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Officials across the nation are worried that as the coronavirus pandemic persists, commuters will avoidtaking buses and trains, and opt for their cars, potentially leading to dangerous new levels of air pollution.

For the past year, rumors have been swirling that Uber is getting into the game of self-driving cars. The company opened the Advanced Technologies Center in Pittsburgh, where journalists spotted a vehicle that looked suspiciously...

Those who purchase Tesla automobiles expect a rebate. Yet Singapore resident Joe Nguyen was slapped with a $15,000 surcharge when he imported a Model S into his home country after a carbon emissions test. Nguyen reportedly...

It’s an ambitious concept that isn’t production-ready, but does offer a stimulating glimpse of what cars could look like in the future. Designers used words like “intuitive,” “subtle,” and “connection” to...

Unlike the automobile, the pneumatic car tire has undergone little innovation over the past 100 years. Now Korean manufacturer Hankook is giving the humble wheel a makeover with the i-Flex, an airless tire that is light,...

This is a guest post by James Hamilton, Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego. This post originally appeared on the Econbrowser blog here.

This is a guest post by James Hamilton, Professor of Economics at the University of California, well known for work on the relationship between oil prices and economic growth...

This is a guest post by Tom Murphy. Tom is an associate professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego. This post first appeared on Tom's blog Do the Math. Batteries fail—as certainly as death and taxes....

The world has been waiting patiently for a solution to the perpetual motion machine problem. Leave it to the Chinese to solve it. Now, where the hell is my flying car Popular Science has been promising me for 50 years? …...

The big vehicle news of the day is that car industry heavyweights Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, and Subaru have joined the Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) in an effort to reduce their environmental impact while...

Read the rest of PICS: Volkswagen Debuts Its 2013 Hybrid Jetta at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 2012 NAIAS, auto shows, automobile, automotive, detroit auto show, eco...

Porsche just announced plans to develop a third generation version of its hot flywheel-propelled Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid. The company says that the third generation of the über fast auto will further refine its hybrid drivetrain,...

The powers that be at Porsche have just set in motion the race to complete a third generation version of the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid. The company says that it will use the exploration of a third generation of the über fast...

General Motors just announced a partnership with Japanese company Teijin that they hope will lead to lighter weight and more efficient vehicles. Teijin is an advanced materials company that specializes in carbon fiber and...

Nation-E is an automotive company dedicated to freeing humanity from its grip on oil. Their latest offering is the Angel H1 — a converted H1 Hummer that runs completely on battery power. Now before you get all, “What’s...