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  How will Formula One reckon with electric cars?

  A noisy debate about the world's fastest and most popular motorsport.

  ... planet's pre-eminent racing series, the new cars are faster and more advanced ... our all-electric (or nuclear or hydrogen or whatever) future? “Transportation can ...

  By Joe Brown
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  Mercedes to Launch Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Car Into Production by 2010

  Mercedes-Benz says the company will bring a fuel-cell hatchback to buyers in the US and Europe by early next year. But will there be enough filling stations to support it?

  ... GM who've announced they'll produce hydrogen fuel-cell cars, Mercedes-Benz hopes the whole ... , far ahead of the massive hydrogen infrastructure the company acknowledges will ...

  By Mike Spinelli
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  This Race Car Swaps Fossil Fuels For Hydrogen Power

  Aston Martin's Rapide S is the first hydrogen-powered car to race in an event sanctioned by the FIA.

  ... 59 pounds of hydrogen, becoming the first hydrogen-powered car to compete in ... seconds. Alset Global built the car's hydrogen system and created the Alset ...
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  2018 New York International Auto Show: Crossovers and driver-assist tech abound

  Driver-helping technology reigns supreme on 2019 models.

  ... Hyundai Kona (pictured above) Electric cars don't really need grills like ... hangups. 2019 Nissan AltimaOne of the grabbiest aspects of the new Nissan ...

  By Stan Horaczek
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  The Greening of Hydrogen Fuel Cells

  To create a truly clean alternative fuel, scientists are looking towards creating an artificial version of photosynthesis

  ... great thing for our cars is the hydrogen fuel cell. If you've ... energy in hydrogen molecules which we could put in our cars. An ...
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  Hy-Wire Act

  First look at the guts of GM's fuel cell Autonomy car

  ... reordered automobile physiology: Fuel cells, hydrogen, motor, and brakes were all ... , 6-inch-thick chassis onto which modular car bodies could be snapped. Drive-by-wire ...
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  Can Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles Compete With Electric Cars?

  Suddenly, hydrogen fuel-cell cars are back in the news. Headlines have proclaimed a coming ... automakers are pursuing both hydrogen and plug-in electric cars, to a greater ...
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  The First Mass-Produced Hydrogen Car

  Bye-bye, gasoline!

  ... will be the first mass-produced hydrogen car in the U.S. when it ... debuts this spring. Because hydrogen fuel infrastructure is more or ...
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  Apple Speeds Into Electric Car Race

  iCar may arrive by 2019

  ... plans to deliver an electric car by 2019, and is in the ... , which currently dominates the electric car market is openly working on ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  Car Disrupted: Hydrogen Hits The Road This Fall

  One of four new ideas transforming your ride

  ... lot to the new Toyota Mirai. The hydrogen-powered car is a first ... lot of energy, which makes hydrogen cars less efficient than their battery-electric ...

  By Eric Adams
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  Test Drive: Volkswagen's Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Concept

  Why the German automaker plans to continue development on its hydrogen fuel cell prototypes

  ... range of 186 miles per hydrogen top-up. The specific vehicles we ... to other green departments. Their hydrogen car batteries, for example, are used ...
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  Warning: The Hydrogen Economy May Be More Distant Than It Appears

  Nine myths and misconceptions, and the truth about why hydrogen-powered cars aren’t just around the corner

  ... the atmosphere. "People say that hydrogen cars would be pollution-free," observes University ... of implementing new technology. His estimate for building a hydrogen economy: more ...
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  What it's really like working as a safety driver in a self-driving car

  Riding in cars with computers.

  ... a “safety driver” at autonomous car company Drive.ai, riding behind the ... originally published in the Spring 2019 Transportation issue of Popular Science.

  By Rob Verger
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  Vision: Our Driving Conundrum

  Cars that think for us! Cars that change shape at will! Cars that scream along underground at twice the speed of sound! It’s a cinch to predict the future of the automobile. But how do we get there?

  ... new energy paradigm, the ultimate in distributed power generation. When parked, cars ... : The oil and car companies are investing heavily in hydrogen research, and ...
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  300 MPG Riversimple Urban Car Open-Sources Its Hydrogen Fuel Cell Tech

  A hydrogen-powered two-seater unveiled in London this week can seat two, turn in the equivalent of 300 MPG and hit a top speed of 50 mph. Plus, its blueprints are open source. Take that, auto industry

  ... open collaboration on the Riversimple car will speed development and improve ... the C02 produced by the newest hybrids. Propelling force comes from ...

  By Mike Spinelli
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  Hydrogen-Bombing Down the Track

  PopSci goes pedal-to-the-carbon-fiber in Honda's next-gen prototype fuel cell car after a rare one-on-one interview with Honda's president and CEO Takeo Fukui

  ... hydrogen vehicles out there, Honda's new stack stands upright where a normal car's ... envision an electric car that runs off hydrogen generated by solar panels. ...
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  Driving The 2016 Toyota Mirai Is Remarkably Unremarkable (And That's A Good Thing)

  Toyota's hydrogen fuel cell vehicle has an easy, comfortable driving demeanor that belies its amazing complexity underneath.

  ... infrastructure across Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island. The ... is seen as a breakthrough car by hydrogen proponents, in much the ...

  By Matthew de Paula
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  How It Works: The Toyota Mirai

  The hydrogen-powered car hits streets this fall

  ... automakers--Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai--have debuted new hydrogen cars. The biggest launch is likely ... , a platinum-cobalt catalyst splits the hydrogen molecules into positively charged ions ...
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  The Hellephant engine will cram 1,000 horsepower into your car—if you can fit it

  Mopar's crammed lots of power into this crate beast.

  ... performance of an old muscle car with tuning tricks and bolt-on ... originally published in the Spring 2019 Transportation issue of Popular Science.

  By Jordan Golson
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  Low-Emissions Mayhem: Jesse James Breaks Hydrogen Speed Record

  The car TV star surpasses BMW to set a new hydrogen-car speed record in a vintage streamliner with a funny name.

  ... that hit 185 mph, James's hydrogen car was powered not by fission ... alternative energy could become a new gearhead obsession. [via AutoWeek]

  By Mike Spinelli
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  The greatest auto innovations of 2018

  They're the Best of What's New.

  Few innovations thrill us more than the ones we drive. When you consider an electric supercar that snaps back your head with acceleration or a set of tungsten-coated brakes that'll have you straining against your ...

  By Eric Adams and Joe Brown
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  Sugar: Future Fuel?

  If a new hydrogen fuel cell idea takes off, you might be pumping your SUV full of sugar water.

  ... of sugar water. If a new hydrogen fuel cell idea takes off ... , a fuel cell car would need to carry hydrogen gas under pressure ...
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  Test Drive: Honda FCX

  The world's first limited-production fuel cell car just wants to blend in.

  ... managed to make a hydrogen-powered car that looks and rides much ... help accommodate the two large hydrogen tanks between the rear wheels ...
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  6,000 tires, 700 horsepower, and 230 miles per hour: The Indy 500 by the numbers

  One of the greatest car races in the world is also a showcase for innovative engineering.

  ... miles per hour The cars really are fast. 2019 pole-sitter Simon Pageneaud ... the left-side tires feature a new compound only.Seven previous champs There ...

  By Dan Carney
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  Your Car, 2022

  This is the engine, fuel tank, and transmission of a revolutionary new kind of car. In this feature, we offer a first peek at the cool designs it makes possible.

  ... and another with expertise in hydrogen storage tanks. GM has competition ... compartment, meanwhile, could make cars safer, with new room for crash-absorbing material ...
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  Hydrogen is Hot

  Chevy's fuel-cell SUV zips around Las Vegas

  ... polished and user-friendly as any new car on the lot. It's a ... live near the handful of hydrogen fueling stations—mostly in California ...
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  The 2007 New York International Auto Show

  Far-out supercar concepts, innovative alt-energy vehicles, and more than one pair of hot triplets--it's all at the NYIAS this week, and automotive editor Eric Adams is on the scene

  The 2007 New York International Auto Show, which ... Pockets driving around in tiny cars? Not up on Polly Pocket ...
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  Turkish Students Create Hydrogen-Powered 1300-MPG Car

  ... sponsors to keep improving the car before the competition in October. ... some of its own notable cars, including the University of Michigan's ...

  By Adrian Covert
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  Free Hydrogen-Powered Cars for Good Homes

  General Motors will soon put fuel-cell SUVs in the hands of 100 lucky consumers. You could be one of them

  ... , New York, or Washington, D.C., where it's easiest to find a hydrogen ... two of its FCX fuel-cell cars to customers.) As with other ...
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  First Mass-Produced Hydrogen Cars Roll Out

  They produce only water as exhaust.

  ... Union has started building hydrogen fueling stations, the New Zealand Herald reported. ... the first mass-produced hydrogen car. I regret the error. [New Zealand Herald, U.S. ...

  By Francie Diep
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  Hydrogen Highways Are Becoming Realities In California

  Fuel cell fill-ups aren't just California dreams anymore

  ... San Francisco, thanks to a new fuel station built in Coalinga ... starting to make progress toward hydrogen cars. At the Detroit Auto Show ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  Dreams, Fantasies, and Realities: Inside Honda's Japanese R&D Lab

  Luxury supercars, hydrogen fuel cells, and fully autonomous cars -- in 15 years

  ... (by virtue of its Mirai hydrogen car released over the summer) appear ... enough to show off the new car's performance capabilities up to that ...

  By Eric Adams
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  How to build a car audio system powerful enough to blow your hair back

  Your stock care speakers don't do your tunes justice—it's time for an upgrade.

  ... preserving the essence of the new Post Malone (or the old ... originally published in the Spring 2019 Transportation issue of Popular Science.

  By Stan Horaczek
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  What will it take for humans to trust self-driving cars?

  They're coming—but are we ready to let a computer take the wheel?

  ... taken before Herzberg's death. Self-driving cars are already cruising our streets ... originally published in the Spring 2019 Transportation issue of Popular Science.

  By Rob Verger
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  Inside the 2019 Ferrari Pista, a supercar built for the racetrack

  It's built specifically with the racetrack in mind.

  ... when appropriate to stabilize the car. Rocketing around Homestead Miami Speedway's ... they help (along with the car's recalibrated magnetically adjustable shock absorbers ...

  By Dan Carney
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  FYI: What Happens If I Put Rocket Fuel In My Gas Tank?

  If your car is a diesel, it will run. Liquid hydrogen, the fuel ... Institute of Technology. But keeping hydrogen liquid requires maintaining it at ...
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  See the incredible supercars from the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show

  Every car on the list is worthy of a poster.

  ... of glittering dream cars, including the most expensive new car ever offered for ... performance claims in a new crop of amazing cars. Participants include traditional ...

  By Dan Carney
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  Green Machines in Detroit

  PopSci heads to the 20th North American International Auto Show to bring you the mean, green machines about to flood our shores

  ... While the usual hyped sports cars and solid trucks weren't exactly ... short supply, nearly every concept car toed the eco line. Fuel ...
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  Review: Who Killed the Electric Car?

  Corporate and governmental bad guys are implicated in this documentary about the death of GM's beloved EV1 plug-in

  ... promising than the apparently imminent hydrogen technology. The reality was exactly ... Gossamer Albatross. His solar-powered electric car Sunraycer, built for GM, won ...
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  Highlights From the Los Angeles Auto Show

  It's always sunny in Los Angeles

  ... weather is great, and as car towns go, the City of ...
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  At The 2016 Auto Show: Detroit Grows Up

  A connected, smart, and fun vision of tomorrow

  The unspoken themes at this year's North American International Auto Show are beauty and brains. There were plenty of gorgeous two-door coupes to go around—some concepts, some the real deal—and lots of talk of sensors ...

  By Eric Adams
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  Tuning Japanese

  Import tuners, once kid brothers to small-block chevys, have grown up.

  ... "Too many people copy this car already." Car class: Show. Though it ... the small-block Chevy of this new generation of hot-rodders (and, dubiously ...
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  2015 Detroit Auto Show: Honda FCV Concept Offers More Power, More Space

  Honda's latest fuel cell vehicle has an improved power train and more room for passengers

  ... build more hydrogen fueling stations in California. Building the cars and funding ... sexiest, most exciting new auto advancements and car concepts. Follow our complete ...

  By Kristen Hall-Geisler
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  Top auto innovations of 2014

  It is the best of what's new.

  ... and announced the first mass-market hydrogen car. The FCV, which launches in ... is also built from a new high-silica compound that provides better ...

  By Popular Science Staff
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  The Suburban Assault Vehicle

  The future of the recreational vehicle

  ... any car and have high-tech functionality: a hybrid engine; a hydrogen fuel ... like a balloon." This new breed of car will adapt to any ...
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  The Ultimate Green Machine

  Our proposed GreenCar, an eco-mobile that's bigger than the Prius but gets more than twice the mileage.

  ... and all its systems. Compressed hydrogen gas reacts with oxygen to ... a low-pressure zone behind the car, reducing turbulent (drag-inducing) airflow Tires ...
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  The Price of Karma

  Greener than a Prius and hotter than a Maserati, the Fisker Karma promises to change the way the world thinks about electric cars. The only problem is that nobody outside the company has driven one yet. Will Henrik Fisker tempt buyers into the electric age, or is he already a relic of the past?

  ... of the electric car, the beginning of the New Age of the ... everything up, and then use hydrogen to get out," Koehler recalls.Long ...
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  Design: The Guru of Impossible Engineering Creates a Car

  What would happen if an architect renowned for his unruly, twisted-metal structures decided to craft a new kind of automobile? We´re about to find out.

  ... such as novel chassis designs, new suspension systems, alternatives to the ... car so that there was no longer room to house three hydrogen ...
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  Ohio State's Buckeye Bullet Smashes World Record For Fastest Electric Car

  ... Flats to break the electric car land speed world record, and ... -- has been racing electric cars for well more than a ...

  By Clay Dillow
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  Behold The Rolls-Royce Concept Car For The Roads Of 2040

  Driverless, and no word yet on how it will be powered

  ... futuristic. But the two-seated luxury car was missing two things worth ... 100 will be powered by hydrogen, electricity, diesel, or banana peels. ...

  By G. Clay Whittaker
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  Alternative Fuels: the fuel cell challenge

  Only one car made it the entire 230 miles, and we were behind the wheel.

  ... the world's most environmentally responsible cars into Las Vegas, the world ... cars. GM alone attempts the entire journey. At our single liquid hydrogen ...
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  Hard Times at the LA Auto Show

  At the height of the automotive industry crisis, carmakers tried to smile through the pain

  ... with their small, sporty, fuel-efficient cars, while German brands like Mercedes ... the new Mazda 3, one of the nicest looking small cars at ...

  By Seth Fletcher
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  Earth Day on the Highway

  Our friends at Driverside.com explore what this little piece of history means for the future of green car technology and environmental awareness in the automotive industry

  ... for over 15 years including hydrogen fuel cell, electric, diesel, and ... about the problems of developing new approaches that would challenge the ...
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  Here's Your Next $2 Million Ride

  The Koenigsegg Regera goes from zero to 250 mph in under 20 seconds

  ... hallmarks of a sports car, the clutch. Its new hybrid, the Regera ... emissions standards. Other Car News You Should Care About Producing hydrogen fuel from ...

  By Matthew de Paula
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  Toyota Mirai Has Longest Range Of Any Zero-Emissions Vehicle

  The hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicle goes farther on a full tank

  ... app to help you locate hydrogen stations, and 24/7 customer support ... brings hydrogen within shouting distance of the range many gasoline-powered cars have.

  By Kristen Hall-Geisler
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  Detergent in the Tank

  Automotive design: Chrysler's concept van gives new meaning to "clean fuel."

  ... to the development of fuel-cell-powered cars. Borax's first performance is in ... vehicle. The same tank of hydrogen compressed by conventional means would ...
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  Chemical-Powered Cars Square Off

  A hydrogen fuel cell powers the winner of the 10th annual Chem-e-Car race

  The hydrogen Nascar circuit may yet be ... college students to build RC-size cars that can carry one cup ...

  By Mike Haney
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  Designing Sound Effects To Gently Warn Pedestrians Of Silent Vehicles

  Sound stylings for electric cars

  ... have “pedestrian alert systems” by 2019. This Renault Zoe EV allows ...

  By Emily Gertz
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  VW: 11 Million Diesels Had Cheating Software, $7.3 Billion Set Aside

  Criminal probe reported underway

  ... release, stressed that the company's new vehicles sold in the European ... 10 Questions Apple To Debut Car By 2019, But Bob Lutz Says ...
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  Tom's Cruiser

  Car '54 knows where you are: previsualizing Spielberg's psychic hot rod.

  ... power A/C in hot, parked cars. Speed-sensitive ride-height adjustment on wheels ... breakthroughs in fuel cell or hydrogen storage are required. 670 hp ...
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  Hacking the 21st-Century Auto

  A crowdsourced, street-legal rally racer; Neil Young's electric Lincoln Continental; tinkering with an Audi R8's computer for crazy horsepower boosts--and much more

  ... built in Miami) and a hydrogen vehicle designed for San Francisco. ... horsepower to a modern computer-controlled car isn't really a home-garage job ...

  By Gregory Mone
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  London Rolls Out the First Fuel-Cell Powered Black Cab

  ... cab powered jointly by a hydrogen fuel cell and lithium polymer ...

  By Clay Dillow
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  The evolution of the great American pickup truck, from 1925 to today

  Keep on truckin'.

  ... suspension springs onto its famous car's substructure.It didn't take long before ... with heat-treated aluminum. And a 2019 update to Chevy's Silverado will ...

  By Chuck Tannert
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  Obsession: Mr. Singh's Search for the Holy Grail

  American visionaries, cranks and con men have long sought the simple key to boosting the efficiency of the gasoline engine. Now a barefoot tinkerer in India believes he has unlocked the door. Is he for real?

  ... Isaac de Rivaz's wonky four-wheeled hydrogen thingamabob (1807) to the fairly ... a four-stroke, then a car, then 50 cars. Finally he borrowed money ...
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  The Fuel-Cell Racing Go-Kart

  A hydrogen-powered carbon-fiber go-kart built by 40 undergrads hits 60 mph and sports an ultra-capacitor for rapid acceleration

  ... get young engineers interested in hydrogen cars—they received two prizes: a ...

  By Annemarie Conte and Esther Haynes
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  What Modifications Would I Need to Make to My Car So I Could Drive It On The Moon?

  PopSci's FYI experts tackle any likelihood

  ... heads the development of NASA's new manned rover, called Athlete [see ... An electric engine running on hydrogen fuel cells would perform best ...

  By Stuart Fox
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  Test Drive: The Electric Mini

  The pricey, small-batch lithium-ion powered Mini E has arrived. And it looks and drives like, well, a really quiet Mini Cooper

  ... at which Mini premiered its new electric car, BMW unveiled a turbo-diesel ... BMW already has hybrid and hydrogen concepts in its lineup. With ...

  By Seth Fletcher
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  Inspiration: The Future on Four Wheels (More or Less)

  For 64 years, concept cars have wooed and wowed the driving public. Many made empty promises, but the best foreshadowed real technological change.

  ... all about regenerative braking. But hydrogen and fuel cells-it's much more ... you go from concept car to real car, because the design suffers. ...
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  At Tokyo Motor Show, the Public Will Be Allowed to Test-Ride In Robot-Driven Prius

  ... automakers are working on smarter car technology, ranging from driver-assist capabilities ... electric vehicle and FCV-R hydrogen fuel cell car, and host the Japanese ...

  By Rebecca Boyle
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  The Race to 1,000 MPH

  Britain's Richard Noble, the reigning king of land speed, is building a rocket on wheels to shatter his own record. The only problem: A ragtag American team might beat him to it

  ... of military-surplus jet engines spawned new competition among Americans Craig Breedlove ... funnel 2,100 pounds of hydrogen peroxide oxidizer from an aluminum ...

  By Mike Spinelli
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  CES 2015: Toyota Releases Fuel Cell Patents To Spur Development

  Toyota believes so passionately in a future "hydrogen society" that it's allowing competitors royalty-free use of its fuel cell technologies

  ... creation of a new age, the new age of hydrogen.” Lofty words, but ... said. Other automakers have hydrogen fuel cell cars under development, too. Hyundai ...

  By Matthew de Paula
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  Speed Record

  The inside account of how GM stole the Detroit auto show by hustling its Pontiac Solstice off the sketchpad and onto the stage in record time.

  ... New Beetle), the Audi TT, and the Microbus show piece. "Sports cars ... lift. So Lutz put the new concept car under Pontiac's imprint. None ...
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  The 2007 North American International Auto Show

  See automotive editor Eric Adams's photo-guide to the slickest new rides and concepts unveiled at the industry's premier event in Detroit

  ... visionary Volt plug-in sequential-hybrid concept car. (But since Toyota is expected ... to have fun with your new cars and entertain the assembled journos ...
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  The Coolest Car Tech We Saw At CES 2015

  Wearables and gesture controls are dazzling, but the most useful automotive innovations at CES are far more practical.

  ... smart TV. Browse the best car tech we saw at CES ...

  By Matthew de Paula
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  Jannarelly Builds a New Car Company on Old-Car Style

  The retro-futuristic roadster uses a Nissan V6 engine

  ... gaga over connected cars, autonomous cars, and cars that use electricity, hydrogen, or a ... , and a hard top. As new parts become available, owners will ...

  By Kristen Hall-Geisler
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  The 2007 L.A. Auto Show

  We head to sunny California to scope the cars of tomorrow you'll want to own today

  ... Convention Center to see the cars of the future. At press ... no shortage of gas-guzzling performance cars either. For some highlights, launch ...
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  The Expo's Softly Whirring Fleet of Electric Vehicles

  ... (which are everywhere) run on hydrogen fuel cells. Check out the ... : [Inside the Pavilions of a New World's Fair](/ Photo Guide ...

  By John Mahoney
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  A beginner's guide to buying a motorcycle

  Picking the right ride can make all the difference.

  ... tradeoff, of course, is that new motorcycles are expensive, and come ... tip-overs that are common among new riders.A better alternative is the ...

  By Dan Carney
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  Taming Your Gas Guzzler

  A new hydrogen generator may help trucks save gas and emit fewer pollutants

  ... pass a Prius, then a new technology under development in Canada ... tomorrow. The H2N-Gen, from Innovative Hydrogen Solutions, Inc., in Winnipeg, Manitoba ...
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  Archive Gallery: Single-Wheeled Vehicles Trundle Through The Decades

  Gyroscopic speed-demons, one-wheeled war tanks, and more

  I have never understood why people who aren't circus clowns ride unicycles. They seem designed specifically to create wipeouts and, subsequently, schadenfreude (a lesson our writer learned all too well in 1967 when he ...

  By Julie Beck
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  Stop Skids In Their Tracks

  The 2015 Ford Focus keeps you from losing control on the road

  ... any driver would welcome. Other Car News You Should Care About Single-speed ... formable. 13: The number of hydrogen fueling stations in the United ...

  By Matthew de Paula
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  Green Skies at Mach 5

  This hydrogen-burning hypersonic airliner could fly more than twice as fast as the 1,350mph Concorde--and its passengers would travel absolutely guilt-free

  ... jet loaded with liquid hydrogen might sound dangerous, hydrogen fuel is actually ... could very well be the new airliner of choice. The Scimitar ...
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  Mercedes' New Safety Tech Aims To End Wrong-Way Driving

  The prevention system detects no-entry signs and issues acoustic and visual warnings to the driver.

  ... seem like an unlikely occurrence, cars traveling in the wrong direction ... Autonomous Car Development: Video Mercedes, Ford And Nissan Join Forces On Hydrogen ...
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  Shelling Out H2

  Iceland debuts the world's first retail hydrogen station.

  ... with his $1.7 billion five-year hydrogen initiative, "America can lead the ...
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  Delivering groceries with self-driving cars may be even trickier than transporting people

  Delivering cooked soup is easy, but it turns out delivering the ingredients to make it is hard.

  ... to hypothesize about what self-driving cars might make possible. Robot taxis ... that by the end of 2019. Ford and Postmates have been ...

  By Jordan Golson
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  Prototype: Luxury Eco-Zeppelins Will Fly Future Passengers Around the World

  ... less for other destinations. The hydrogen and solar-powered airship could perhaps ...

  By Jeremy Hsu
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  2016 Acura RLX Sport Hybrid Ups the Ante for Electric Motors

  The hybrid system uses one gasoline engine and three electric motors

  ... of shiny new technologies like pure electric vehicles or hydrogen fuel cells. ... and clean. Often in modern cars, this is done mechanically. Because ...

  By Kristen Hall-Geisler
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  American Muscle

  Attention: Hollywood, Wall Street & Washington. Here's the real Power List, and you're not on it.

  ... rockets. The main engines burn hydrogen and oxygen; the boosters burn ... hours in western Australia: 682 cars loaded with iron ore, stretching ...
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  Plastics in Automotive Markets: Vision and Technology Roadmap

  The automotive industry is on the brink of a revolution, and the plastics industry is poised to play a major role...

  ... , and lighting applications, further enhancing new styling opportunities. Versatility is core ... in energy efficiency, and for hydrogen fuel cells that hold the ...
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  Airbus Plane of the Future Concept Has Smart Fuselage, See-Through Walls

  So far, it's just an idea

  ... to dock; cryo-planes powered by hydrogen; and more. He even suggests ...

  By Rebecca Boyle
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  What Women Want

  Swedish concept: sexy or sexist?

  ... Popular Science: Why aim a car at women? Lena Ekelund: They're ... already have sensors making sure cars don't get too close on ...
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  Ultimate!! Racing!! Machines!!

  They look like lawnmowers on steroids, but superkarts can keep pace with million-dollar Ferraris--150 mph on the straights and crazy Gs in the turns. The best value in racing is starting to get respect.

  ... accustomed to honking 650-horsepower pony cars massive enough to reduce a ... Boeing 767 pilot who's another car racer turned superkart fanatic. "If ...
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  2011 Chevy Volt Unveiled

  After months of anticipation, Chevy releases its final Volt design

  ... corporation that killed the electric car; the Volt, GM hopes, will ... look like the plasma-powered time-traveling car of the future, it's a ...
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  Google Phone Designers Reconceptualize the Future of Driving

  ... the future. In this ideal car, you don't drive, and you ... mobile living room. The electric car, dubbed "ATNMBL" (Autonomobile) aims to ...

  By Adrian Covert
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  The World's Fastest Remote-Control Car

  A shrunken speedster revs up

  ... still thrilling, hobby: building radio-controlled cars. At 161 mph, his latest ... prevent fishtailing. He gave the car front-wheel drive for better control ...

  By Gregory Mone
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  The Flying Car is Doomed, Says The Economist

  ... the air. They think flying cars will have trouble getting road ... a case against the flying car every truly succeeding. Sniff. While ...

  By Adrian Covert
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  The Equilibrium Concept: A Car That Acts Like A Person

  You love your car, but would you want it to be more human? One designer thinks so

  ... the Equilibrium (EQ), a concept car by Dutch designer Bob Romkes ... of using technology to make cars more reactive to who's behind ...

  By Mike Spinelli
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  At the Tokyo Motor Show: Toyota's FT-86 Concept Car

  Toyota looks to its past for an excitement transfusion. It also raids the Subaru engine laboratory, but it's OK. Toyota's a part-owner

  ... last time Toyota produced a car enthusiasts could get excited about ... that once challenged US muscle cars with its 300-horsepower Supra could ...

  By Mike Spinelli
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  Hungarian Firm Envisions Electric Car That Splits Into Two Smaller Cars (No Joke)

  ... is not that idea. Hungarian car company Antro's ambitious reinvention of ... involves creating a six-seat hybrid-solar car that splits into two three-seater ...

  By Clay Dillow
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  Bio-Bug, UK's First Sewage-Powered Car, Takes to the Streets

  ... decided to build a sustainable car. Doing so wasn't necessarily easy ... it didn't adversely affect the car's performance. But Bio-Bug is now ...

  By Clay Dillow