Vehicles(Page 17)

The latest on the cars, motorcycles, and other rides that carry us where we want to go.

Latest in Vehicles

How Intelligent Cars Will Make Driving Easier and Greener
Technology

How Intelligent Cars Will Make Driving Easier and Greener

By Rebecca Boyle

In Which We Compare Our Electric Vehicle to the Organic Vehicle–the Amish Horse and Buggy
Technology

In Which We Compare Our Electric Vehicle to the Organic Vehicle–the Amish Horse and Buggy

By Pierce Hoover

Future Shocks: Predictions From the World’s Foremost Film Prognosticator
Technology

Future Shocks: Predictions From the World’s Foremost Film Prognosticator

By Steve Daly

On Planning a Transcontinental Trip (With Enough Time for Recharging)
Technology

On Planning a Transcontinental Trip (With Enough Time for Recharging)

By Pierce Hoover

Video: How to Make a Truck Jump 332 Feet
Science

Video: How to Make a Truck Jump 332 Feet

By Amanda Schupak

Across America On A Single Light Bulb’s Worth of Power
Technology

Across America On A Single Light Bulb’s Worth of Power

By Pierce Hoover

How It Works: A Smarter Crash-Test Dummy
Technology

How It Works: A Smarter Crash-Test Dummy

By Rena Marie Pacella

Introducing Kestrel, The First Road-Ready Car Built Out Of Hemp
Technology

Introducing Kestrel, The First Road-Ready Car Built Out Of Hemp

By Steven Kotler

Dr. Calvin B. Bridges with his streamlined car, in the October 1934 issue of Popular Science magazine.
DIY

Archive gallery: a century of vehicular DIY

By Denise Ngo

First Demonstration of Cars That Test Blood Alcohol Level Before Letting You Drive
Technology

First Demonstration of Cars That Test Blood Alcohol Level Before Letting You Drive

By Clay Dillow

Bat Ears Could Inspire New Sensing Technology For Robots and Autonomous Vehicles
Technology

Bat Ears Could Inspire New Sensing Technology For Robots and Autonomous Vehicles

By Rebecca Boyle

New Split-Cycle Engine Design Shown To Improve Fuel Economy By 50 Percent
Technology

New Split-Cycle Engine Design Shown To Improve Fuel Economy By 50 Percent

By Clay Dillow

The Truth About Toyota’s New Magnesium Battery
Technology

The Truth About Toyota’s New Magnesium Battery

By Seth Fletcher

Active Camouflage System Uses E-Ink to Make Tanks Invisible on the Battlefield
Technology

Active Camouflage System Uses E-Ink to Make Tanks Invisible on the Battlefield

By Clay Dillow

Demystifying the Chevy Volt’s Mostly-Electric Engine
Technology

Demystifying the Chevy Volt’s Mostly-Electric Engine

By Seth Fletcher

Test Drive: GM’s EN-V Electric Transporter, Half a Smart Car On a Segway Base
Technology

Test Drive: GM’s EN-V Electric Transporter, Half a Smart Car On a Segway Base

By Dan Nosowitz

GM’s New Battery Chemistry? It’s Already In the Chevy Volt
Technology

GM’s New Battery Chemistry? It’s Already In the Chevy Volt

By Seth Fletcher

Testing the Best: Driving Fast in the Ferrari 458 Italia
Technology

Testing the Best: Driving Fast in the Ferrari 458 Italia

By John Mahoney

1927 Model T Triumphs Over 164 Modern Machines In Punishing Endurance Race
Technology

1927 Model T Triumphs Over 164 Modern Machines In Punishing Endurance Race

By Murilee Martin

This Sports Car Has Six Wheels
Technology

This Sports Car Has Six Wheels

By Dan Nosowitz

Archive Gallery: Thrilling Trains of the Future
Technology

Archive Gallery: Thrilling Trains of the Future

By Denise Ngo

Urbee Is the First Car Made By a 3-D Printer
Technology

Urbee Is the First Car Made By a 3-D Printer

By Julie Beck

Archive Gallery: PopSci’s Favorite Flying Cars
Technology

Archive Gallery: PopSci’s Favorite Flying Cars

By Denise Ngo

Revealed: Google’s Car Fleet Has Been Driving Around Unmanned For 140,000 Miles Already
Technology

Revealed: Google’s Car Fleet Has Been Driving Around Unmanned For 140,000 Miles Already

By Clay Dillow

The Craziest Japanese Concept Cars, 1969-2009
Technology

The Craziest Japanese Concept Cars, 1969-2009

By Dan Nosowitz

Pedal-Powered Shweeb Monorail System Wins $1.05 Million in Google Innovation Contest
Technology

Pedal-Powered Shweeb Monorail System Wins $1.05 Million in Google Innovation Contest

By Dan Nosowitz

Chainless Bicycle Uses Wire and Pulley System, Eliminating Grease and Increasing Cool Factor
Technology

Chainless Bicycle Uses Wire and Pulley System, Eliminating Grease and Increasing Cool Factor

By Rebecca Boyle

Scan Someone’s License Plate and Message Them Instantly with New Bump App
Technology

Scan Someone’s License Plate and Message Them Instantly with New Bump App

By Rebecca Boyle

Earth Day on the Highway
Technology

Earth Day on the Highway

By Jon Alain Guzik and Alison Lakin

What Modifications Would I Need to Make to My Car So I Could Drive It On The Moon?
Science

What Modifications Would I Need to Make to My Car So I Could Drive It On The Moon?

By Stuart Fox

Power Struggle
Technology

Power Struggle

By Seth Fletcher

The Flying Car Gets Real
Technology

The Flying Car Gets Real

By Gregory Mone

A $40,000 Hyundai? Luxuriating in the 2009 Genesis Sedan
Technology

A $40,000 Hyundai? Luxuriating in the 2009 Genesis Sedan

By Mike Spinelli

Driving The 2009 Corvette ZR1: Detroit’s Mild-Mannered Supercar
Technology

Driving The 2009 Corvette ZR1: Detroit’s Mild-Mannered Supercar

By Mike Spinelli

The Zero-Emissions One-Wheeled Motorcycle
Technology

The Zero-Emissions One-Wheeled Motorcycle

By Bjorn Carey

Racing the Nissan GT-R: In Any Other Car, You’d Be Dead Now
Technology

Racing the Nissan GT-R: In Any Other Car, You’d Be Dead Now

By Mike Spinelli

Test Drive: 2008 Mercedes C300 Sport Sedan
Technology

Test Drive: 2008 Mercedes C300 Sport Sedan

By Seth Fletcher

Test Drive: Lamborghini Reventon
Technology

Test Drive: Lamborghini Reventon

By William R. Snyder

Long-Term Test: A Natural-Gas Guzzler
Technology

Long-Term Test: A Natural-Gas Guzzler

By Eric Adams, Popular Science Team

Designer Trevor Harris
Technology

Going Nowhere Fast

By Preston Lerner

Hydrogen-Bombing Down the Track
Technology

Hydrogen-Bombing Down the Track

By Joe Brown

The Race to 100 MPG
Technology

The Race to 100 MPG

By Billy Baker

Warning: The Hydrogen Economy May Be More Distant Than It Appears
Technology

Warning: The Hydrogen Economy May Be More Distant Than It Appears

By Michael Behar

The Turbo- and Supercharged Car
Technology

The Turbo- and Supercharged Car

By Matthew Phenix

My Wagon Can Beat Your Porsche!
Technology

My Wagon Can Beat Your Porsche!

No Engine Required
Technology

No Engine Required

By Preston Lerner

Project Porsche
Technology

Project Porsche

By Stephan Wilkinson

Do The Locomotion: 207 Tons and 4,400 hp
Technology

Do The Locomotion: 207 Tons and 4,400 hp

By Stephan Wilkinson

Ultimate!! Racing!! Machines!!
Technology

Ultimate!! Racing!! Machines!!

By Preston Lerner

What In the World is Wally?
Technology

What In the World is Wally?

By Stephan Wilkinson

1 Jet Engine & 18,000 Pounds of Fuel
Technology

1 Jet Engine & 18,000 Pounds of Fuel

By Eric Adams

What In the World isWally?
Technology

What In the World isWally?

By Stephan Wilkinson

Your Car: Weapon of Survival
Technology

Your Car: Weapon of Survival

By Dan Carney

7 Flights Into the Future
Technology

7 Flights Into the Future

Triple Caution! Flying Finish! Loose Surface!
Technology

Triple Caution! Flying Finish! Loose Surface!

By Preston Lerner

How to Clip the Apex Like a Real Pro
Technology

How to Clip the Apex Like a Real Pro

By Stephan Wilkinson

A Car Stereo That Can Kill You? Cool.
Technology

A Car Stereo That Can Kill You? Cool.

By Stephan Wilkinson

My 1,500-Horsepower Brake Job
Technology

My 1,500-Horsepower Brake Job

By Stephan Wilkinson

Tuning Japanese
Technology

Tuning Japanese

By Preston Lerner

What a Rush
Technology

What a Rush

By Ted West

American Muscle
Technology

American Muscle

By Michael W. Robbins

Your Car, 2022
Technology

Your Car, 2022

By Michelle Krebs

Running shoes
Technology

The 350 horsepower hydraulic-assisted, hot-looking Tonka Truck

By Dan McCosh

Sports Cars Power Up
Technology

Sports Cars Power Up

By Don Sherman