The Future Is Back: Why The New Cross-Country Tesla Record Matters

“Would you like to come along and set another Cannonball Record with us?” Talk about an offer I couldn’t refuse. I was sitting across from Carl Reese & Deena Mastracci, having invited them to dinner to congratulate them for setting the EV Cannonball Record in April of this year driving...

May 3, 2025

Atari Founder Thinks Human-Driven Cars Will Be Illegal In Cities In 20 Years And Weirder Things

Nolan Bushnell is, generally, a guy who’s proven to be pretty good at guessing what the future holds. He saw some geeks playing on a huge old computer, and made the prescient leap that someday we’d all be playing games on computers, for example. He also thinks in cities by...

May 3, 2025

The Google Car Got Pulled Over For Driving Itself Too Slowly

Well, we know one thing adorable panda-like autonomous pod car is not: a speed demon. Photographer nabbed this shot of the car having a run in with a motorcycle cop in Los Altos, California. Its offense? Driving too slowly. Officials with the said the car was pulled over for going...

May 3, 2025

Ford Is Now Testing Driverless Cars On The Streets Of A Fake City

Ford became the first manufacturer to test its driverless car in Fakecity, Michigan (OK, it’s not really called that—it’s called “Mcity,” which isn’t as fun), . The complex opened in July as a 32-acre faux town designed by the University of Michigan, and Ford took its Fusion Hybrid Autonomous Research...

May 3, 2025

Los Angeles Is The First City To Take Autonomous Cars Seriously

The Los Angeles International Auto Show opened with the Connected Car Expo and the announcement of the creation of the Coalition of Transportation Technology established by the City of Los Angeles, which is quite possibly the most important urban planning project of the 21st Century. If that sounds preposterous to...

May 3, 2025

The Future Of Google's Self-Driving Cars May Include Talking To Pedestrians

Just like most of us can bark commands at our smartphones, the future of driverless cars may now include vehicles telling pedestrians what to do. It’s beginning to look a lot like... Skynet. (That’s a joke. A Christmas-themed Terminator joke, because why not.) reports that Google received a patent on...

May 3, 2025

Major, High-Tech Changes Proposed For America's 5-Star Crash Safety Tests

Since 1978, the car-buying public has been able to judge the safety of their next car, in part, based on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s 5-Star Safety Ratings. Today safety regulators announced they’re proposing big changes that will bring the safety ratings system into the 21st century, and prepare...

May 3, 2025

Chinese Researchers Are Now Driving Cars With Mind Control

As the development for fully-autonomous cars ramps up, researchers from Nankai University in China have successfully demonstrated a new technology that allows a person to remotely control a vehicle using only their thoughts, using signals from the brain to control acceleration, braking, and other basic functions. The car-controlling device features...

May 3, 2025

The New Genesis G90 Is 'All-But Autonomous,' Claims Hyundai

As Hyundai enters the luxury brand game for real with , the old Hyundai Equus is gone and the Genesis G90 is here to replace it. The new car isn’t just a big luxobarge with a bargain price like the last one. Hyundai claims the G90 is “all-but autonomous.” Is...

May 3, 2025

Are 3D Graphics The Next Big Thing Coming To Your Dashboard?

At least, supplier Delphi and a New Zealand company are willing to try it out. Next month at the CES expo in Las Vegas, they will debut a concept that uses 3D graphics on its dashboard screen. We’ve seen full-digital displays become increasingly common on modern cars; the latest in...

May 3, 2025

Kia Testing Autonomous Cars On American Roads Soon, Selling Them By 2030

Kia and sister company Hyundai are dumping $2 billion into autonomous driving tech through the next three years. They plan to get this into cars as ‘driver-assists’ by 2020, have a completely self-driving car by 2030, and it all starts now with the company’s license to test it in Nevada....

May 3, 2025

Google's Self-Driving Car Unit Will Be A Standalone Company In 2016, Could Challenge Uber

If you thought of as a glorified science experiment until now, get ready to change your mind. According to reports within the company, Google is set to make its driverless car program a standalone “” business in 2016—the biggest sign yet that driverless cars are something Google wants as a...

May 3, 2025

California's Proposed New Rules Could Slam The Brakes On Driverless Cars

If you ask automakers and tech companies why they’re exploring , the number one answer is probably “safety.” The theory is it’s safer, in the long run, if you take driving out of human hands. Ironically, safety is the exact reason why the California Department of Motor Vehicles is proposing...

May 3, 2025

The First Guy To Hack An iPhone Built His Own Autonomous Car For Cheap And Tesla's Pissed

is such a computer geek that he refers to a modern car as “a computer.” He’s not exactly wrong, but he’s not exactly right, either. Still, he’s right enough that he was able to in the space of a couple months, with off-the shelf hardware. It’s also proven to be...

May 3, 2025

Ford And Google Are In Cahoots To Create A New Autonomous Car Company: Reports

According to three different sources speaking to YahooAutos, Ford will pair up with Google to create a joint-venture for the development and manufacturing of autonomous vehicles. According to , Ford and Google have teamed up to combine the development and manufacturing capabilities of the traditional automaker with the millions of...

May 3, 2025