Autos

"It is the closest all of us passengers ever want to come to a plane crash," a Qantas flight QF1889's passenger said after the plane suddenly descended about 20,000 feet on Monday September 22, and diverted back to Darwin.... Read more

Months after Elon Musk left the Trump administration to the relief of Tesla investors worried about boycotts, the world's richest man has announced some good news: Sales of Tesla cars are back.... Read more

Electric vehicles (EVs) can have lower fuel costs and reduce emissions relative to cars that use gasoline, but they are only a practical option if drivers have convenient ways to charge them. For people who live in multi-unit dwellings or in urban areas, access to charging infrastructure may be particularly... Read more

The Canadair water bomber revolutionized the fight against wildfires after it debuted in the skies decades ago.... Read more

Roads are subject to heavy wear from traffic and environmental factors. Over the long term, these things add up to cracks and other defects in the asphalt. Micro-cracks and damage to deeper layers cannot be detected by the naked eye, however.... Read more

Police in Northern California were understandably perplexed when they pulled over a Waymo taxi after it made an illegal U-turn, only to find no driver behind the wheel and therefore, no one to ticket.... Read more

A team of international researchers has developed a pioneering control system for ballbot drive micromobility vehicles (BDVs), promising to reshape the future of urban transportation with safer, more robust, and highly adaptable single-passenger platforms.... Read more

Jaguar Land Rover on Monday said it will partially restart production in the coming days after a damaging cyberattack halted operations at its UK factories.... Read more

New research from Portland State University's Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) shows that transit-oriented developments (TODs) in the Portland metro area generate far fewer car trips than standard estimates suggest—especially at sites that include affordable housing.... Read more

China will tighten the rules for exporting electric vehicles by requiring automakers to obtain export permits from next year, the Commerce Ministry said Friday.... Read more

Top-selling carmaker Toyota opened its new high-tech village in Japan on Thursday, an experimental project to test autonomous driving and other futuristic developments.... Read more

A battle of the skies is playing out in Australia as Virgin increasingly mirrors Jetstar's pricing in certain booking windows, according to new research. Virgin restructured in 2020 to a hybrid airline.... Read more

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered a new recipe for catalysts that could dramatically improve the performance and durability of fuel-cell vehicles—especially trucks and other heavy-duty vehicles that demand extra power.... Read more

Cities are at the forefront of the battle against climate change, as they are responsible for more than 70% of the world's CO2 emissions.... Read more

The first major study in almost 50 years shows that a highway speed limit would reduce fatal traffic crashes by more than one-third.... Read more