Transportation is about to get a technology-driven reboot. Recently, Akka Technologies, an innovative engineering and consulting company based in France, unveiled its mind-blowing Link & Fly aircraft design. The new vehicle is both a flying train that can take to the air and a plane with a passenger pod and detachable wings that can travel […]
Read MoreRecently, Boeing unveiled its first concept design for a hypersonic passenger jet. This plane is expected to revolutionize air travel by cutting down a transatlantic flight from New York to London from seven hours to two. The concept was revealed during the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) conference in Atlanta. The jet would have […]
Read MoreLyft has agreed to buy Motivate, the bike-sharing company which operates Citi Bike in New York City and Ford’s GoBike program in San Francisco. In fact, Motivate is currently the largest bike-sharing company in the states, reportedly responsible for nearly 80 percent of bike-share trips in the country. Lyft says it “will invest to establish bike […]
Read MoreThe City of Chicago has been conducting a search for a company capable of building a high-speed underground commuter system that will run from the Loop to O’Hare International Airport. The search has now come to an end with Elon Musk’s The Boring Company being awarded the contract to construct the transportation marvel. According to […]
Read MoreTired of wasting precious time at traffic junctions? Things are going to change soon. A new breed of smart traffic lights is being developed that may bring an end to stop-and-go driving. This innovative technology could slash the amount of time you spend waiting for a green light. The signals will advise motorists about the […]
Read MoreCan a car really handle 5,000 brake horsepower (bhp) without getting ripped in half? Let’s take a look at the Devel Sixteen. The Devel Sixteen is a supercar built in Dubai. It was unveiled at the Dubai Auto Show back in 2013. The official production model of this supercar with unbelievable claims of power and […]
Read MoreThe flatpack Ox vehicle is a new slab-sided creation capable of bringing mobility to the developing world, but now it’s one step closer to reality thanks to a partnership with Shell. A pre-production prototype of the Ox will be created and then sent to India to assist in outreach programs, where the vehicle will be gauged […]
Read MoreHyperloop Transportation Technologies has been kind of M.I.A. for around a year now, ever since the California company announced it was building the world’s first full-scale, passenger-ready hyperloop. It took a while but it now appears HyperloopTT’s vision is becoming a reality. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies not only revealed it was currently constructing a kilometer-long test […]
Read MoreVolvo has announced the brand new FL Electric, the company’s first all-electric commercial truck, which will be utilized for urban distribution and waste management. The FL Electric trucks will be outfitted with between two and six 100–300kWh lithium-ion batteries, good for a range of approximately 186 miles. The ability for the vehicles to charge in a […]
Read MoreThe “Super Test-Drive Center” is a new initiative from Alibaba and Ford which allows free three-day test drives for people with credit scores of 700 or better utilizing the Tmall app. Located in Guangzhou, China, the car vending machine gives users the ability to select a model, put down a deposit, take a selfie, and […]
Read MoreThe self-driving car industry has come under a bit of fire recently in the wake of a fatal crash in the US involving an autonomous Uber vehicle and a pedestrian. However, Chinese search giant has to decided to proceed with its testing after receiving approval to run trial runs of its autonomous cars in some […]
Read MoreOne thing we know is that The Boring Company is anything but boring. The brainchild of Elon Musk, The Boring Company has received a bit of backlash recently from public transit advocates who may or may not quite understand what the company is looking to do. In order to quell some of the criticism, Musk […]
Read MoreNew smart HD quality headlights from Mercedes are comprised of more than one million pixels and are able to control where and how much light is thrown in front of a vehicle. Previously, the headlamps were merely a concept but now Daimler has announced the futuristic headlights will be included on a limited quantity of […]
Read MoreUPS currently has a whole lot of delivery trucks burning a whole lot of fossil fuels. Now, it appears the company is looking to change that by working with truck maker Workhorse in order to build an entire fleet of electric delivery vehicles. According to UPS, the delivery EVs would have a range of 100 […]
Read MoreRussian search giant, Yandex, has completed its first successful autonomous car test in less than ideal conditions. In fact, the company commonly referred to as the Google of Russia, tested a driverless prototype for its on-demand taxi service in snowy conditions on public roads. “The Yandex.Taxi autonomous car safely navigated the streets of Moscow after […]
Read MoreJapan’s Aspark Owl has done the unthinkable in going 0 to 60 in under 2 seconds as a street-legal hypercar. To be specific, it was 1.921 seconds, the car’s first major accomplishment since being launched at the Frankfurt Auto Show last year. The car actually utilized a set of Hoosier racing tires in order to […]
Read MoreTesla’s highly anticipated electric semi trucks are rolling out next year so moves are being made to ensure the unique vehicles are a success. One major development is the fact that Tesla is collaborating with major companies who have already placed orders for its semi trucks to build on-site charging stations. These companies include Anheuser-Busch, […]
Read MoreFor the past several years, inventors have been coming up with some incredible flying car designs. But the search for a viable flying car — one that doesn’t look too silly — is still on. Meanwhile, French inventor Franky Zapata has revealed a “Segway of the sky” — the Zapata Ezfly hoverboard. Zapata amazed the […]
Read MoreConsidering the many problems associated with air pollution and the fact of worldwide climate change, electric cars give us the hope of building a cleaner and greener future. However, present battery technology, which requires frequent time-consuming recharging, and the lack of well-distributed charging stations combine to make electric cars less preferable. But things are going […]
Read MorePlug-in electric vehicles are wonderful from a sustainability standpoint but not always practical, especially as it pertains to charging them. In an effort to ease some of these charging issues, BMW is bringing its Wireless Charging Pads to the United States, available for the company’s 530e iPerformance plug-in hybrid. The charging pad, which is being […]
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