About
Dan Carney has been an automotive contributor to Popular Science since 1998. Along the way, he’s charted the evolution of electric vehicle technology from costly, impractical science projects to vehicles that are now on the brink of mainstream market acceptance. He’s also seen the rise of driver assistance technology and its potential eventual development into autonomous vehicles.
Experience
Dan’s coverage of the auto industry over three decades has taken him to the racetracks of the world, the automotive engineering centers in the US, Europe, and Japan, the crash-test labs striving toward safer cars, wind tunnels, vehicle simulators, and the amazing auto shows highlighting what’s to come.
He is a past president of the Washington Automotive Press Association, a winner of the International Motor Press Association’s Ken Purdy Award for excellence in automotive journalism, and a Sports Car Club of America race winner in his Swift DB-1 Formula Ford race car. Dan has been invited as the automotive guest on NPR’s Kojo Nnamdi Show and to drive race cars for BMW, Mazda, and Volkswagen.
He is a juror for the North American Car, Truck, and SUV of the Year Award, and serves as a judge for the Society of Automotive Engineers Formula SAE race car engineering competition for university student teams.
Education
Dan graduated from Virginia Tech with a bachelor’s degree in communications.
