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Boeing Built A Flying Star Wars X-Wing: Here's Why
Bringing movie magic to the real world, Boeing built a flying "Star Wars" X-wing. Then it flew in public just once before landing in a museum.
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It's Not Your Mechanic's Fault They Can't Fix Your Transmission
Typical geared transmissions are becoming a thing of the past. With CVTs and dual clutch systems becoming more popular, it may not be worth it to repair.
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How F1 Engineering Made The CV90 The Fastest Tank Off-Road
It turns out making a car go fast on a race course translates to an infantry fighting vehicle breaking speed records as it barrels through rough terrain.
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It Sure Sounds Like Drivers Are Getting Less Apprehensive About Hands-Off ADAS
Flying cars may not have made it by the millennium, but consumers are warming up to automated vehicles with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems.
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How Reliable Are Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems? Here's What AAA Says
Your car's tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) is supposed to alert you to under-inflated tires, but how accurate is it? AAA put this tool to the test.
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Mercedes-AMG GT XX Concept Charges At 1 Megawatt, Basically As Fast As Filling Up A Gas-Powered Car
The maximum charging speed of 1,041 kW was available just 0.5 seconds after charging started, and it transmitted 17.3 kWh of juice in just one minute.
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This Cooking Oil Powered Engine May Have Been Brilliant, But It Never Found Success
Lots of automotive innovations have been lost to time, but one of the most audacious may have been one that found an engine being powered by vegetable oil.
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New GM Patent Could Get Old, Dangerous Drivers Off The Road
The technology would use both vehicle and driver data to make the determination and come up with a "driver retirement score."
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New GLC EV Has Mercedes' Largest Screen Yet, But Also More Physical Controls And Fancy Trim
The electric GLC with EQ Technology is available with a 39.1-inch MBUX Hyperscreen, the largest seamless display fitted to a Mercedes-Benz to date.
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New Porsche Cayenne EV Can Be Charged Wirelessly At Home
The electric Cayenne will have an optional inductive charger that can deliver 11 kW of power.
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'The Cars Are Actually Better': Rivian CEO Says China's EV Prices Shouldn't Be Legacy Automakers' Biggest Concern
From RJ Scaringe's perspective, improving technology is the only way these legacy OEMs will be able to compete.
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Next-Generation BMW X5 Will Get Optional Hydrogen Powertrain In Addition To Gas, Diesel Or Full EV
BMW said that its plant in Steyr, Austria would produce the next-gen hydrogen drivetrains for serial production and that prototyping has already commenced.
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How Fast Were NASCAR Cars Before Restrictor Plates?
A mighty crash at Talladega pushed NASCAR to order installation of restrictor plates in 1988. Before that, speeds were soaring. And they'd be even higher today.
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What Are Cold Cranking Amps On A Car Battery, And How Many Do You Really Need
When it's freezing cold out and you're late for work, the last thing you want is a battery to fail. Here's what cold cranking amps mean, and how they help.
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License Plate Reader Company Seeks Partnership With Dashcam Company, Which Isn't Scary At All
This creates a vast database that can be used to track people's movements, regardless of whether they're suspected of a crime or not.
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Bentley CEO Says Tech Is For Proles And The Future Of Luxury Is More Coachbuilding
75% of the Bentleys that roll out of the factory in Crewe have been worked on by the Mulliner customization division, and that number will hopefully grow.
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Porsche Bailing On Making Its Own High-Performance Batteries Is A Good Thing
Porsche should be thankful that the marketplace has given it a good excuse to dodge the battery challenge and stick to what it does best.
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The Battle To Make U.S. States Use Satellites To Provide Rural Internet Access
The future of digital life on Earth may be decided by what happens in space.
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The Mercedes-AMG GT XX EV Drove 186 MPH Around The World In Less Than 8 Days
Using a production-ready powertrain, the GT XX covered 3,404 miles in 24 hours, smashing the previous EV record (and setting 24 others).
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Who Invented The Hemi Engine? (It Wasn't Dodge)
"Hemi" is usually associated with Dodge, but the invention of what we know as the hemispherical combustion chamber was first developed over 100 years ago.
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Why The Boeing 737 Flies In Circles To Burn Off Fuel Instead Of Dumping It
The simplest way to get rid of excess fuel is to dump it, so why doesn't Boeing's 737 do that? And what are the consequences if a plane dumps fuel over land?
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Honda Wants Better Driver Assistance Systems, And It's Using An AI Company To Get It Done
Honda wants to supercharge its ADAS, and it thinks it has just the investment to do that.
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Why Does Aston Martin Use Mercedes-AMG V8s Instead Of Building Its Own?
Aston Martin has an enviable track record as a builder of engines. What it gets from using Mercedes-AMG V8s is both substantial and intangible.
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Autonomous Vehicles Are Tangled Up In Red Tape, But There's No One Left To Cut It
Without someone setting federal standards for what AVs can and can't do, it becomes difficult for a company to actually put them on the road.
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747-Sized Drone Flies For Three Days On Solar Power Alone
Skydweller Aero's stated goal is to eventually achieve "perpetual" flight, in which the drone would only have to land once it needs maintenance.
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Watch How Automation Took Over More Of The Manufacturing Between Mini Generations
I didn't quite realize the scope of automation until I watched the production process of the second-gen R56 Mini Cooper back-to-back with the third-gen F56.
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Trump Administration Forced To Resume $5 Billion EV Charger Funding After Losing 14-State Lawsuit
The new USDOT guidance that accompanied the resumption removes requirements that ensured underserved areas have access to public charging stations.
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