Automobiles

Smart cars that can save drivers' lives as well as fuel

Self-driving vehicles get new laws in California

It has been claimed (yet again) that Gustave Whitehead flew a powered, controlled airplane before the Wright brothers did

Even before I arrived at the annual “Dialogue” of the Breakthrough Institute, an Oakland, California, think tank that challenges mainstream environmental positions, I was arguing about it.

The trunk of a car, made of a new carbon composite, can also run LED lights and the dual use could help electric vehicles

Electric cars, no matter how sexy, still have a battery problem

Young physicists find the specs to keep a race car off the beaten track

After breaking the sound barrier of 1,223 kilometers per hour with Thrust SSC, a British team is building Bloodhound SSC to cross the 1,600-kph mark

The small prototypes lack steering wheels or pedals and are limited to a maximum speed of 25 mph

The Berlin Air Show witnessed a silent, clean test flight by Airbus's E-Fan two-seater aircraft, which is entirely propelled by electricity

In the last post I presented results from my poll on the importance of cars to your everyday life. The results suggest, simply put, that its importance is sliding downwards.