AND DESIGN

The F600EXR is a sturdy, well-designed camera, although it’s not particularly stylish. It has a largely metal and plastic construction. It’s about the same size as most compact ultrazooms, at 4.0 inches (103.5mm) wide, 2.4 inches (62.5mm) high and 1.2 inches (32.6mm) thick and weighs in at 220 grams, including memory card and battery.

The camera comes with a lithium-ion battery, battery charger, wrist strap, USB cable, A/V cable, a brief owner’s manual and a CD which contains the full version of the manual as well as My Finepix Studio for organizing and viewing photos. It’s available in four colors – black, the color of the camera I used, red, champagne gold and white. At the time of this review it can be purchased in the U.S. at a price of under $250.

Ergonomics and Controls

The F600EXR feels good in the hand. It’s easy to hold and use thanks to a rubber coated strip at the front of the camera and a protruding area at the rear that can be used as a thumb rest. The front plate of the camera is dominated by the 15x Fujinon lens, which, when fully retracted, still protrudes about 1/2 inch from the camera body. The lens zooms smoothly, with only a hint of hesitation. To the upper left of the lens are a combination auto focus assist illuminator/self-timer lamp and a stereo microphone. On one side of the camera there’s a compartment with ports for USB and HDMI cables, which is covered by a thin, plastic door.

A pop-up flash is located at the top of the camera. The flash must be raised by pressing a button – it does not come up automatically. Toward the camera’s middle there’s a bulge for the GPS, an on/off button and a shutter button with a zoom control lever. A circular mode selector is situated at about a 45 degree angle between the camera’s top and rear sections. The mode selector contains settings for some of the camera’s shooting modes – EXR, auto, advanced, scene position, manual, aperture priority, shutter priority and program. The bottom of the camera contains a speaker, a metal tripod socket and a battery/memory card compartment covered by a sturdy plastic latch. The camera has 33MB of internal memory and can use SD, SDHC and SDXC memory cards.

The camera’s rear contains a 3.0-inch diagonal, 460,000 pixel LCD monitor in a 4:3 aspect ratio. To the right of the monitor there’s a playback button, a large dedicated movie button, a circular four-way control dial for accessing the camera’s menu, a display/back button and an F button. The F button is a standard feature on Fuji cameras and is a short-cut to certain shooting modes. In the F600EXR it also permits the user to access the GPS setup menu. The control dial allows selection of macro, self-timer, flash and trash/exposure compensation. The dial has a movable ring around it for navigating through the menu functions.

The controls on the F600EXR seem well-constructed, though the play, display/back and F buttons are quite small.

Menus and Modes

The menu system used by the F600EXR is divided into two basic sections – shooting and setup. There are many different selections in each section and most of the selections have submenus, which makes the system a challenge to learn. This is unavoidable to a large degree because of the many options included in the F600EXR. It will be important for users to spend time with the full version of the owner’s manual to fully understand all the camera has to offer.

Here are the camera’s shooting modes:

• EXR Mode: There are four EXR modes – auto, resolution priority, high ISO/low noise priority and D-range priority. In each mode the camera uses the EXR process, which combines adjacent pixels of the same color. When EXR Auto is selected, the camera automatically selects one of the three EXR priority modes, and will also select one of the camera’s scene position modes from among landscape, night, macro, beach, sunset, snow, sky, greenery and sky/greenery. The user may also individually select an EXR priority mode, in which case the camera will not automatically select a scene mode. Resolution priority uses all possible megapixels, for the most highly detailed images. High ISO/low noise priority reduces noise at high ISO’s. D-range priority will combine successive images to bring out detail in overly bright and overly dark areas. In the images below, the bright sky is overexposed in the first image, but the degree of overexposure is reduced in second and third images. 

Auto: The camera selects what it considers to be the best settings considering the shooting conditions. It does not use the EXR process, nor does it select a scene position mode or an EXR priority mode. This is an easy mode which gives the user very little control over options.

• Advanced: This allows access to three advanced modes.
• Motion Panorama 360: Lets the user make panorama shots by sweeping the camera up to 360 degrees. The procedure is very easy to use and implemented well here.

• Pro Focus: Enables the user take a close, sharp image with a blurred background by combining three successive shots.

• Pro Low Light: Combines four successive shots to reduce noise and blur in low light shooting situations.
• Scene Position: There are 18 scene modes that can be selected by the user: natural and flash (two successive pictures are taken, one without flash and one with), natural light, portrait, portrait enhancer (smoothes the skin), dog, cat, landscape, sport, night, night tripod, fireworks, sunset, snow, beach, underwater, party, flower and text.
• Manual: The user has access to all of the camera’s settings, including independent control of shutter speed and aperture.
• Aperture Priority: All the options of manual except that the camera will control the shutter speed.
• Shutter Priority: All the options of manual except that the camera will control the aperture.
• Program: All the options of manual except that the camera will control the shutter speed and aperture.
• Film Simulation: Enables the user to choose among color schemes that simulate the effects of Fuji’s classic brands of film. Provia is the standard color scheme, Velvia is vivid and Astia is soft. There’s also black and white and sepia. 

Provia	Velvia
Astia	Black & White
Sepia

Movie: 1920 x 1080, 30 fps, 1280 x 720, 30 fps, 640 x 480, 30 fps, with stereo sound, optical zoom and auto focus, exposure and white balance during recording. Also high speed movies at 640 x 480, 80 fps, 320 x 240, 160 fps, 320 x 112, 320 fps, with no sound, no auto adjustments during recording.

Display/Viewfinder

The F600EXR has a nice LCD monitor with a 3.0 inch diagonal in a 4:3 aspect ratio and a 460,000 pixel resolution. The monitor provides 100% coverage. The monitor can be adjusted among 11 brightness settings, though increasing the brightness will result in a shorter battery-life.

DCR tests cameras for LCD screen quality, measuring for contrast ratio and brightness. The best LCD monitors have a contrast ratio above 500:1 and brightness of at least 500 nits. Lab tests showed the F600EXR’s contrast ratio as 1000:1, which is superb, but a peak brightness score of only 280 nits, with a black luminescence score of only 0.28 nits. However, probably due to its excellent contrast ratio, the camera’s LCD monitor looks good and worked well under most lighting conditions, though I had trouble viewing it in bright sunshine.

As is the case with almost all point-and-shoot cameras, the F600EXR does not have a viewfinder. 

PERFORMANCE

I was pleased with the performance of the F600EXR. It responded quickly to menu selections. Pressing the dedicated movie button started the movie recording instantly. The camera took about two seconds to start up. Shot-to-shot time averaged about 2.5 seconds without the flash and about 3.5 seconds with the flash in operation. The camera rarely had problems focusing, except in very low light, at the extreme end of the zoom, and when trying to focus on a very light-colored object.

Shooting Performance

As DCR’s lab tests show, the shooting performance of the F600EXR is very good. The F600EXR turned in a particularly impressive result of 0.14 seconds for auto focus acquisition, which is the time taken between pressing the shutter button and taking a focused picture. This was considerably quicker than the scores from the Panasonic FH7, Sony TX100 and Nikon P300, three speedy cameras. The camera is not particularly quick in continuous shooting mode, though, as it was only able to take full resolution pictures at 3.5 frames per second.

Shutter Lag (press-to-capture, pre-focused)

 AF Acquisition (press-to-capture, no pre-focus)

 Continuous Shooting

The F600EXR uses an NP-50 lithium-ion battery, which is rated at an impressive 300 photos between recharging. In real life shooting, I found the battery life to be somewhat shorter, but I did access the menu frequently, which had an effect on battery life.

Lens Performance

The F600EXR has a versatile Fujinon zoom lens with a range of from 24 through 360mm (35mm film camera equivalent), and a maximum aperture of f/3.5 at wide angle and f/5.3 at telephoto. 

Wide Angle

Telephoto

The camera has a digital zoom mode that can extend the apparent focal length to 720mm, though the same result can be achieved by cropping the image taken at maximum optical zoom. The lens can focus as close as to about 5cm from the subject in macro mode. I found the lens to be relatively free from distortion. 

Wide Angle

Telephoto

Chromatic aberration (colored fringing) was well-controlled though it was sometimes present when shooting dark objects against a light sky. The lens had good sharpness, with a slight blurring towards the corners. I did not notice any vignetting. There was minimal barrel distortion at extreme wide angle and no pin cushion distortion at extreme zoom.

Video Quality

On paper the F600EXR has an excellent movie mode, with a maximum resolution of 1920 x 1080 at 30 fps (29 minute maximum recording time), stereo sound, optical zoom, auto focus, auto exposure and auto white balance available while recording. While I was able to achieve some nice footage, I found that the camera consistently had problems maintaining focus. This is demonstrated in the movie set out below:

video
http://TechnologyGuide.smugmug.com/gallery/11928396_r4cZsR#1705894809_qJT56vX-A-LB

Image Quality

The F600EXR produced sharp, high quality images with pleasing, realistic colors. Its D-Range priority mode was able to keep overexposure from being a problem, as often occurs with Point and Shoot cameras that have small sensors.

I mostly used the camera’s auto white balance setting. White balance can be set to custom, auto, direct sunlight, shade, three types of fluorescent, incandescent and underwater. The image below shows auto white balance under fluorescent lighting:

Auto White Balance, 5500k fluorescent light

The camera’s flash can be set to auto (with red-eye removal on or off), fill (with red-eye removal on or off), slow-synch (with red-eye removal on or off) and to off. Fuji’s specifications state that the effective range of the flash, when on auto mode with ISO set to auto, is approximately 0.4 ft. to 10.4 feet (15cm to 3.2m) at wide angle and 2.9 feet to 6.2 feet (90cm to 1.9m) at telephoto. The flash performed well, without providing too much illumination.

I was very pleased with the performance of the F600EXR in low light. Even at 1600 ISO I was able to take images with good color, low noise and only a moderate effect from noise reduction.

The ISO images below, prepared by DCR’s labs, confirm that the F600EXR’s combination of EXR technology and a back-illuminated sensor provides low light performance that’s superior to that of most point and shoot cameras. The images have good sharpness and color through 400 ISO, with slight blurring at 800 ISO. 

ISO 100	ISO 100, 100% crop
ISO 200	ISO 200, 100% crop
ISO 400	ISO 400, 100% crop
ISO 800	ISO 800, 100% crop
ISO 1600	ISO 1600, 100% crop
ISO 3200	ISO 3200, 100% crop

The results at 800 ISO are similar to those of most point and shoot cameras at 400 ISO. Image quality at 1600 ISO is still acceptable for small pictures, while 3200 ISO is usable only an emergency. All told, a very good performance by the F600EXR.

Additional Sample Images

CONCLUSIONS

The Fujifilm Finepix F600EXR is a solid entry in the compact ultrazoom class. It has many strengths, chief among them its EXR mode that significantly improves low light image quality compared to most Point and Shoot cameras. The F600EXR has solid build quality and good ergonomics. Its menu system takes some getting used to, mainly because of the many possible options offered.

The camera is loaded with advanced features, including a RAW mode and a GPS for those who wish to geo-tag their photos. I especially appreciated the D-range priority mode, for limiting the effect of overexposure, and the enjoyable Motion Panorama 360.

Performance is another strong point of the F600EXR, with quick shot-to-shot times and very little shooting delay due to shutter lag or auto focus acquisition. Image quality is also one of the camera’s strengths.

However movie quality was a disappointment, in that the otherwise good looking movies I was able to take were marred by the camera’s problem keeping the subjects in focus.

Overall I was very pleased with the F600EXR and have no problem recommending it as long as people are aware of the auto focus issues in the camera’s movie mode.

Pros:

• Great image quality
• Good low light performance
• Feature-rich, manual exposure modes

Cons:

• Manual needs to be studied to understand the camera’s many features
• Auto focus issues when recording movies

Individual Ratings: *
Image/Video Quality 
Features 
Design/Ease of Use 
Performance 

* Ratings averaged to produce final score

Source: Digital Camera Review 

Sony has announced three new Cyber-shot compact digital cameras, the DSC-W610, DSC-W620 and DSC-W650. All three cameras will have Sony’s 360° Sweep Panorama mode, with which users can capture seamless 360 degree panoramic images of the entire surrounding landscape by simply sweeping the camera. They will also have Sony’s Intelligent Auto mode, which analyzes current shooting conditions and automatically selects the optimal settings for focus, lighting and subjects involved as well as the particular scene mode that would produce the best results.

In addition, the three new Cyber-shots will include the following features:

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W610

• 4.1 MP Super HAD CCD image sensor
• 4x optical zoom wide angle lens with an equivalent range of from 26 – 104mm
• 2.7-inch LCD screen
• Movie mode with 640 x 480 resolution at 30 frames per second
• SteadyShot electronic image stabilization

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W620

• 14.1 MP Super HAD CCD image sensor
• 5x optical zoom wide angle lens with an equivalent range of from 28 – 140mm
• 2.7-inch LCD screen
• HD movie mode with 1240 x 720 resolution at 30 frames per second
• Four “Picture Effect” options which can be used to create customized, artistic images, including toy camera, partial color, pop color and soft high-key
• SteadyShot electronic image stabilization

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W650

• 16.1 MP Super HAD CCD image sensor
• 5x optical zoom wide angle lens with an equivalent range of from 25 – 125mm
• 3.0 inch LCD screen 
• HD movie mode with 1240 x 720 resolution at 30 frames per second.
• Four “Picture Effect” options which can be used to create customized, artistic images, including toy camera, partial color, pop color and soft high-key
• Optical SteadyShot image stabilization.

Pricing and availability
The cameras and an expanded range of accessories, including the new LCS-CS1, LCS-CS2, LCS-TWM and LCM-CSVH carrying cases, will be sold at Sony retail stores (www.store.sony.com) as well as at other authorized Sony retailers. The DSC-W610 will be available in silver, black, pink, green and blue later this month for approximately $110. The DSC-W620 and W650 will be available in silver, black and red this February for approximately $120 for the W620 and $150 for the W650.

Source: Digital Camera Review

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We know what we want from the iPad 3; a Retina display, Siri voice controls, a less hamstrung rear camera. But what are we going to get?

If you’re looking for a significant processing jump, that feature may have just been put into question, as a snapshot apparently revealing the iPad 3′s logic board has appeared online showing what seems to be only an incremental update.

The shot, found over at Chinese site WeiPhone, shows a board using an “A5X” system-on-a-chip. Weren’t we supposed to be getting the A6? Unless Apple are changing their naming conventions, it looks like we’re getting a bridging step in the processing stakes for the iPad 3.

Dated “1146″ (with that figure corresponding to the 46th week of 2011, or November 14th to 20th 2011), there is also a pair of Hynix 16GB flash memory chips onboard, and what appears to be a power management chip, complete with Apple branding.

Of course, at this stage, this could easily be a mock-up done in someones shed. But as the expected due-date for the iPad 3 trickles closer, it may be time to start bracing for an iPhone 4S style update rather than a full on sequel.

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Honda Clarity Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

Last Friday, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) mandated that by 2025, 15% of new cars sold in California must have zero or near-zero emissions – in other words, that they be electric, plug-in hybrid, and hydrogen vehicles such as the Nissan Leaf, the Honda FCX Clarity hydrogen car and soon the Tesla Model S.

If you think this won’t impact what you get to drive, think again. New York, Massachusetts, Washington and 11 other states have adopted California’s smog emissions rules. Those 14 states combine for half of all auto sales every year, so this is a sweeping mandate.

But mandates don’t mean people are going to buy these cars, it just means car companies will be forced into making them. Mandating behavior has often resulted in people doing things the government wasn’t expecting. Back in the mid-70′s, Americans all bought cars – SUVs and pickups were few and far between. Baby Boomers were just starting to flex their buying power. Then fuel economy standards were mandated and guess what? Consumers started gravitating towards SUVs and pickups because the cars that were being offered by automakers to meet mandated fuel economy standards didn’t meet consumers wants and needs anymore.

Do people even want these cars that CARB is mandating? The data says no.

While industry automakers cooperated with the mandate, they are still cautious. My colleague, Tiffany Groode, Director of Automotive Scenarios Advisory Service for IHS CERA (http://www.ihs.com/products/cera/index.aspx), said in a research note, “Will the stringency of this proposed standard require them to build vehicles that consumers may or may not want or be able to afford? Historically, fuel economy has not been a top consideration for U.S. consumers in choosing to buy one car over another.”

In fact, Autodata shows that hybrid sales in the last five years peaked at 2.8% and have declined for two years in a row to just 2.1% in 2011. No, I did not forget a decimal. Two-point-one percent. In other words, 97.9% of American consumers are buying a car with an internal combustion engine and fewer and fewer people are buying hybrids year after year even as manufacturers are churning out new model after new model. According to Autodata, sales of the 29 models of hybrid cars and trucks available today combined for just 275,138 units. The Nissan Altima (268,981) almost outsold ALL hybrids combined.

Americans are gravitating towards fuel efficient versions of vehicles they already want to buy and since they are changing behavior voluntarily, there are few if any unintended consequences. In 2000, traditional truck-based SUVs accounted for 17.2% of the market when the 16-MPG Ford Explorer reigned supreme with nearly 300,000 units sold. But Americans have completely changed their buying habits and now, more than one in four vehicles sold today is a crossover (car-based SUV) with the Ford Escape the best-selling model at 254,000 units. But the biggest difference is the fuel economy as automakers seek to meet the more stringent standards for 2016. The V-6 2000 Ford Explorer got a combined 16 MPG. The V-6 2012 Ford Explorer, a CUV version, gets a combined 20 MPG – a 25% improvement in fuel economy with very little compromise in utility or performance.

CARB is mandating manufacturers make even more of the kind of cars consumers aren’t buying and Generation Y is just starting to flex their buying power  - and some are showing that they don’t even want cars! Let’s just hope that the unintended consequence of these aggressive targets isn’t fewer and fewer new vehicles hitting the roads, resulting in fewer and fewer American jobs.

Source: Forbes

Rinspeed is a Swiss speed shop that is perhaps best known for making rather outlandish concept cars, from glorified golf carts to Bond-inspired amphibious autos. And now the company has unveiled its latest creation, the Dock+Go, a “backpack” for your Smart Fortwo ED. Essentially, Rinspeed has modified an existing Fortwo EV so that it can connect an extra axle to its derriere, providing extra trunk space, a hot box for pizza delivery or even extra speakers and infotainment options. Not only that, but the automotive add-on also packs extra oomph to give your mini EV additional range with a built-in fuel cell, battery or ICE.

The Fourtwo that the Dock+Go mates with has itself gotten a bunch of show-worthy interior upgrades as well. It’s got a 12.1-inch in-dash monitor, infotainment system from Harman with Aha radio and gesture control, plus an incredibly safe smartphone cradle built into the steering wheel to give the Smart’s cockpit a second screen. Because it’s a concept, you won’t see the Dock+Go on the streets anytime soon, but you can see plenty more pictures of it at the source below. Oh, and should customer demand be sufficient, Rinspeed’s in talks with manufacturers to make it happen. What say you, dear readers, does a Fortwo EV with a fatter caboose appeal to you?

Source: Engadget

One of the sensations of recent times in motorcycling circles was the first showing of the VR6 Horex Roadster, with its extraordinary 200 bhp, narrow-angle, V6 supercharged engine. The name Horex is well known in Germany for its motorcycles, and the resurrection of the name is now almost complete with series production set to begin.

The new Horex VR6 Roadster factory will only build pre-ordered machines, with the engines built by Weber in Markdorf and the build performed on four sequential workstations in Augsburg. Each workstation is equipped with a PC so that the build of each machine can be documented. One mechanic builds a complete bike from start to finish, even performing the final dynamometer test.

The factory will only build pre-ordered bikes, so every bike built will be built to the specifications of its owner.

Initial low-volume production is expected to begin in the next few weeks with the price beginning in the EUR20,000 vicinity and climbing with the degree of customization required. Initially, you’ll need to go to Germany, Austria or Switzerland to get your hands on one, but expansion is planned beginning next year into France, the Benelux countries and Italy.

Source: Gizmag