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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.

Missing Vehicle Alert

It's darker than Vantablack — like staring into a black hole.

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

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

Critical Flaws

A shocking investigation claims that Tesla cut corners — and ignored warnings.

Tesla Reportedly Sold Batteries It Knew Could Catch Fire

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.

Smooth Sailing

"The challenge is that batteries are not as power potent as fuel."

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

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

Smell-O-Vision

It sounds goofy but could be great for people with allergies.

Bizarre Ford Patent Lets You Filter Rideshare Cars by Smell

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.

Slamming Brakes

High-tech automation meets coronavirus-related layoffs.

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

An attempt to make his car "invisible" using the license plate "NULL" actually put a security researcher on the hook for $18,000 of other people's tickets.

On The Hook

An attempt to make his car "invisible" actually attracted $18,000 in tickets.

This Guy Got the License Plate "NULL" and It Was a Total Disaster

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

Eye Protection

Yes, really.

Tesla Wants to Replace Windshield Wipers With Lasers

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,

Double Tap

City officials blame a "pattern of failures" by Uber.

Uber Just Got Kicked Out of London

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

Coming Through

Apparently the cars' parking sensors go hogwild in drive-through lanes.

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

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.

Close Enough

Let's compare the real November 2019 to the one imagined in "Blade Runner."

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

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

Bricked

When the flash memory fails, Teslas get bricked.

The Flash Memory Is Wearing out in Old Teslas

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

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