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A retro, red-colored teardrop-shaped car on a yellow newspaper or magazine background.

In 1934, Chrysler bet big on teardrop-shaped cars

By Bill Gourgey

Passengers walk to their pickup locations at LAX-it at Los Angeles International Airport on March 19, 2026. Los Angeles World Airports approved a fee hike for private transportation companies that pick up and drop off at the airport.

NYC deploys surveillance tech to catch fake airport cabbies

By Mack DeGeurin

car parked on street

How Audi’s electromechanical progressive steering works

By Kristin Shaw

Virtual tour screenshot of Captain's Chair room inside USS Cassin Young

Visit a WWII destroyer without leaving your sofa

White person's hand holding red fuel pump refueling silver car

It’s illegal to pump your own gas in New Jersey. But why?

By Laura Kiniry

aston martin valhalla on road

The 2026 Aston Martin Valhalla Supercar is truly a super car

Houston city bus listed on Facebook Marketplace

By Popular Science Team

a small black car with a number 4 on it

Electric Vehicles

British man powers DIY car with discarded vapes

By Mack DeGeurin

A split image featuring a colorized portrait of Mary Anderson, a female inventor from the early 20th century, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a bow tie. Next to her portrait is an original technical patent drawing labeled with various "Fig" numbers, showing the mechanical design and lever system of her "Window Cleaning Device," the precursor to the modern windshield wiper.

Windshield wipers’ overlooked female inventor

By Shoshi Parks

a truck spraying a pothole in front of a house

Asphalt-spraying truck fixes potholes in minutes

By Mack DeGeurin

a white driverless car drives in front of a large state capitol building

Radio waves could help driverless cars see around corners

By Mack DeGeurin

A portrait of two brothers, Nico and Matteo Mucchetti, posing with their homemade, full-sized replica of a purple ride vehicle from Disney's "Big Hero 6" attraction. The younger brother sits inside the purple wooden structure, which is detailed with orange accents and a string of LED lights along the edge, while the older brother leans over the back. They are positioned in a dimly lit room, creating a dramatic spotlight effect on them and their project.

Teen brothers build a Disney-inspired ride in family basement

By Laura Kiniry

a bobsledder backlit

The U.S. Olympic bobsled team borrowed Honda’s wind tunnel for test runs

By Kristin Shaw

An artistic, mixed-media digital collage of an early twentieth-century electric vehicle, specifically a Woods Motor Vehicle Company car. The car is rendered in shades of purple and pink against a textured yellow background that looks like crumpled paper. The image features playful, hand-drawn scribbles in red and black, including the words "VROOM VROOM" and "LET'S RIDE!" near the front wheel. The car itself has a tall, carriage-like cabin with large windows and thin, spoked wheels highlighted with glowing pink circles. Decorative red loops and lines are sketched around the rear of the vehicle to suggest motion.

In 1916, hybrid cars could’ve changed history. But Ford wouldn’t allow it.

By Bill Gourgey

Two images of king cobras seen on or near trains in India

King cobras take the train in India

hand putting phone on charger in car

How Nissan improved the wireless charging pad for faster phone juice-ups

By Kristin Shaw

large semi in front of hydrogen plant

Electric Vehicles

Toyota is drag racing hydrogen-powered trucks in the Arizona desert

By Kristin Shaw

a large machine crushes an ebike

Electric Vehicles

Australian police smash e-bikes in crackdown on unruly teens

By Mack DeGeurin

E-scooter on fire in safety demonstration video from CPSC

Cozy up (safely) to an e-scooter’s lithium battery yule log

three Lamborghinis driving

Lamborghini’s new hybrid supercar includes a three-level drift mode and three axial flux motors

By Kristin Shaw