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This zero-emissions flying water car lets you ditch traffic and sail to work

Have you ever been stuck in traffic, wishing you had a faster way to get to your destination? Then check this out:...

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Poor urban design could be at fault for Uber driverless car crash

Uber's self-driving cars are grounded after a fatal accident over the weekend — but a Cato Institute article...

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Toyota’s ultra customizable self-driving vehicle can transport people, goods, or services

Toyota is unveiling its vision of future mobility with the introduction of the innovative e-Palette concept. The...

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Renault’s Trezor is the electric car of the future

What will the electric car of the future look like? Renault has given us a sneak peek with the Trezor - a futuristic...

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Futuristic floating bubble car wins London design competition

Renault and Central Saint Martins - UAL have teamed up to develop the car of the future. Part of a design competition,...

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Audi unveils two new swanky self-driving concepts in Frankfurt

Audi is working hard on future self-driving cars that will forever change your daily commute. This week at the...

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New electric smart fortwo is ready to revolutionize car-sharing

Smart is planning to transition its small lineup of tiny cars to fully electric powertrains - in the not-too-distant...

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New autopilot software update improves performance and feel of Tesla cars

Tesla may be the most valuable car company in the United States, but they are still raising the bar for autonomous...

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Apple self-driving car spotted in California

Apple is full of surprises. Just last fall sources told Bloomberg the technology giant wasn't going to build a...

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8 universities given three years to develop a self-driving Chevy Bolt

We're getting closer to the year many automakers predicted would see self-driving vehicles on the road. While Ford...

A new car-sharing vision may help ease congestion in metropolitan areas lacking mass transportation options. Cities like New York City and London have a decent public transportation system, but if you've ever tried to commute in a city like Los Angeles, you probably pray for a better way. California's Ideo, a design company, offers one such alternative. Their latest concept looks past major infrastructure programs to an expanded view of the automobile sharing model as a means of reducing all of the negative affects of too many cars on the roads.

IDEO wants to turn your car into a small-scale public transportation option

A new car-sharing vision may help ease congestion in metropolitan areas lacking mass transportation options. Cities...

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The new Nissan Leaf will be able to drive autonomously on the highway

With the arrival of electric cars like the Chevy Bolt and the upcoming Tesla Model 3, the Nissan Leaf hasn't received...

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New Toyota concept takes the wheel when drivers get sleepy

The 2017 Consumer Electronics Show kicks off this week in Las Vegas, with an increasing number of automakers using...

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Chrysler unveils all-electric self-driving Portal car “designed by millennials for millennials”

While Tesla and Google are busy developing the technology to make cars drive themselves, other auto companies are...

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Did Uber flub its chance to expand self-driving ride-hailing service to San Francisco?

A few weeks ago, Uber quietly expanded its self-driving ride-hailing service to its hometown of San Francisco....

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Michigan just made driverless car history with a monumental new law

Michigan just became the first state in America to establish self-driving car regulations for use, testing, and...

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Fisker’s EMotion has the Tesla Model S in its sights

Legendary automotive designer Henrik Fisker teased us last month with the promise of a 400-mile range electric...

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Sources say Apple is no longer building mysterious self-driving car

Apple's mysterious Project Titan appears to have lost steam, according to sources "familiar with the project."...

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Self-driving car lane envisioned for commute between Vancouver and Seattle

Self-driving cars could revolutionize the way we commute, but city planners and governments will first need to...

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Uber launches self-driving cars in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Uber riders now have a chance of being greeted by a self-driving car. Uber just rolled out a fleet of...

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Local Motors unveils plans for self-driving 3D-printed car with drone tech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjhl3UgbWxI The contest was based on the Strati, a 3D-printed car produced by...

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Uber launching self-driving cars in Pittsburgh this month

Uber has been quietly working on research and development for its own self-driving cars, and the first units in...

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Uber confirms rumors they are testing a self-driving car

For the past year, rumors have been swirling that Uber is getting into the game of self-driving cars. The company...

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Google’s self-driving AI can legally be considered a ‘driver’ according to the Feds

One of the biggest obstacles to getting self-driving cars road legal in America may have just evaporated. In...

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Elon Musk says Tesla will make fully autonomous models by 2018

It’s no secret that Tesla has been hard at work developing self-driving cars, but we haven’t heard much about...

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2017 Volvo S90 gets us one step closer to fully autonomous cars

Over the past few years, Volvo has continued to test its autonomous driving technology as part of its goal to prevent...

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Nissan unveils self-driving electric car at the Tokyo Motor Show

Nissan has already announced plans to launch self-driving cars by the year 2020, but what form will these new autonomous...

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The Tesla Model S can now drive, park and brake without relying on a human driver

Tesla is finally rolling out the long-awaited “self-driving” update for the Model S software today (15 October),...

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Toyota just invested $50 million to develop intelligent cars that think and learn

At a press conference today in Silicon Valley Toyota announced plans to invest $50 million over five years to set...

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Audi unveils self-driving R8 e-tron electric car at CES Asia

Audi just unveiled its new self-driving R8 e-tron concept car at the CES Asia show in Shanghai, China. The R8 e-tron...

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