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This Solar Car Just Toured the US, and Will Start Production Next Year

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - November 9, 2022

Adding Heat to Electric Vehicle Batteries Helps Them Charge in Just 10 Minutes

Edd Gent - October 24, 2022

IKEA Is Using Driverless Trucks to Move Its Furniture in Texas

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - October 20, 2022

This Sleek Solar Car Goes 600 Miles on a Charge and Is Gearing Up for Production

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - September 16, 2022

The World’s First Hydrogen Trains Started Passenger Service in Germany

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - September 12, 2022

This Two-Seater eVTOL Will Be Used to Train Pilots for Flying Taxis

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - September 2, 2022

This Wild Personal Aircraft Goes 155 Miles Per Hour and Does Flips on Command

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - August 19, 2022

A 165-Mile Drone Superhighway Will Soon Be Built in the UK

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - July 20, 2022

Electric Seagliders Could Enable Short-Haul Emissions-Free Air Travel This Decade

Edd Gent - July 18, 2022

This Solar Car Will Soon Hit Production—and It Costs Less Than $26K

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - July 14, 2022

Swiss Company to Build an Intercity Network of Tunnels for Robotic Cargo Pods

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - July 13, 2022

The UK’s First Autonomous Passenger Bus Started Road Tests This Week

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - April 29, 2022

GM Just Patented a Self-Driving Car That Teaches People How to Drive

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - April 20, 2022

Nissan and NASA Are Teaming Up to Make a Metal-Free Solid-State Battery

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - April 13, 2022

The Electric Revolution: EV Sales Doubled in 2021 and Are Surging This Year Too

Edd Gent - March 15, 2022

A UK Startup Is Building 200 Flying Taxi Hubs Around the World

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - January 26, 2022

This Autonomous Delivery Robot Has External Airbags in Case It Hits a Person

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - January 14, 2022

A Chinese Company Says It Will Be Selling Driverless Cars by 2024

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - January 5, 2022

H2 Clipper Will Resurrect Hydrogen Airships to Haul Green Fuel Across the Planet

Edd Gent - January 3, 2022

A Plane Powered by Cooking Oil Just Flew Across the US

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - December 3, 2021

Your Holiday Gifts Could Be Shipped by Robot Semi, Courtesy of UPS and Waymo

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - November 26, 2021

Rolls-Royce Says Its Electric Plane Just Smashed the World Record for Speed

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - November 24, 2021

GE’s New Autonomous Electric Pods Have No Steering Wheel, Pedals, or Cab

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - November 4, 2021

This Tiny Personal Aircraft Costs Under $100K and Can Take Off From Your Driveway

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - October 27, 2021

Tele-Driving Startup to Deploy Remote-Controlled Cars as a Step Towards Full Autonomy

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - September 15, 2021

Electrifying the Future: Toyota Puts Over $13 Billion Into Battery Technology

Edd Gent - September 13, 2021

Flight Testing Will Soon Start on the World’s Fastest Reusable Aircraft

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - August 11, 2021

Magnetizable Concrete in Roads Could Charge Electric Cars While You Drive

Edd Gent - August 9, 2021

NASA Timelapse Shows X-59 Supersonic Jet Being Built Over Two Years

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - August 6, 2021

This Tiny Electric Car Is Solar-Powered and Costs $6,800

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - July 21, 2021

An ‘Uncrashable’ Car? Luminar Says Its Lidar Can Get There

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - June 23, 2021

Why Flying Cars Could Be Here Within the Decade

Edd Gent - June 21, 2021

Waymo Self-Driving Trucks Will Soon Start Moving Freight Across Texas

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - June 11, 2021

This Drone Bus Will Carry 40 Passengers Between Cities for the Price of a Train Ticket

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - June 10, 2021

A Self-Driving Truck Got a Shipment Cross-Country 10 Hours Faster Than a Human Driver

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - June 1, 2021

Japan Wants to Build Intercontinental Passenger Spaceships by the Early 2040s

Edd Gent - May 30, 2021

Google-Funded Startup Merlin Labs Will Soon Fly 55 Autonomous Planes

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - May 27, 2021

Scientists Figured Out How to Turn Food Waste Into Jet Fuel

Edd Gent - March 22, 2021

Flying Taxis Will Hit LA Skies by 2024, According to a California Startup’s Plan

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - February 24, 2021

New Fast-Charging, Low-Cost Batteries Could Be a Game-Changer for Electric Cars

Edd Gent - January 25, 2021

These Futuristic Flying Ambulances May Soon Be Zooming Around New York

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - January 8, 2021

Amazon’s New Robotaxi Has No Steering Wheel, But It Can Drive for 16 Hours Straight

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - December 23, 2020

Smart Concrete Could Pave the Way for High-Tech, Cost-Effective Roads

Luna Lu - November 13, 2020

You Can Buy This Electric Car for $7,999 in California

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - November 12, 2020

This Flying Car Costs $599K—and It’s Now Street Legal in Holland

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - October 29, 2020

This Tiny Electric Car Is Selling Like Hot Cakes in China

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - October 1, 2020

How Drones and Aerial Vehicles Could Change Cities

Paul Cureton - July 8, 2020

New Record-Crushing Battery Lasts 1.2 Million Miles in Electric Cars

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - June 11, 2020

Volvo Will Add Lidar for ‘Eyes-Off-the-Road’ Self-Driving Cars on Highways

Jason Dorrier - May 10, 2020

Linking Self-Driving Cars to Traffic Signals Might Help Pedestrians Give Them the Green Light

Lionel Peter Robert Jr. - April 23, 2020

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