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Vehicles

How Audi’s electromechanical progressive steering works

By Kristin Shaw

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

Visit a WWII destroyer without leaving your sofa

By Andrew Paul

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

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

By Laura Kiniry

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Vehicles

The 2026 Aston Martin Valhalla Supercar is truly a super car

By Dan Carney

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Vehicles

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.
Vehicles

Windshield wipers’ overlooked female inventor

By Shoshi Parks

a truck spraying a pothole in front of a house
Vehicles

Asphalt-spraying truck fixes potholes in minutes

By Mack DeGeurin

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

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.
Vehicles

Teen brothers build a Disney-inspired ride in family basement

By Laura Kiniry

a bobsledder backlit
Vehicles

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.
Hybrid Cars

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
Vehicles

King cobras take the train in India

By Andrew Paul

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Vehicles

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

By Kristin Shaw

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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
Vehicles

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

By Andrew Paul

three Lamborghinis driving
Hybrid Cars

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

By Kristin Shaw

hands-free driving inside a rivian vehicle
Electric Vehicles

Rivian announces AI chip in move towards self-driving future

By Kristin Shaw

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - NOVEMBER 08: Max Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (1) Oracle Red Bull Racing RB21 on track during qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Brazil at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace on November 08, 2025 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Zak Mauger/LAT Images) // Getty Images / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202511080876 // Usage for editorial use only //
Vehicles

4 billion equations calculated for F1 team during race weekend

By Kristin Shaw