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Feed: WIRED: AUTOPIA
Explore the world of Cars 2.0, alternative fuels and the future of transportation.
For Urban Delivery Trucks, Going Electric Can Only Save Money
07-Feb-12 By: Keith Barry
New research out of MIT shows that going electric could save urban delivery fleets some serious money in the long term, as long as their trucks end up giving power back to the grid when they’re not in use. Buying a battery-powered vehicle is a tough decision for a fleet manager to make. The initial [...]
Navigating the Legality of Autonomous Vehicles
07-Feb-12 By: Tom Vanderbilt
Let the Robot Drive: The Autonomous Car of the Future Is Here Autonomous Cars Through the Ages Mapping the Road Ahead for Autonomous Cars Five Reasons The Robo-Car Haters Are Wrong I wasn’t long in the backseat of Google’s self-driving Toyota Prius, cruising smoothly down California Highway 85, before a sober, gray-flannel question pierced my [...]
What Triumph’s Bonneville ‘Might Have Evolved Into’
06-Feb-12 By: Chris Hunter
Two young designers mine the past to build a bike that never was but could have been.
Buick Builds A Smartphone Game For Hypermilers
06-Feb-12 By: Keith Barry
Buick has released a new suite of smartphone games that encourage fuel saving habits. Hypermilers, rejoice! The Buick Fuel Efficiency Games app might not have the flashiest name out there, but it’s a free app for Android or Apple that contains three separate games that teach about stop/start technology, regenerative braking and aerodynamic optimization. The [...]
Autonomous Cars Through the Ages
06-Feb-12 By: Tom Vanderbilt
Google's self-driving Prius hybrids trace their lineage to an idea that captured the public's imagination in 1939. A look back at autonomous cars through the ages.
Autonomous Quadrotors Fly Amazing Formations
03-Feb-12 By: Jason Paur
Roboticists at the University of Pennsylvania's GRASP are able to get as many as 20 amazing autonomous microcopters to fly in formation and perform complex maneuvers flawlessly.
GE Heads North For New Jet Engine Ice Test Facility
02-Feb-12 By: Jason Paur
Jet engines on airliners can swallow a fair amount of ice during a flight, and to make sure they’re up to the task, engine makers bombard them with all kinds of frozen water. This week General Electric pulled the cover off its newest engine testing facility in the appropriately cold location of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The [...]
Automakers Slim Down With Weight Loss Support Group
02-Feb-12 By: Keith Barry
The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) is launching a campaign to help cars lose weight in order to gain efficiency and performance. By bringing together members of the aluminum and plastics/composites industries, CAR hopes that automakers will reap the benefits of new lightweight materials to meet stricter fuel economy standards without sacrificing acceleration or handling. [...]
Nissan’s Electric Race Car Makes for Good, Clean Fun
02-Feb-12 By: Sam Smith
After a few laps around a track in Dubai, we discover the Nissan Leaf RC is as slow as it is expensive, but nevertheless awesome.
Video: SpaceX Tests New ‘Super’ Rocket Engines
01-Feb-12 By: Jason Paur
The SoCal startup SpaceX fires up its "SuperDraco" rockets, which company boss Elon Musk promises "represent the best of cutting-edge technology."
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