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a tesla headlight
Electric Vehicles

These hackers revealed security vulnerabilities in a Tesla—and won a car

By Harry Guinness

dodge hornet
Electric Vehicles

The electrified Dodge Hornet offers a ‘PowerShot’ of extra horsepower

By Kristin Shaw

A 747-400 outside at sunset, with a GE9X engine on its left wing for testing.
Aviation

How does a jet engine work? By running hot enough to melt its own innards.

By Rob Verger

the nissan ariya
Electric Vehicles

The tricky search for just the right amount of automation in our cars

By Kristin Shaw

This drone company plans to make deliveries by lowering a small droid into your yard
Drones

This drone company plans to make deliveries by lowering a small droid into your yard

By Rob Verger

the steering yoke on a lexus EV
Electric Vehicles

This new Lexus EV offers an aircraft-like steering wheel. Here’s what it’s like to use.

By Kristin Shaw

Why are Tesla steering wheels falling off?
Electric Vehicles

Why are Tesla steering wheels falling off?

By Jack Izzo

Formula 3 cars on the racetrack
Electric Vehicles

How the Formula races plan to power their cars with more sustainable fuel

By Jack Izzo

wing drones
Drones

Save a parking spot for Wing’s slick new ‘AutoLoader’ for drones

By Harry Guinness

hydrogen powered airplane
Aviation

This plane powered by hydrogen has made an electrifying first flight

By Rob Verger

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Concept Cars

How concept cars hint at a dazzling automotive future

By Kristin Shaw

Why the US military plans to start making its own jet fuel
Air Force

Why the US military plans to start making its own jet fuel

By Rob Verger

From Miatas to Lamborghinis, these sports cars are meant for dirt, not asphalt
Vehicles

From Miatas to Lamborghinis, these sports cars are meant for dirt, not asphalt

By Dan Carney

Why some Toyotas have ‘fish fins’
Engineering

Why some Toyotas have ‘fish fins’

By Kristin Shaw

Tesla Model S red electric car close-up of hood
Electric Vehicles

Massive new Tesla recall focuses on dangers of self-driving software

By Andrew Paul

A Kia in Minneapolis
Security

A software update could make your Hyundai or Kia harder to steal

By Harry Guinness

a Zoox self-driving car on the road
Self Driving

An autonomous EV with no steering wheel is hitting the road in California

By Harry Guinness

Mustang Dark Horse with Carbon Fiber Wheels.
Vehicles

Ford’s new Mustang Dark Horse has supercar-worthy wheels

By Kristin Shaw

A plane flying high above the ground, drawing white contrails across a blue sky.
Aviation

How high do planes fly? It depends on if they’re going east or west.

By Rob Verger

Honda’s newest Accord hybrid is a sleek, brawny beast
Hybrid Cars

Honda’s newest Accord hybrid is a sleek, brawny beast

By Kristin Shaw

The Venturi Antarctica electric vehicle pulls a sledge through the snow
Electric Vehicles

This Antarctic EV goes where other electric vehicles can’t tread

By Jack Izzo

Pete Buttigieg on how to improve the deadly track record of US drivers
Electric Vehicles

Pete Buttigieg on how to improve the deadly track record of US drivers

By Rob Verger

Lightning-fast Lamborghini is slowly shifting gears towards electrification
Electric Vehicles

Lightning-fast Lamborghini is slowly shifting gears towards electrification

By Kristin Shaw

DARPA wants aircraft that can maneuver with a radically different method
Air Force

DARPA wants aircraft that can maneuver with a radically different method

By Kelsey D. Atherton

We drove the most powerful Honda in the US: a Civic
Vehicles

We drove the most powerful Honda in the US: a Civic

By Bradley Iger

NASA aims to fly its experimental electric plane this year
Aviation

NASA aims to fly its experimental electric plane this year

By Rob Verger

US M1 Abrams tank
Army

M1 Abrams tanks and other armored vehicles could change how Ukraine fights

By Kelsey D. Atherton

electric corvette
Electric Vehicles

Chevy’s first electrified Corvette, the E-Ray, is a heavyweight built to be quick

By Kristin Shaw

This ‘airliner of the future’ has a radical new wing design
Aviation

This ‘airliner of the future’ has a radical new wing design

By Rob Verger

Why the Navy is getting fast new medical ships
Navy

Why the Navy is getting fast new medical ships

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Danika Fickler
Vehicles

Meet the college freshman who races a souped-up Chevy Blazer and studies psych

By Kristin Shaw

The 3 most exciting automotive reveals from CES 2023
Concept Cars

The 3 most exciting automotive reveals from CES 2023

By Kristin Shaw

an aerial view of an intersection
Electric Vehicles

What can ‘smart intersections’ do for a city? Chattanooga aims to find out.

By Rob Verger

gmc hummer ev
Electric Vehicles

Which vehicle would win—an electric Hummer or a Corvette?

By Kristin Shaw

Behind the wheel of McLaren’s hot new hybrid supercar, the Artura
Hybrid Cars

Behind the wheel of McLaren’s hot new hybrid supercar, the Artura

By Dan Carney

Watch this big battery pack drop 50 feet in an aircraft safety test
Aviation

Watch this big battery pack drop 50 feet in an aircraft safety test

By Rob Verger

Ram’s electric pickup concept will be revealed in less than a month
Concept Cars

Ram’s electric pickup concept will be revealed in less than a month

By Kristin Shaw

The Army’s Black Hawk helicopter replacement is a speedy tiltrotor aircraft
Army

The Army’s Black Hawk helicopter replacement is a speedy tiltrotor aircraft

By Rob Verger

Best automotive innovations of 2022
Concept Cars

The biggest automotive innovations of 2022

By Clifford Atiyeh

The most ingenious engineering feats of 2022
Best of What's New

The most ingenious engineering feats of 2022

By Andrew Rosenblum

The most awesome aerospace innovations of 2022
Army

The most awesome aerospace innovations of 2022

By Rahul Rao, Rob Verger

Can airplane engines run on hydrogen? A recent ground test showed good results.
Aviation

Can airplane engines run on hydrogen? A recent ground test showed good results.

By Harry Guinness

The 100 greatest innovations of 2022
Best of What's New

The 100 greatest innovations of 2022

By Popular Science Team

Fiat wants its small new EV to be a luxurious ‘fashion accessory’
Concept Cars

Fiat wants its small new EV to be a luxurious ‘fashion accessory’

By Kristin Shaw

This startup wants to take you on quick trips in its sleek electric aircraft, Midnight
Aviation

This startup wants to take you on quick trips in its sleek electric aircraft, Midnight

By Rob Verger

Behind the wheel of Volkswagen’s reinvented classic: the electric ID.BUZZ
Electric Vehicles

Behind the wheel of Volkswagen’s reinvented classic: the electric ID.BUZZ

By Dan Carney

A Lamborghini designed for off-roading is coming. Take a look.
Vehicles

A Lamborghini designed for off-roading is coming. Take a look.

By Kristin Shaw

Empty parking lot underneath blue sky with clouds
Engineering

Elon Musk’s Hyperloop is being demolished for more SpaceX parking spots

By Andrew Paul

A new silicone tire sealant stops nails in their tracks
Electric Vehicles

A new silicone tire sealant stops nails in their tracks

By Kristin Shaw

Why plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles are worth a look right now
Electric Vehicles

Why plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles are worth a look right now

By Dan Carney

Swiss train crossing bridge in Alps
Engineering

Switzerland sets world record for longest passenger train—and it’s electric

By Andrew Paul

battery equipment
Engineering

Scientists are getting energized about a massive battery ‘genome’ project

By Rob Verger

illustrations of a person being teleported in a 1960s style
Physics

Could quantum physics unlock teleportation?

By Bill Gourgey

The Army’s new light tank can venture where its beefier cousins can’t
Army

The Army’s new light tank can venture where its beefier cousins can’t

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Delta plans to offer you trips to the airport in an electric air taxi
Aviation

Delta plans to offer you trips to the airport in an electric air taxi

By Rob Verger

a high speed rail train in black and white over a map of US rail lines in purple in the background
Engineering

High-speed rail trains are stalled in the US—and that might not change for a while

By Bill Gourgey

Behind the wheel of the most technically advanced Corvette on the market
Vehicles

Behind the wheel of the most technically advanced Corvette on the market

By Dan Carney

Wisk’s next-gen air taxi aims to transport four passengers with no pilot
Aviation

Wisk’s next-gen air taxi aims to transport four passengers with no pilot

By Rob Verger

Watch Alice, a new electric commuter plane, fly for the first time
Aviation

Watch Alice, a new electric commuter plane, fly for the first time

By Rob Verger

Watch this sleek electric plane ace its high-speed ground test
Electric Vehicles

Watch this sleek electric plane ace its high-speed ground test

By Rob Verger

Tesla interior with driver hand on black steering wheel
Electric Vehicles

Tesla updates finger-pinching window glitch

By Andrew Paul

Air Company and US Air Force's SAF test flight.
Air Force

Sustainable jet fuel is taking off with commercial airlines

By Charlotte Hu

Tesla Model Y vehicles can be hacked—in theory
Electric Vehicles

Tesla Model Y vehicles can be hacked—in theory

By Harry Guinness

Are we ready for our Uber Eats orders to arrive via robot?
Electric Vehicles

Are we ready for our Uber Eats orders to arrive via robot?

By Rob Verger