There's Now a Committee to Develop Standards for Robotic Exoskeletons

Advanced technology is just science fiction until some international standards group forms a name to make sure every mind-blowing new advancement is nice and safe and boring, just like it should be. This is now happening to a very exciting technology that was not so long ago: robotic, strength-enhancing...

Apr 21, 2026

Lee Iacocca Was an Early Pioneer of Electric Mobility

A full decade before Zero launched its first electric motorcycle in 2008, essentially a 140-pound mountain bike, was already selling an electric-assisted bicycle. They’re everywhere today, but in 1998 the Ex-Ford and Chrysler automotive genius . He was so early to the e-mobility game that he may have actually...

Apr 21, 2026

Watch the Roborace DevBot 2.0 Race up the Hill at Goodwood Without a Driver

Roborace wanted to show the gathered crowds that it had a car capable of driving itself up the hill at Goodwood, at speed. To do that, the autonomous race car company put YouTuber Seb Delanny in the cockpit to drive part of the way up the hill to an...

Apr 21, 2026

Mercedes and BMW Set Ambitious Goals for Autonomy Team Up

In an effort to reduce the cost and lead time of autonomous driving technology, the two German titans, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, joined forces earlier this year. The two companies committed 1,200 autonomous technicians, built a trio of self-driving test centers in Germany, and are sharing a data storage center...

Apr 21, 2026

Vaughn Gittin Jr Tests Teleoperation by Drifting a Car He's Not In

Portland-based tech startup wants to prove its remote driving technology by running what is clearly a Lincoln in a fancy wrap job up the hill at Goodwood without a driver inside. Pro drifter Vaughn Gittin, Jr. took to the steering wheel from a remote facility, operating the car with a...

Apr 21, 2026

The Electric VW ID.R Keeps Proving It’s the Very Fast Future of Racing

At this weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, the electric Volkswagen ID.R EV prototype didn’t only beat but smashed the record for the event’s hill climb by flying up in 39.9 seconds. The previous record of 41.6 seconds was set by Nick Heidfeld in a McLaren MP4/13 Formula One car...

Apr 21, 2026

BMW Is Playing It Safe With Electric Cars, and Its Development Chief Makes No Apologies For That

BMW’s CEO is stepping down from his job after just four years, in part for coming under fire for the company’s slow transition to electric vehicles. Though BMW got an early head start on electrification with cars like the i3 and i8, it didn’t capitalize on that lead with more...

Apr 21, 2026

Bird Scooters Looking For Several Hundred Million More Dollars to Piss Away

The Information and the overall picture is not pretty. The e-scooter company, currently valued at $2.3 billion, is low on cash after losing $100 million in the first quarter of 2019. This despite the fact that the scooter company has raised more than $700 million in a year and...

Apr 21, 2026

France's New Flying Tax Gets It Backwards

Starting in 2020, flying out of France—both domestic and international, but not for connecting passengers—will incur an additional surcharge , because the revenue raised will go towards “eco-friendly transport infrastructure” such as trains. The tax, which will be levied by the French government, is expected to raise 180 million...

Apr 21, 2026

Your Nissan Leaf May Soon Charge Your House

You might think an electric car is a car, but you’d be wrong. It is a giant battery that, for some reason, spends most of its existence powering a thing that’s not moving at all. That’s why Nissan sees a future for the Leaf as a battery that can...

Apr 21, 2026

Here's a Solid Shootout Between the Best Summer Performance Tires

The warm weather is finally upon us, and hopefully you’ve shed your loud winter tires for some sporty summer rubber. Having a hard time deciding which tire to buy? is here to help. With a BMW M2 as a test car, host Jonathan Benson tests a variety of summer...

Apr 21, 2026

Robert Wickens is Driving on a Race Track Again

After a massive crash on the 7th lap of , Robert Wickens and it has been an incredibly long road to recovery for the talented Canadian driver. Through physical therapy and a lot of hard work on his part, Wickens has gotten to the point where he can do...

Apr 21, 2026

This Prius can Harness the Power of the Sun God Ra

The Egyptian Sun God, known by the name of Ra, rules over all parts of the created world, and can be seen in the heart of the noon day sun. We owe all things to him, including enough power to about 35 miles per day. Toyota worked with Sharp...

Apr 21, 2026

Uber and Lyft Pay Drivers Like Employees to Protest A Bill That Would Make Them Employees

A California bill that would classify gig economy workers, such as Uber and Lyft drivers, as employees is currently winding its way through the legislature. , as the bill is known, passed the House in May and is currently being debated in the Senate. Uber and Lyft have a...

Apr 21, 2026

How to Get Too Creative When It Comes to Fixing Your Car

“My A/C broke and I can’t afford to fix it, could I just put one in the window like I have in the house?” Well, no, I might have tried to explain to this person. For one thing you’d need more electricity than your car battery could generate. “Generate,...

Apr 21, 2026