Racing to a Future of Autonomous Cars
The Robocar, a fully autonomous electric racecar, recently debuted in Times Square, New York City. Watch how the Roborace team behind it imagine a new motorsport and how the Robocar might accelerate the development of the consumer autonomous car.
Robots, Start Your Engines!
Roborace is creating a new motorsport to accelerate the arrival of self-driving cars
Utilities Are Giving People Cash for Clean Cars
Automakers, regulators, legislators and utilities are increasingly working together to boost sales of electric vehicles
Tactile Traffic Maps Could Help Blind Pedestrians Navigate
Tactile maps could help blind pedestrians cross increasingly complex intersections
How Driverless Cars Will Transform Cities
A moving web of sensor-laden vehicles and smart intersections will transform how we get around town
Affordable Catalysts Give Green Vehicles a Push
Reducing the platinum in fuel-cell catalysts could help bring hydrogen-powered vehicles to the mass market
New Biofuel Could Work in Regular Diesel Engines
The need for specially designed engines to run biodiesel is holding back the technology
Israel Tests Wireless Charging Roads for Electric Vehicles
New technology could power buses and cars on the go, but will it be cost-effective?
Combining 3 Vehicle Technologies Could Nearly Eliminate Auto Emissions
A new report finds that layering autonomous and electric tech with ride-sharing could cut carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050
Flying Cars Are Silicon Valley's Latest "Segway Solution" to Real Transport Challenges
Flying cars are the latest tech-tastic news bubbling out of Silicon Valley. But even if they are feasible, will they solve any real problems?
Drivers Gear Up for World's First Nanocar Race
Chemists will navigate molecular wagons along a tiny golden track
4 Cars Complete Race without a Human Driver
Earlier this month, four self-driving cars raced a 3.2-kilometer (two-mile) track in Northern California