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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...

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,...

Volvo has taken to a cutting-edge technique for reconstructing scenes in 3D virtual worlds to help its cars' safety software expect the unexpected. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: Volvo, Artificial Intelligence, Road Safety

Mercedes’ “compact sedan for the electric age” has arrived and boy is it stuffed with electric capabilities. It becomes the first EV in a completely new generation of Mercedes cars. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes, Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class, Electric Vehi...

Remember the AC Cobra? Yup, the iconic car that pays homage to the iconic Shelby Cobra of the 1960s. It’s set to make its North American debut in the form of the new Swedish-made Cobra GT Roadster, at the ModaMiami auto show later this month. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: AC...

"Smart" is everywhere. From smart cars to smart refrigerators, new technology vows to make human life easier. And while motorcycle helmets have long been all about protection, Sena has just made its new range of helmets smart. Continue Reading Category: Motorcycles, Transport Tags: Helmets, Sena, Ha...

California startup Alef Aeronautics has released "the first documented, verifiable flight of a flying car (an actual car, with vertical takeoff, non-tethered)," as CEO Jim Dukhovny wrote in a social media post. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: Electric Vehicles, Flying Cars, eV...

Cars are a depreciating asset. We’ve all heard this at one point or another. But when you pit ICE against EVs, which of the two depreciates faster? Now that would make for an interesting study. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: Electric Vehicles, Toyota, Ford, Audi, Depreciation

BMW has been talking up its forthcoming Neue Klasse range of electric cars since 2023, and it's now revealed more info about the key component that will shape your driving experience in those vehicles: a powerful electronic control unit (ECU) built in-house, known as the Heart of Joy. Continue Readi...

BYD is set to equip all of its electric vehicles (EV) with advanced self-driving tech, the company noted earlier this week. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: BYD, Self-Driving, Electric Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles

SkyDrive has long taken a leadership role in Japan's nascent eVTOL industry with sights on eventually making its flying cars as ubiquitous as automobiles. With time winding down on its long-time goal of unveiling its first production-bound multirotor electric aircraft to the world at this year's Wor...

There are hundreds of automotive concours d'elegance held globally each year, where the most beautiful and important and storied cars in history are honored and celebrated by an ever-growing public fascinated with the way we once travelled. Across the century of the automobile, several of these beau...

In the last few days, two of the six most expensive cars in history have sold at auction. One for US$54 million in Germany, the other for $36 million in Paris. We're guessing that with financial storm clouds looming, the world's most astute money managers are seeking a proven economic hedge. Continu...

Genesis is not new to concepts. The South Korean carmaker has released quite a few of them over the past few years, including the last two concepts released in Davos, Switzerland – the Genesis X and the Genesis X Snow Speedium. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: Genesis, hyundai ...

Rezvani has made headlines in the past for the ... rampantly unsubtle vehicles it produces, like the Hercules 6x6 – Herculean in both size and in price. Among Rezvani's lineup for 2025 is the bespoke luxury and apocalypse-proof Vengeance. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: Rezvan...

Despite a wave of doubters, the electric vehicle revolution is still going strong. Per the latest report by Cox Automotive, 2025 will be the strongest year for the auto industry since before the pandemic. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: Electric Vehicles, Tesla Motors, stellan...

More than just a world-renowned manufacturer of reliable cars, Honda declares itself the world's largest engine manufacturer. Yet, despite a deep, seven-decade history of building engines for everything from small lawn tools to aircraft, the marque has long been just as well-known for a common engin...

Imagine a city where self-driving electric cars whiz along roads designed exclusively for them. The sidewalks are a mix of people and robots going about their daily business. A drone flies overhead to deliver your latest Amazon package of toothpaste, thankfully, as you used up the last of yours that...

Sony's foray into electric cars, the Afeela 1, is now available to pre-order. Bookings are now open in California, with the Origin trim starting at US$89,900, and the Signature trim at US$102,900. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: CES 2025, Electric Vehicles, Sony, Honda, LIDAR

In a quiet Alpine village on the South Island of New Zealand, a tiny company run by a 71-year-old billionaire is hard at work bringing his seemingly impossible dream to life: developing a publicly available track car that could potentially go faster than an F1 racecar. Continue Reading Category: Aut...

After revealing a show-stopping concept version last year, Honda has announced it'll launch the 6th generation of its legendary Prelude sports coupe in late 2025. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: Honda, Sports Cars, Hybrid

A big ol' SUV isn't the ideal choice for city folk needing to quietly and cleanly zip around busy streets. Micro-cars make more sense, and the boxy A05 that made its debut at EICMA 2024 in Milan last month is now up for pre-order. Continue Reading Category: Urban Transport, Transport Tags: Last-mile...

While there are a few electric cars that have onboard photovoltaic panels for charging on the go, such vehicles are definitely in the minority. The DartSolar system was designed to change that, by adding a rooftop solar power system to any EV. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: T...

Three-wheeled cars are already a pretty unique bunch, but the Dragonfly Three Wheeler stands out even amongst them. It features a novel drivetrain layout which is claimed to boost traction and stability, amongst other selling points. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: Three-Wheel...

Chinese company JiYue has unveiled a stonking high-performance, long-range, intelligent supercar capable of doing 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) in 1.9 seconds, 400 miles (644 km) to a charge, and featuring a unibody carbon frame. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: China, Supercar, Superca...

Lithium-ion batteries power everything from our vape pens to electric cars, but they have one glaring issue: they rely on lots of hard-to-harvest lithium. A new reactor from Rice University is set to make the whole process easier and safer. Continue Reading Category: Energy, Technology Tags: Lithium...

The 2024 model year marks the seventh generation of the Ford Mustang, which is now the last of the American muscle cars with a V8 engine option. Ford has said that the V8 will remain a mainstay in the Mustang for as long as it’s legally possible. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags...

If you like the idea of rising above the waves on foiling e-boards but would rather be seated, Finland's Foil.One has launched the Pegasus – a sporty electric hydrofoiling boat for one that was inspired by vintage F1 racing cars. Continue Reading Category: Marine, Transport Tags: Electric Boats, Hyd...

Elon Musk is set to unveil Tesla's long-awaited fully-autonomous Robotaxi/Cybercab at the company's 'We, Robot' event in a matter of minutes. Watch the stream here, and we'll be updating this piece with news as it happens. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: Tesla, Tesla Motors, E...

An underreported regulation being proposed in the United States could have a sweeping impact on car drivers in the country, and possibly other parts of the West. But the people feeling its immediate sting will be American motorcyclists. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: BYD, Chi...

In an age where most cars come standard with things like backup cameras and Bluetooth, it's surprising that they don't all have rear window wipers. The GeckoWiper gives such an appendage to the Hyundai IONIQ 5, with other makes/models soon to follow. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport ...

Lotus has a lot to say about its breathtaking new Theory 1 concept car. It "embodies the future of intelligent performance vehicles," and its design encapsulates "three core principles – Digital, Natural, and Analogue (DNA)." Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: Concept Cars, Lotus...

Cargo ebikes are increasingly being touted as smaller, less costly replacements for cars, and Xtracycle's Hopper is no exception. The California-based company states that the vehicle is "designed to be the most intuitive, easy to ride, compact family cargo bicycle." Continue Reading Category: Bicycl...

Ever since Hyundai's zero-emissions N Vision 74 concept car first appeared on the scene a few years ago, car lovers have been desperate to see the thing move from prototype to product. Their wait may soon be over. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: Hyundai N, Hyundai, Concept Car...

Tall buildings are the big new thing in car design, with Aston Martin, Bentley, and Bugatti among the most notable automakers to turn their expertise to architecture. Now another example comes from Porsche Design, which has revealed plans for a car-inspired tower that offers high-end luxury for both...

The company that broke a Guinness World Record this year with its all-hydrogen train has just announced another world first. Stadler Rail has developed a fleet of train cars that can run on either hydrogen or battery power for branch rail services. Continue Reading Category: Transport Tags: Trains, ...

Most of us associate Honda with the color red. The multinational is even known as Big Red in some parts of the world. Have you ever wondered how that came to be? The answer is both obvious and convoluted. Continue Reading Category: Transport Tags: Honda, History, Motorcycle, Sports Cars, automotive ...

BMW is getting good at building polished, driver-centric cars that happen to be electric. Viewing the EV option as a choice instead of a must makes the electric Bimmers more appealing. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: BMW, Reviews

We're not entirely sure why, but Porsche really wants you to camp on, in and around its cars. The 911 isn't even the first, second or third Porsche vehicle we'd wildly imagine driving on a camping trip, but it is the one that served as the exhibition platform for the official Porsche rooftop tent (R...

Henry Ford did not invent the motor car. The key to his success was his introduction of the moving assembly line and the affordable cars it could produce. Continue Reading Category: Transport Tags: Xpeng Unicorn, AeroHT, Xpeng, Ehang, GAC, eVTOL, SUV, Electric Vehicles

We like Nissan cars, SUVs and trucks well enough, but we're starting to think the company is wasting its talents and should focus all attention on camper vans. It has designed several of our favorite camper van concepts in recent memory and even sells a few versatile mini-campers at dealerships arou...

Nissan has demonstrated a new automotive paint that can drastically cool a vehicle parked in direct sunshine. Tests have shown that treated cars stay up to 21.6 °F (12 °C) cooler than untreated cars parked side by side. Continue Reading Category: Materials, Science Tags: Coating, Coatings, Cooling, ...

Hearing tell of a steering wheel-free Volkswagen bus reminds us of the original 2017 ID Buzz concept and the autonomous future it portended. The steering wheel-less Klv-20, however, doesn't hail from the future, but from the past ... 70 years ago, to be exact. Converted into what must certainly be o...

Toyota and Stanford University have been pushing self-driving technology beyond the limits of traction for several years now, and they've now released video of two autonomous cars drifting in tandem, getting very sideways with extreme precision. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags:...

Ever wonder how effectively your model cars would slice through the air if they were full-scale functional automobiles? Well, a little something known as the Windsible could tell ya (sort of), as it's touted as being the world's first consumer desktop wind tunnel. Continue Reading Category: Good Thi...

With its proprietary battery technology – based around a niobium tungsten oxide anode – Nyobolt claims it's charging its prototype EV from 10% to 80% in just four minutes and 37 seconds using standard (if high-end) 350-kW, 800-V DC fast chargers. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags...

Self-driving cars are dependent on sophisticated sensors backed by lots of computing power. A research effort led by China's Tsinghua University is cutting down on computing requirements with a tracking system that only requires a single pixel to do the job. Continue Reading Category: Technology Tag...