Automotive

Self-driving cars could slow down the traffic, shows study

Have you ever thought about how the future roads will look when most cars drive themselves? Well, scientists have been doing some serious thinking about...

How battery cracks might speed up your electric vehicle charging

If you’ve ever dropped your phone and cracked the screen, you know that cracks usually mean bad news. But what if cracks in certain things...

Future electric cars: Cheaper in the countryside, costly in cities?

Cars are changing! Many are now running on electricity instead of petrol or diesel. But here's a puzzle: the government gets a lot of money from...

A new trick to make electric car batteries safer!

At FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, scientists are making electric cars safer with a clever new trick. They've created a special design that uses wax-filled tubes...

Virginia tech study sheds light on electric scooter safety

Researchers from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) have conducted the first large-scale naturalistic driving study of electric scooter (e-scooter) riders. For 18 months, 50...

Even top-rated child car seats often installed incorrectly, study finds

Putting child car seats in correctly can be tricky, and even the top-rated ones often get installed wrongly. This is according to a study in...

How your car’s old cigarette lighter could foil thieves

If you've noticed the news stories about the soaring number of car thefts across U.S. cities, you'll know that the more technology our vehicles...

Toothpaste ingredient could help boost electric car batteries

Argonne scientists have developed a new electrolyte for lithium metal batteries to power electric vehicles. They would greatly increase vehicle range, cost less than current...

Brake pedal black box: A cool innovation to make electric cars safer

Ever heard of a black box in an airplane? It records all the flight data, so if there's an accident, investigators can find out what...

How scientists are testing self-driving cars in a virtual world

Driverless cars, also known as autonomous vehicles, have started to become a common sight on our roads. However, as cool as they might seem, they...