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YouTubers painted a car with Musou Black, a paint that absorbs 99.4 percent of light, leaving the vehicle looking more like a silhouette than an object.

Advanced Transport

This Super-Black Car Is So Dark That It Looks Like a Silhouette

By Dan Robitzski

According to a damning investigation, Tesla, knowingly sold Model S cars with batteries that could spontaneously combust.

Tesla Reportedly Sold Batteries It Knew Could Catch Fire

By Dan Robitzski

The largest electric plane yet just flew for half an hour after taking off for the first time. It's a promising sign for the future of clean aviation.

Advanced Transport

Watch the World’s Largest Electric Plane Take to the Skies

By Dan Robitzski

Ford filed an unusual patent last week that would actually keep rideshare passengers from getting paired with a smelly car.

Advanced Transport

Bizarre Ford Patent Lets You Filter Rideshare Cars by Smell

By Dan Robitzski

Zoox just laid off all of the contractors it had working as safety drivers for its self-driving cars because of California's shelter-in-place rule.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Car Company Lays Off All Its Human Safety Drivers

By Dan Robitzski

Tesla patented a system that would replace good old fashioned windshield wipers with actual laser beams that zap away debris.

Tesla Wants to Replace Windshield Wipers With Lasers

By Dan Robitzski

Once again, London is trying to get rid of Uber over passenger safety concerns. And once again, Uber is confident that it's not going anywhere,

Uber Just Got Kicked Out of London

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk says he's "looking into" making a Tesla feature that turns off proximity sensors while people wait in drive-through lanes.

Elon Musk Alarmed That Teslas Beep Constantly in Drive-Thru Lanes

By Dan Robitzski

The 1982 sci-fi film "Blade Runner" takes place in November 2019. Needless to say, our tech fell a teensy bit short of what the movie predicted.

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“Blade Runner” Was Set This Month. Where Are Our Flying Cars?

By Dan Robitzski

Old Tesla cars are running into problems: their flash memory is wearing out as a result of excessive data logging and resource-intensive updates.

The Flash Memory Is Wearing out in Old Teslas

By Dan Robitzski

Airplane pilots are abandoning their gigs captaining rich folks' private jets for more steady work at commercial airlines.

The Mega Rich Are Having Trouble Finding Pilots For Private Jets

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration may investigate Tesla over how it handled its exploding battery issue.

A Federal Agency May Investigate Tesla Over Faulty Batteries

By Dan Robitzski

After complaints of a car show that blocked an entire town's Tesla Superchargers made their way across the web, its organizers say they'll do better.

Car Show Organizer Begged Gas Guzzlers Not to ICE Tesla Chargers

By Dan Robitzski

On Sunday, every Tesla Supercharger within 15 miles of Yorktown Heights, NY got ICEd, leaving Tesla drivers unable to charge up.

Gasoline Fiends Blocked Every Single Tesla Charger in This Town

By Dan Robitzski

A new video shows a Tesla driver asleep at the wheel while his car, presumably with Autopilot mode enabled, cruises down the Massachusetts Turnpike.

Watch a Tesla Driver Cruise Down the Highway Completely Asleep

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers working on a Tesla battery say their new model could last for up to 1 million miles over 6,000 recharging cycles.

Tesla Researcher Says New Battery Could Last One Million Miles

By Dan Robitzski