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Elon Musk finaly showed off the new Tesla Model S Plaid playing the game "Cyberpunk 2077" during a brief demo event on Thursday.

Elon Musk Plays Cyberpunk 2077 on Tesla’s In-Car Console

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists tested extremely fast-charging batteries that could make eVTOLs finally become economically viable modes of transport.

Advanced Transport

New Battery Tech Could Finally Make Flying Taxis Economically Feasible

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is preparing for a grounded voltage test of its all-electric X-57 Maxwell airplane, which will prepare the team for actual test flights.

Advanced Transport

NASA Is Testing an All-Electric Airplane

By Dan Robitzski

In four years, Jaguar will start to exclusively sell electric-powered cars as part of a company-wide shift away from gas-burning vehicles.

Advanced Transport

Jaguar Says All Its Cars Will Be Electric in Just Four Years

By Dan Robitzski

Waymo's CEO didn't pull punches about Tesla's attempts at self-driving technology, saying he didn't even see Tesla as a competitor.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo CEO Blasts Tesla’s Self-Driving Tech

By Dan Robitzski

Electric vehicles are poised to finally become cheaper than their gas-burning counterparts thanks to improvements in battery manufacturing.

Advanced Transport

Electric Cars Are About to Become Cheaper Than Gas Ones

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese researchers unveiled a prototype maglev train they say is both faster and more efficient than anything else out there.

Advanced Transport

China Unveils Maglev Train that Travels at Nearly 400 MPH

By Dan Robitzski

Bill Gates, Amazon, and the U.K. government put millions into the hydrogen-powered plane startup ZeroAvia, which had a successful test flight in September.

Advanced Transport

Bill Gates Invests in Hydrogen-Powered Airplane Startup

By Dan Robitzski

Next year, Walmart plans to take human drivers out of its delivery trucks on a number of routes, putting more faith into its many autonomous truck projects.

Advanced Transport

Walmart Plans to Start Ditching Human Delivery Drivers Next Year

By Dan Robitzski

Aptera Motors says its upcoming electric car may never need to be plugged in thanks to solar panels that give it 45 miles of extra range every day.

Advanced Transport

Startup Says Solar-Powered Electric Car Never Needs to Charge

By Dan Robitzski

A new class-action lawsuit alleges that Tesla refused to fix and even covered up a safety issue with Model X and Model S suspensions.

Tesla Accused of Covering Up Safety Issues in Class Action Lawsuit

By Dan Robitzski

Investors and automotive companies themselves are currently investing heavily in electic vehicles, all while the industry launches a new lobby group.

Electric Vehicles

Huge Amounts of Money Are Pouring Into the Electric Vehicle Market

By Dan Robitzski

General Motors just recalled about 69,000 Chevrolet Bolts to repair a battery issue that's causing fires in some older models.

Advanced Transport

General Motors Recalls Almost 69,000 Electric Cars Over Battery Fires

By Dan Robitzski

Honda just became the first automaker to be awarded clearance to sell Level 3 autonomous vehicles, which it plans to do in Japan this year.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Honda Cleared to Begin Selling First Level 3 Autonomous Cars

By Dan Robitzski

Virgin Hyperloop has made the reasonable decision to learn what 600 MPH travel does to the brain before transporting passengers at 600 MPH.

Virgin Hyperloop Wonders: What Does 600 MPH Travel Do to the Brain?

By Dan Robitzski

After Tesla began rolling out an assistive driving system it calls "Full Self-Driving," federal regulators have started to keep close watch.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Federal Regulators Are Keeping a Close Watch on Tesla’s “Self-Driving” Beta Test

By Dan Robitzski

Engineer Alexandre Milovanoff argues that electric cars won't stop climate change becuase private cars are inherently a problem.

Researcher: Electric Cars Aren’t the Answer to Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

The autonomous vehicle company Waymo just announced that its self-driving taxi service Waymo One is opening up to the public.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo Ditches Human Safety Drivers in Its Self-Driving Taxis

By Dan Robitzski

A new Consumer Reports analysis found that, over their lifetime, electric vehicles cost half as much to maintain as gas-powered cars do.

Electric Vehicles

Report: Electric Vehicles Cost Half as Much to Maintain

By Dan Robitzski

An aviation company ZeroAvia successfully flight tested a hydrogen-powered passenger plane and has more ambitious tests planned in the future.

Advanced Transport

Researchers Successfully Test Hydrogen-Powered Passenger Plane

By Dan Robitzski

A photo of the assembly line at Tesla's Fremont factory shows what appears to be another, freshly-assembled Cybertruck prototype.

Photo Shows Cybertruck on Tesla Assembly Line

By Dan Robitzski

The electric automaker Nikola just partnered up with General Motors, which will handle manufacturing and supply batteries for its upcoming electric truck.

General Motors Is Teaming Up With Tesla Competitor Nikola

By Dan Robitzski

Engineers ran a flight test of a model Flying-V, the experimental plane that has seats inside its wings, for the first time.

Advanced Transport

Engineers Test Jetliner Where You Ride in the Wings

By Dan Robitzski

The Japanese Company SkyDrive Inc just conducted a successful test of its eVTOL flying car vehicle with a human pilot on board.

Advanced Transport

Japanese Company Tests a Flying Car — With a Human On Board

By Dan Robitzski

An energy startup called NDB says it's making progress on a battery technology powered by small pieces of nuclear waste. Oh, and they say it's safe.

Researchers Test Battery Powered by Nuclear Waste

By Jon Christian

The electric automaker Renault just gave every household in the tiny French town Appy a free lease on its electric cars to prove they work in rural areas.

Advanced Transport

Everyone in This French Town Just Got a Free Electric Car

By Dan Robitzski

Uber drivers in the U.K. are suing the company for access to access to its logs on their performance, as well as info on how it's used.

Advanced Transport

Uber Drivers Are Suing to Learn How the Company’s Algorithm Works

By Dan Robitzski

The higher state court in Munich, Germany ruled that Tesla's so-called Autopilot mode constitutes false advertising because it's not really autonomous.

German Court: Tesla’s “Autopilot” Is False Advertising

By Dan Robitzski

When Tesla transitioned to online sales in 2019 and responded to the coronavirus pandemic, dealership workers were left confused and fearful for their jobs.

Workers Terrified as Tesla Shuts Down Dealerships

By Dan Robitzski

Engineer Jau Tang has plans to clean up our act. His research shows how we could do away with fossil fuels, instead powering vehicles with plasma and air.

Advanced Transport

This Scientist Says He’s Built a Jet Engine That Turns Electricity Directly Into Thrust

By Dan Robitzski

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Advanced Transport

5 Ways an Electric Bike Will Change Your Life

By Rachelle Dragani

According to Uber and Lyft drivers who had their accounts deactivated over drunk driving, passengers filed false accusations to score a refund.

Advanced Transport

Uber Riders Are Accusing Drivers of Drunk Driving for Free Trips

By Dan Robitzski

Lexus president Koji Sato says the company will unveil it's Autopilot-like assisted driving technology, Highway Teammate, which enables hands-free driving.

Advanced Transport

Lexus: New Autopilot-Like Feature Will Allow Hands-Free Driving

By Dan Robitzski

Newly released documents suggest that there are serious safety flaws in the Tesla Autopilot system, which was activated during a fatal crash.

Tesla Driver’s Autopilot Often Swerved Toward the Same Barrier. One Day, It Killed Him.

By Dan Robitzski

A new bill in the House of Representatives would lay the groundwork for a national grid of electric vehicle charging stations.

Advanced Transport

Congress Proposes Nationwide Network of Electric Car Chargers

By Dan Robitzski

General Motors is currently lobbying the federal government for permission to test — on public roads — self-driving cars that don't have steering wheels.

Self-Driving Vehicles

General Motors Wants Self-Driving Cars to Lose the Steering Wheel

By Dan Robitzski

The Canadian airline Harbour Air just successfully tested an electric plane for the first time, potentially marking a new era of clean travel.

Advanced Transport

New First: A Fully Electric Plane Just Flew for 15 Minutes

By Dan Robitzski

Waymo is now offering cusomters the chance to take rides in its self-driving taxis but without a human safety driver behind the wheel

Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo Is Taking the Safety Drivers out of Its Autonomous Taxis

By Dan Robitzski

Over the last two years, almost 6,000 Uber passengers reported sexual assault. While the company has taken steps to stop it, it also downplays the problem.

Uber Gets Thousands of Sexual Assault Complaints per Year

By Dan Robitzski

U.S. states are left to piece together safety regulations for self-driving car companies, and often they're not very strong.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Senator: Humans Could Be “Test Dummies” For Self-Driving Cars

By Dan Robitzski

Englands Department for Transport announced that every new home needs to have an electric car charging port as part of a push to make EVs more accessible.

Advanced Transport

UK Releases Plan to Put Electric Car Chargers in All New Homes

By Dan Robitzski

Contrails given off by airplanes contribute more to global warming than we thought. By 2050, they'll warm the planet twice as much as the plane's emissions.

Airplane Contrails Might Actually be a Problem for the Environment

By Dan Robitzski

An airline and university are teaming up to develop the Flying-V, a strange new airplane design that puts passenger seats in the plane's wings.

Advanced Transport

New “Flying-V” Plane Puts Passenger Seats in the Wings

By Kristin Houser

Startup Prometheus is developing a machine that pulls carbon out of the atmosphere and transforms it into usable gasoline.

This Startup’s Making Tech to Convert Air Pollution Into Gasoline

By Kristin Houser

These Self-Driving Cars Won’t Let Drunk Drivers Take Control

Self-Driving Vehicles

These Self-Driving Cars Won’t Let Drunk Drivers Take Control

By Dan Robitzski

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) has unveiled a full-scale hyperloop test track — an important milestone on the path to a functioning hyperloop.

See a Startup’s Newly Unveiled Hyperloop Test Track

By Kristin Houser

A team of security researchers found a flaw in Xiaomi's M365 electric scooter. They were able to remotely control a scooter in a matter of hours.

Advanced Transport

Hackers Can Access Your Electric Scooter While You’re Riding It

By Dan Robitzski

Norweigen cruise line Hurtigruten plans to transform leftover fish parts into a biogas it can then use to power its ships.

Science & Energy

A Cruise Line Plans to Power Its Ships with Dead Fish

By Kristin Houser

Elon Musks' Boring Company has been hard at work tunneling away under Hawthorne, California. But they never informed the community that they would do so.

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Didn’t Ask Homeowners Before Tunneling Under Them

By Dan Robitzski

The military and government labs are building new navigation and steering devices that use quantum physics and Earth's magnetic field.

Advanced Transport

Quantum Navigation Could be as Accurate as GPS, Without Satellites

By Dan Robitzski

A new type of battery might give small planes enough of a boost to take off and complete short-range flights without using any fossil fuels.

Advanced Transport

New Battery Tech Could Power a Flight from San Francisco to Los Angeles

By Dan Robitzski

It’s Not Uber’s Fault That NYC’s Public Transportation Sucks

Advanced Transport

It’s Not Uber’s Fault That NYC’s Public Transportation Sucks

By Dan Robitzski

CEO of a Hyperloop Company Has Some Surprising Thoughts On The Future of Transportation

CEO of a Hyperloop Company Has Some Surprising Thoughts On The Future of Transportation

By Victor Tangermann

A “Smart” License Plate: To Buy or Not to Buy?

A “Smart” License Plate: To Buy or Not to Buy?

By Kristin Houser

FedEx Wants To Track Packages On The Blockchain, So You’ll Know Exactly Who Dropped Your Stuff

FedEx Wants To Track Packages On The Blockchain, So You’ll Know Exactly Who Dropped Your Stuff

By Dan Robitzski

The Future of Fuel Efficiency: Networked Cars, Talking to Other Cars

Advanced Transport

The Future of Fuel Efficiency: Networked Cars, Talking to Other Cars

By Dan Robitzski

Scooters Are Definitely Not the Future of Transportation

Advanced Transport

Scooters Are Definitely Not the Future of Transportation

By Alexandra Ossola

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Chemicals Like Perfume Produce as Much Air Pollution as Cars

By Chelsea Gohd

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Self-Driving Vehicles

In a Bid to Compete, Apple Grows Fleet of Self-Driving Cars

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New Airplane Design Uses Less Fuel, Reducing Noise and Air Pollution

By Kristin Houser

Transportation costs are going to have to change with technology.

Advanced Transport

Transport Costs May Change Due to Advancing Technologies

By Chelsea Gohd

Traveling by air is causing harm to the environment.

Want to Save the Environment? Experts Say You Should Stop Traveling.

By Kristin Houser

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California Is Working to Ban Gas-Powered Cars by 2040

By Chelsea Gohd

A future society could eliminate the privacy this woman has as she looks over the city.

Welcome to 2030. I Own Nothing, Have No Privacy, and Life Has Never Been Better

By World Economic Forum