Automotive

New chip could help make inexpensive 3D sensors for autonomous cars

When Google unveiled its first autonomous cars in 2010, the spinning cylinder mounted on the roofs really stood out. It was the vehicle’s light detection...

Shortest route suggested by GPS is not necessarily the safest, shows study

Time for a road trip. You punch the destination into your GPS and choose the suggested route. But is this shortest route the safest? Not necessarily,...

Warren Buffett: My view about self-driving cars and trucks

The auto industry has been working on autonomous driving for years. In some cities, people can already hop in a driverless taxi, and many companies...

This lithium-sulfur battery could quintuple electric vehicle ranges

A new biologically inspired battery membrane has enabled a battery with five times the capacity of the industry-standard lithium-ion design to run for the...

Does your fuel cell car run on gasoline?

Hydrogen fuel cell cars seem like a great, low-emission driving solution: oxygen and hydrogen in, nothing but water vapor out. But that hydrogen needs to...

Electric vehicle owners could sell power back to the grid

American homeowners with solar panels can sell the surplus electricity they generate back to their local grids. Should electric vehicle (EV) owners be able to...

Electric cars could help strengthen electrical grids, shows study

American homeowners with solar panels can sell the surplus electricity they generate back to their local grids. Should electric vehicle (EV) owners be able...

Electric vehicles could be powered by hydrogen harvested from sewage

Hydrogen is valuable as it is a renewable source, and could be sold to the chemicals and plastics industry or used in hydrogen fuel...

Deadly auto crashes more likely during pandemic lockdown, shows study

With fewer people on the road during the early days of the pandemic, more drivers were speeding and driving recklessly, resulting in more crashes...

Self-driving cars could learn to drive by mimicking others, shows study

Researchers develop new machine learning algorithm that teaches cars to self-drive by observing other traffic. Self-driving cars are powered by machine learning algorithms that require...