The Big Hidden Problem With Uber? Insincere 5-Star Ratings
• http://www.wired.comLast night, I rode home with a stranger. He shot me a cursory glance in the mirror as I climbed into the backseat, but otherwise didn't acknowledge me.
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Uber Cars Now Outnumber Yellow Cabs in NYC
•According to the NY Post, Uber now has 14,088 black and luxury cars across New York City, compared to 13,587 yellow cabs, numbers a TLC spokesperson confirmed to Motherboard by email.
SXSW 2015: AeroMobil Says It Will Put Its Flying Car On The Market In 2017
• popsci.comAnd once that's done? A self-flying car
AUTONOMOUS CAR PREPARES FOR 3,500-MILE US ROAD TRIP
• http://hosted.ap.org,BY DEE-ANN DURBINCall it a preview of the cross-country road trip of the future.
The Retro Electric Moped That's Taking Over Europe
• Wired.comA moped spews more filth into the atmosphere than an 8-cylinder SUV. You didn't know that?
This 1,000-MPH Car Has to Be Bullet-Proofed for Safety
• http://www.wired.com,The Bloodhound SSC is a supersonic rocket on wheels that its creators, including current land speed record holder Andy Green, hope will be the first car to top 1,000 mph.
New Goodyear Tires Harness Friction To Help Power Your Car
• http://www.popsci.com, By Mary Beth GriggsWhere the rubber meets the road, there's energy to be gained
Aston Martin surprises Geneva with all-electric DBX super-CUV
• http://www.gizmag.com, By C.C. WeissIt was no secret that Aston Martin would have a big presence at the Geneva Motor Show.
The Elaborate Quest to Fly a Solar-Powered Plane Around the World
• Wired.comOn March 9, 2015 at 7:12 GMT, the Solar Impulse 2 took flight in Abu Dhabi, embarking on the first leg of its fuelless round-the-world trip.
Driverless Cars in 30 US cities; Death of Cars? Convenience vs. Cost; Comfortable Predictions
• globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.comI remain amused at skepticism towards driverless cars and trucks. Most believe the idea is at least a decade off.
ARMY PLANS THE WAR HELICOPTERS OF TOMORROW
• http://www.popsci.com, By Kelsey D. AthertonJOINT STRIKE ROTOR
MASSIVE PANAMA CANAL UPGRADE COULD TRANSFORM GLOBAL SHIPPING...
• http://www.popsci.com, By Rebecca BoyleMASSIVE PANAMA CANAL UPGRADE COULD TRANSFORM GLOBAL SHIPPING, AGAIN
Tesla Motors steps up hiring for battery storage unit
• By Dana Hull and Mark ChediakTesla Motors is staffing up for its new stationary-storage unit that will make battery packs and help founder Elon Musk expand beyond electric vehicles into providing energy for homes, businesses and utilities.
Is This The Testla of Bicycles?
• https://www.youtube.com, gdgtsbuzzA project on Indiegogo may be able to eliminate the issue of being trapped in bumper-to-bumper traffic. It's called the Storm eBike and upon first glance, it looks like a regular bicycle with wide tires.
Self-Driving Cars Will Be in 30 U.S. Cities by the End of Next Year
• http://observer.com, By Sage LazzaroThere will be driverless buses and pods as well.
Self-Driving Cars Will Be in 30 U.S. Cities by the End of Next Year
• http://observer.com, By Sage LazzaroThere will be driverless buses and pods as well.
Why Are Today's Diesels Only So-So Economical . . . and So Expensive?
• http://ericpetersautos.com, by ericThere's something weird and cruel about the fact that diesel engines are – for the most part – for the affluent-only. You'd think it'd be the reverse. And it is … in Europe.
NYPD to conduct "virtual stakeouts," get alerts on wanted cars nationwide
• ars technica"Vigilant Video is compiling a vast database tracking Americans' movements, and it's no surprise that one of the most prolific users of surveillance, the NYPD, would seek to access it...for the first time enabling the mass tracking of Americans,
I-Team: Collector car owners experience daylight nightmare
• CBS NewsA Washington couple says they were falsely arrested by the Nevada Highway Patrol for stealing a collector car they actually owned. The highway patrol admitted two errors that led to Robin and Beverly Bruins being removed from their car at gunpoint
Hyperloop Construction Starts Next Year With the First Full-Scale Track
• http://www.wired.com, BY ALEX DAVIESHyperloop Transportation Technologies, the company that wants to move the revolutionary transit system out of Elon Musk's brain into the real world, plans to start construction on an actual hyperloop next year.
Aston Martin takes wraps off the Vulcan
• http://www.gizmag.com,By David SzondyWhen an Aston Martin promises "extreme performance," it's time to get out of the way. After weeks of teasing, the company is lifting the lid on the Aston Martin Vulcan; its new track-only V12 supercar.
Rio Grande: Towable tiny living, supersized
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Adam WilliamsWe recently reported on the Custom 30 Foot House by Colorado's Rocky Mountain Tiny Houses, a towable dwelling that's on the larger side for such homes, at 9.1 m (30 ft) long. For those who like their tiny homes supersized, the firm recently followed-
Introducing TF-X™: Terrafugia's Vision for the Future of Personal Transportation
• https://www.youtube.com,TerrafugiaIncTF-X™ is the practical realization of the dream of countless visions of the future; it is designed to be the flying car for all of us.
This incredible US Coast Guard ship can cut through 20-foot sheets of ice
• http://www.businessinsider.com,JEREMY BENDERThe US Coast Guard operates one of the most powerful non-nuclear ships in the world. The Polar Star, along with her sister ship the Polar Sea, are true tanks of the ocean and plow some of the harshest seas in the world without difficulty.
The Koch brothers are joining forces with Tesla to take on car dealers
• http://www.greencarreports.comWar makes strange bedfellows.
Honda goes kei camping with N-Truck and N-Camp concepts
• gizmag.comAt this year's Japan Camping Car Show in Tokyo, Honda has unveiled a two-piece concept that takes the kei car camping.
Review: The Ferocious New Corvette Z06 Is an $80K Ferrari-Killer
• http://www.wired.com, Review: The Ferocious New CoIt starts with a bang, not a whimper.
Apple may have hundreds of people working on an electric car that looks like a minivan
• http://www.businessinsider.com,MATT ROSOFFAdding to the recent reports about an Apple vehicle, the Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has hundreds of people working on an electric vehicle under the code-name Titan.
Apple has 'several hundred' workers designing new electric car, codenamed 'Titan' -
• http://appleinsider.com, By Sam OliverThe smoke surrounding rumors of an Apple-branded vehicle has begun to thicken, as a new report says that Apple is indeed working on an all-electric vehicle that would take the shape of a minivan, with a huge team tasked to the project.
Geeking out on electric motorcycles – a trip to the Zero factory
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Loz BlainRegular readers will know I'm a bit of a fan of Zero's electric motorcycles – as the market leader in performance electric two-wheelers, Zero offers a glimpse into a future where gasoline engines feel frankly archaic.
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