The VW "Fix" Just Got a Lot More Expensive

11-24-2015 • LewRockwell

Better hide your diesel VW.

More hurdles jumped on path to a practical lithium-air battery

11-20-2015 • gizmag.com

With theoretical energy densities as much as 10 times that of current lithium-ion batteries, lithium-air (or lithium-oxygen) batteries hold tremendous potential for storage of renewable energy and use in mobile devices and electric cars.

Moox is part bike, part scooter

11-20-2015 • gizmag.com

While bicycles are good for maintaining all-out speed on the road, scooters can be pretty handy when it comes to navigating crowded sidewalks and paths.

Microsoft HoloLens: Partner Spotlight with Volvo Cars

11-20-2015 • youtube

From giving customers a sensor's vantage point to configuring cars in entirely new ways, Microsoft HoloLens is working to bring Volvo's cutting edge car features to life in ways never before possible.

This 200-foot yacht would be a monster on the high seas

11-18-2015 • Business Insider

Beware the "Kraken."

MODEL 3 MIGHT DRAG US ALL INTO A NEW CONVERSATION

11-18-2015 • insideevs.com

Tesla tends to kill all in a drag race. YouTube videos abound. Well, now it might dominate the other kind of drag race, as in drag coefficient. It's a big factor in fuel economy and electric range.

Dubai is giving their firefighters $200,000 jetpacks to fight skyscraper fires...

11-13-2015 • http://www.businessinsider.com, by Emmanuel Ocbazg

Dubai is giving their firefighters $200,000 jetpacks to fight skyscraper fires -- that's right, jetpacks

A policeman pulled over one of Google's self-driving cars because it was going so slowly

11-13-2015 • Business Insider

It's not speeding that Google's self-driving cars have to worry about.

This vending machine dispenses cars

11-13-2015 • cnn.com

The used-car Web site Carvana has opened what it's calling the world's first coin-operated car vending machine.

Inside Tesla's Fremont Factory, A Look Into Gigafactory Future - Video

11-11-2015 • insideevs.com

KTVN Channel 2 News takes us inside (briefly) Tesla's Fremont factory. Most of the video focuses on Tesla's Gigafactory and the company's future plans in Nevada, but there are some new and unique shots from within Tesla's Fremont manufacturi

Hyperloop Tech CEO Predicts The Hyperloop Could Become Reality by 2020

11-11-2015 • popsci.com

Even without direct involvement from Elon Musk

Cars That Talk to Each Other Are Much Easier to Spy On

11-10-2015 • Wired

"The vehicle is saying 'I'm Alice, this is my location, this is my speed and my direction.' Everyone around you can listen to that," says one of the authors of the study. [Alice] drove by the drug store, went to a fertility clinic," this

GE to build 1,000 trains for India in massive deal

11-10-2015 • http://money.cnn.com

General Electric has landed a $2.6 billion contract to supply India with 1,000 diesel locomotives, the latest effort to upgrade the country's sprawling rail network.

World's largest second-use battery storage unit prepped for grid connection

11-09-2015 • gizmag.com

As electric cars come towards the end of their life, they create a set of problems that you simply don't get with petrol cars - namely, getting rid of the batteries.

In Greece, Driverless Buses Are Now Accepting Passengers

11-08-2015 • popsci.com

An automated bus program goes with the flow of traffic

A mysterious electric-car startup is building a $1 billion factory in California

11-08-2015 • http://www.businessinsider.com

The startup's name is Faraday Future, and it has been hunting for a place to build what it says will be a $1 billion manufacturing plant for a new line of cars. Four states are contenders and the company says to expect an announcement within weeks.

BREAKING: Warrant Issued for Illegal UBER Driver for WIRETAPPING!

11-06-2015 • Free Keene

Illegal UBER Driver Christopher David's wife is very pregnant. In fact, she's due any moment. What better time for Portsmouth police to issue a warrant for his arrest?

Animated map shows how railroads spread across America

11-06-2015 • http://www.businessinsider.com

Trains revolutionized transportation in the US. People were no longer dependent on horse-drawn carriages and natural waterways to move across the country.

U.S. car sales have never been stronger

11-04-2015 • CNN Money

U.S. sales are within striking distance of the record for the full year. But even if total auto sales fall short of that mark, the profits that these sales are generating dwarf the earnings that the auto industry raked in when it last set a sales rec

Tesla's Earnings Report Draws More Attention to Output Than Loss

11-03-2015 • Bloomberg

When Tesla Motors Inc. releases third-quarter financial results after the market closes Tuesday, analysts and investors will be focused on how production of the Model X sport utility vehicle is going -- and if it is increasing fast enough to get Tesl

This Guy Wants Us to Commute in Autonomous, On-Demand Pods

11-03-2015 • wired.com

When Tommaso Gecchelin envisions the future of urban transportation, he, like many people, imagines a system of driverless electric cars.

VW emission scandal threatens Porsche

11-02-2015 • money.cnn.com

Volkswagen's emission cheating scandal threatened to spread to its luxury Porsche car brand on Monday.

Duke Engines' incredibly compact, lightweight valveless axial engine

11-01-2015 • http://www.gizmag.com

Duke Engines' incredibly compact, lightweight valveless axial engine

Feds Say Automotive Software Isn't Covered By Copyright

10-30-2015 • popsci.com

Victory for shade-tree mechanics and coders Last spring, we asked an important question: "Do You Really Own Your Car?"

Yamaha shows Motobot motorcycle-riding humanoid robot

10-29-2015 • gizmag.com

Yamaha produced somewhat of a surprise at the Tokyo Motor Show today when it showed a motorcycle-riding robot.

Mazda hints at return of the rotary with RX-Vision concept

10-29-2015 • gizmag.com

We've been hearing about the possibility of a new, RX-8-succeeding rotary-powered Mazda sports car for years now.

Boy, Honda's Not Giving Up This Whole Hydrogen Car Thing

10-28-2015 • Wired

Honda, it turns out, is serious about this hydrogen fuel cell thing.

Car made of hemp makes Denver stop

10-26-2015 • popularliberty.com

Denver Post 10/11/2015: The car drew remarkably little attention in a city of legalized marijuana.

$68-billion California bullet train project likely to overshoot budget and deadline targets

10-26-2015 • latimes.com

The monumental task of building California's bullet train will require punching 36 miles of tunnels through the geologically complex mountains north of Los Angeles.