A United States Air Force Colonel and the Royal Aerospace Society are walking back comments made about a simulated rogue drone at a conference on the future of air warfare in London last month. The Most Frustrating Features In Cars The comments made by the USAF Chief of AI Test and Operations Col. Tucker “Cinco” […]
Brace Yourself, The Hydrogen Powered Motorcycles Are Coming
Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha are following up on their agreement to standardize EV motorcycle batteries with a mad science experiment to develop hydrogen-powered motorcycles. Technically, the big four Japanese bike makers are starting a research group dubbed the “Hydrogen Small mobility and Engine technology,” or HySE for short, as Ride Apart reports. The research […]
EPA Wants Automakers to Slash Emissions 56 Percent By 2032
The Biden administration has put forth tough emissions criteria for the end of the decade, Volkswagen’s brand chief has been candid about the task of building an electric vehicle that everyone can afford, and a Ford factory in Ontario will be reborn next year. All that and more in this edition of The Morning Shift […]
Self-Driving Tractors, Trains Touted as Fix for Worker Shortage
Photo: Carla Gottgens (Getty Images) A lack of truck drivers and skilled machine operators is encouraging the development of autonomous vehicles across a number of industries from construction to farming to heavy industry and freight rail, according to Axios. Forget Autonomy, Drivers Still Want Control In case you missed it: Putting aside the ostensible “lack” […]
United Air Wants Electric VTOL Flying Taxis in Chicago by 2025
Apparently, flying cars are the future of personal transport and, one day, we’ll all be zipping around in the skies getting from A to B with ease. But as it stands, no flying cars actually exist yet, so we have to make do with startups around the world promising to build new, all-electric aircraft capable […]