Cars

This Is What a 50-Lane Traffic Jam Looks Like

A Chinese highway looked like a parking lot after this massive traffic snarl

People flocked to the streets during Paris' car-free day.

A Car-Free Day in Paris Cut Pollution by 40 Percent

But will the city say <i>non</i> to smog for good?

Topmix Permeable

This Concrete Can Absorb a Flood

A UK company has developed a permeable pavement that can drink 1,000 liters of water per square meter in a minute

A Brief History of the Popemobile

From sedan chair to Mercedes-Benz

Could the Los Angeles Police Department's squad cars be about to undergo a makeover?

The LAPD Is Testing Teslas

As Los Angeles changes its vehicle procurement policies, visions of an all-electric fleet are dancing in Angelenos’ heads

Google’s Driverless Car Got Confused By A Cyclist

It just wants to protect soft, perishable humans.

A mock-up of an electric road

England Is Going to Test Roads That Actually Charge Electric Cars

Highways of the future may have special lanes that recharge the batteries of electric cars as they go

A map of nitric oxide pollution in Denver's Highlands neighborhood

Google Street View Cars Are Mapping City Air Pollution

Google, Aclima and the EPA team up to add sensors to cars, first in Denver and then in the Bay Area, that monitor air quality throughout the day

This Mock "City" Is a Testing Ground For Driverless Cars

The University of Michigan's Mcity is a 32-acre challenge course for connected and automated vehicles

America's Road Trip: Route 66's Most Fascinating Museums

Take a drive on Route 66 and encounter the wonders of the road

Wang with the toy jeep

This New Nanogenerator Could Make Cars Much More Efficient

Electrodes placed on a car's tires can harness the energy generated when rubber meets road

Traffic control centers like this one in Boston—a room cluttered with computer terminals and live video feeds of urban intersections—represent the brain of a traffic system.

Will We Ever Be Able to Make Traffic Disappear?

City engineers make changes in the timing of signals to keep cars moving, but cell phone data and vehicle-to-vehicle communication could ease the task

The Very First Self-Driving Semi Truck Has Hit the Road

The Freightliner Inspiration is the first commercially-licensed autonomous truck

An Autonomous Car Just Completed a 3,400-Mile Road Trip

Delphi’s robo-car drove itself across 15 states in just nine days

The historic 1910 Fiat S76 rides!

A Racing Car Built in 1910 Roars to Life Once More

It was unofficially the fastest car in its time and still impresses today

This structure serves as everything from a climbing wall to a bench to a meditation space.

A Bus Stop Climbing Wall and Other Wild Ideas That Just Got Funded

Unbreakable shoelaces? They come in stylish colors and patterns

In the future, what role will cars play in our lives?

Are Cars Driving Into the Sunset?

Our love affair with automobiles is changing in the face of climate change and denser urban living

Not the new self-driving car

Britain’s First Driverless Car Stays on the Sidewalk

The car's 15 mile-per-hour speed limit keeps things safe

Google's driverless car prototype. Is this the cab of the future?

Cabs of the Future Won't Have Drivers

Recent moves by Uber and Google may foreshadow a battle over who will control fleets of autonomous cars on city streets

It might sound like a gas guzzler inside, but that truck's purr could be pretend.

Impressed by a Big Truck’s Beefy Rev? It Could Be an Illusion

Fake engine noise is a reality for today’s more efficient trucks

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