Automobiles

                    Fatigue, that’s what. As a particularly frigid winter recedes across the north and east of the United States (we’ve become accustomed to milder weather in past years), the abuse suffered by asphalt roads is becoming apparent.

When it comes to transporting troops, no idea has seemed too outlandish to be considered by the U.S. military

Automotive computers controlling brakes, steering and door locks are vulnerable to tampering under certain conditions. But are random roadside cyber attacks a real threat?

Military “Transformer” vehicles move closer to takeoff

Dark clouds of soot and gases spewed by tractors, bulldozers and backhoes are becoming a thing of the past under new federal standards that have forced cleaner diesel engines this year

Has the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy failed in its mission to create alternative energy breakthroughs? 

Physics students at the University of Leicester in the U.K. worked out the principles for keeping a speeding race car in control on a vertical curved wall. Wayt Gibbs reports

 

If test plants succeed, waste methane could fuel vehicles—but the conversion may not offer much environmental benefit

CAFE standards are working, at least according to a research note from the University of Michigan. The graph below shows the average sales-weighted MPGs by month and model year.

by Tali Trigg Japan's Sumitomo Corporation buys used EV batteries for use in large-scale energy storage The value proposition of electric vehicles (EVs) goes beyond switching an engine block for a battery.