
Introducing the First Vehicle Powered by Evaporation
See how the toy car works

Introducing the First Vehicle Powered by Evaporation
See how the toy car works

Good and Bad Inventions from 1865 [Slide Show]
Optimistic Ideas from the Scientific American Archive


Big Polluting Vehicles Roar Back with Low Gasoline Prices
But increased fuel efficiency may yet restrain pollution in the U.S.

Recall Shows That a Hack Attack on Car Controls Is a Credible Threat
After years of downplaying threats, carmakers are forced to admit that their vehicles are vulnerable to serious cybersecurity attacks

What CityLab Gets Wrong about EVs
How one error keeps tripping up analysis of electric vehicles

Future Flying Car Solves Parallel Parking Problem
Terrafugia’s latest car–plane mashup concept would cut the flying car learning curve

Electric Car Owners Struggle to Find a Charge
Which comes first: the electric car or the charger?

Electric Vehicles Drive to Back Up the Grid
Can electric cars provide reliable power to the U.S. grid?

Women and the War, 1915
Reported in Scientific American, This Week in World War I: July 3, 1915

Railways and Mass Transit Move People and Goods, 1915

Hyliion Takes Top Prize at National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition
Yesterday, Hyliion took home the grand prize at the Department of Energy’s National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition in Washington, DC.

New Rules Would Cut Pollution from Buses, Big Rigs
New EPA regulations for heavy duty vehicles could reduce fuel consumption by 24 percent