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Traffic in the U.S. is going to get slower every year as the population continues to expand via immigration and children of immigrants (Pew, 2015). Self-driving systems are going to get better every year, but perhaps not good enough that they can be completely unsupervised. What are people going to ...

The UK startup RBW Electric Cars has big plans for the US, including new made-in-the-USA Roadster and GT models and electric powertrain partnerships with other automakers, too. The post RBW Electric Cars Trumps Tesla With Sporty Roadster & Powertrain Partnerships appeared first on CleanTechnica.

An exploration of AI companions, personified agents, and how virtual worlds and hardware interfaces are reshaping human-AI relationships. The post AI UX: Pixel Agents, Talking Cars, and Moving Eyes appeared first on thejaymo.

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By Sam McEachern, GM News In the first quarter, General Motors saw sales of its electric vehicles nearly double from the comparable year-ago quarter — we’re now the #2 seller of EVs in the U.S.1 But this was no overnight success story — GM has been dabbling with electric cars ... [continued] The pos...

All errands today here in Pasadena, which is one of my favorite places in SoCal. Or hell, the world. Check out City Hall. Looks like the capital city of some country on the Mediterranian. Sure, it's chock full of cars and traffic, but that's an American thnig. Right now I'm at the Arroyo-Calif Car W...

After a snoozer in Japan, F1's return to the Middle East went well.

As with cars, there are few system administration tasks that involve little to no automation.

"Tesla is building a compelling case for their cars." Tesla quietly updates autopilot with surprise shift: 'Your vehicle will now automatically transition' first appeared on The Cool Down.

by Hannah Allam ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. With a line of cars waiting behi...

The Tesla Cybertruck has done what very few modern-day vehicles have been able to achieve – become one of the most recognizable cars on the road. However, Tesla has a major issue on its hands: Its angular electric pickup isn't selling in the numbers it had hoped for. Continue Reading Category: Autom...

"Our study provides a comprehensive analysis." Scientists make breakthrough discovery that could transform future cars: 'A roadmap for the industry' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Last year, BYD sold over 4.2 million cars worldwide, with over 90% of those sales occurring in China. And it doesn’t look like the company is resting on its laurels, for it has just launched its high-end Denza brand in Europe. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: BYD, China, Electr...

Trek's top-of-the-line performance road bike offers some surprises.

It has style, but it's also slow to charge, and the infotainment is laggy.

Tesla has a lot riding on the swift success of its so-called Full Self-Driving software.

Explore how Anbox Cloud meets the challenges of development in connected cars and automotive apps

Electric, connected and smart: vehicles embody Volkswagen’s new China DNA Series models of the concept cars will be launched from next year CEO Thomas Schäfer: “We have everything it takes to be successful in China.” The “In China, for China” strategy of the Volkswagen brand is taking on visible for...

Uber has released its annual "Lost & Found Index" of the most unusual, and and most common, items people leave behind in cars. Most of what's forgotten are wallets, phones, and keys. Below are the 50 "most unique": Mannequin head with human hair Viking drinking horn Ghostbusters ghost trap Chainsaw ...

Road deaths decreased by 3.8 percent in 2024, to 39,345.

[Decoupling parking from development is a great idea.] In January, I wrote about how too many Americans need a car and how the mammoth size of those cars is killing us. There are some signs of progress, however. In the Culdesac Tempe rental complex, in Arizona, hundreds of families are living withou...

All Trump is doing is making the US the cootie zone. We won't make anything here and we won't buy anything. We'll have nice 2025 computers, phones, cars, medicine, lumber, energy, but all the shit we import will break and be used up and we won't be able to replace it. The rest of the world will wond...

Fun and functional transportation? See why these bikes are all the rage.

This week, the UK government reacted to the latest round of tariff insanity in the United States by altering its plans to promote the adoption of electric vehicles. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his country is reinstating its proposed ban on the sale of new cars powered solely by internal .....

Navarro said Musk wasn't a manufacturer of cars, just an "assembler."

Any system should be easy to use and work for parking, fueling, and charging.

More than a decade ago, when I was a young editor at Popular Mechanics, we got a Nissan Leaf. It was a big deal. The magazine had always kept long-term test cars to give readers a full report of how they drove over weeks and months. A true test of the first true production electric vehicle from a ma...

This would put them in direct competition with Tesla. Ex-Tesla engineers launch luxury electric sports car startup: 'Making every effort to make cars available ... as quickly as possible' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Imagine if Ford published a paper saying it was thinking about long term issues of the automobiles it made and one of those issues included “misalignment “Car as an adversary”“ and when you asked Ford for clarification the company said “yes, we believe as we make our cars faster and more capable, th...

On Saturday Night Live this week, alum Mike Myers played Tesla CEO Elon Musk. “Suddenly, no one likes Tesla cars,” Myers muttered. “So I asked myself why, and then I answered myself: because of me.” Alluding to the disintegration of Tesla’s loyal following, he also played a video of a ... [continued...

In the 1970s, Creem magazine featured a popular series called Stars Cars, spotlighting rock stars posing with their personal cars—an often humorous, flashy, or revealing glimpse into their offstage lives. It wasn’t just about the vehicles—it was about the attitude, the aesthetic, and sometimes the a...

Here's why the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix was so boring.

Did you know: 85-90% of car journeys are made by only one person per vehicle. Big, heavy cars, taking up a lot of space on our roads, creating congestion and environmental issues. What if a car would fit you like a shoe? That is what YKS1 One offers: right-sized mobility for one. View the full proje...

I first learned to drive when I was around 10 years old and had a driver’s license by the time I was 16. AI is now about 73 years old and still can’t drive. What gives? Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Self driving cars, Self-Driving, Autonomous Vehicle...

It isn't easy to recycle high-voltage batteries from electric cars, but Porsche wants to take a stab at it. The plan: extract raw materials from old EV batteries to make fresh ones for its own electric models. Continue Reading Category: Energy, Technology Tags: Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Recyclin...

"There are other electric cars they could purchase." City faces fierce backlash after excluding certain EVs from new incentive program: 'Don't count on taxpayer money' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Democrat-run media says car prices will go up 25% due to Trump’s new tariffs. My prediction: average transaction price goes up 3% and if we hold the car model and trim level constant, up 5%. What’s the basis of my prediction? Americans spend every penny they can earn, borrow, win in family court, in...

BYD sales continue to soar. Its passenger vehicle sales were up 58% in the first quarter, while its electric commercial truck sales were up 1169%. Regarding full electric cars, BYD has now solidly shot past Tesla as the global leader. And the company has been releasing new model after new ... [conti...

Has the moment passed for massive electric trucks with massive range?

"We achieved a 92% retention after 500 charging cycles." Scientists make game-changing discovery with potential to revolutionize future cars: 'It's really exciting to be at this stage' first appeared on The Cool Down.

The Canadian prime minister has hit back at the U.S. car industry.

"The equivalent of removing 100 million cars off of the road." Government takes first-ever action to restart domestic nuclear site: 'Yet another step' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Hyundai isn't exactly the first name you'd think of when it comes to racecars. But it's exactly that perception that the South Korean manufacturer has sought to change with its Insteroid concept. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: Hyundai, Electric Vehicles, Concept Cars, Racing,...

New car prices were already 25% more expensive than before the pandemic. Now what?

Scientists from Skoltech, the Institute of Nanotechnology of Microelectronics, RAS, and other research centers have refined the understanding of how plasma treatment of carbon-based electrodes affects the key characteristics of supercapacitors. These are energy storage devices that complement batter...

Source Mark Rober's video Can You Fool A Self Driving Car? demonstrating why self-driving cars need LIDAR not just cameras was extremely well done, and deserved its 16M views, but it was easily the least bad recent news for Tesla. When your sales figures and your stock price look this bad, desperati...

Cars will cost more. TVs will cost more. Blue jeans will cost more. Everything will cost more. Is this really how we’re going to revive manufacturing?

The numbers are going the wrong way for a company valued on continuing growth.