Should We Let Police Use Drones Post Emergencies Such as the Las Vegas Shooting?
In the wake of the largest mass shooting in American history in Las Vegas on Sunday, it’s imperative to analyze and implement the most preventable methods for similar future occurrence, besides...
View ArticleRobert Kubica Getting 2 Tests With Williams, Reports Say
There's no debating that Robert Kubica is one of the most romanticized, revered, and risky drivers on the market for a 2018 race seat. The recipient of multiple test sessions with Renault, Kubica has...
View ArticleFord Planning $14 Billion Cost-Cutting Strategy Around Trucks, Crossovers and...
The Blue Oval is looking to future-proof its plans. Ford will prioritize pickup truck and electric car development over the creation of sedans and internal-combustion engines over the next five years...
View ArticleSmokejumping with the 2017 Ducati Desert Sled
A few years ago, I stopped riding motorcycles. I’m not sure why. I’d taken my lumps and fractures on my bumblebee yellow-and-black Yamaha YZ80 as a kid, sent a friend’s Honda 125 off a cliff, and even...
View Article'Hybrid Recycling' Pioneer Attempting to Break Tesla's Distance Record
Range anxiety is, by far, the biggest concern that many people have about electric cars. Tesla has said that the Model S 100D can travel more than 300 miles on a single charge, but one Italian...
View ArticleThe Chevy Bolt is Starting to Cannibalize the Volt
Despite being a more expensive car in a similar segment, the Chevrolet Bolt EV has been outselling the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid over the past three months. While the Bolt has had a little bit of...
View ArticleFormula 1 Is Leaving NBC Sports, Moving to ESPN
NBC's coverage of Formula 1 will end this year. Autoweek reports that the series will be moving to ESPN for 2018 and beyond. “ESPN has had a long commitment to motorsports, and Formula 1 is a crown...
View ArticleThis is the All-New Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster
A couple weeks ago we showed you Triumph’s teaser video for the all-new Bonneville Speedmaster replacing the now-defunct Speedmaster cruiser. The bike was officially unveiled on Tuesday, and adding...
View ArticleDelivAir Wants More Direct Drone Deliveries
We’ve reported on all sorts of drone delivery companies and technologies, from UPS and its drone-deploying delivery trucks, to Amazon’s train-mounted drone hub patent as well as their fulfillment...
View ArticleNo, The Grand Tour Isn't Reviving Cheap Car Challenges
Cheap car challenges were a staple of the Clarkson-Hammond-May era of the BBC's Top Gear. Low on cost, but high on entertainment value, due to the likelihood of things going oh-so-wrong, these...
View ArticleFord, Ken Block, and Hoonigan Racing Leaving FIA World Rallycross Championship
Effective at the end of the 2017 season, Ford Performance, Ken Block, and the Hoonigan Racing Division will be ending their FIA World Rallycross Championship racing program. Block has been with Ford...
View ArticleWatch Drone Footage of the Kosciuszko Bridge Demolition
The Kosciuszko Bridge - a steel gateway connecting Queens and Brooklyn for 78 years - was finally demolished by explosives on Sunday morning. Many New Yorkers are content with this change, regardless...
View ArticleRussia Breaks into US Soldiers' iPhones in Apparent Hybrid Warfare Attacks
The U.S. Army’s Asymmetric Warfare Group, tasked with finding ways to counter emerging threats, recently sounded the alarm about the dangers of Russia’s hybrid warfighting concepts and warned that the...
View ArticleNASA Fires Rocket High Above U.S. East Coast to Test Supersonic Parachute for...
Early Wednesday morning, NASA launched an unmanned rocket on a course high above the U.S. East Coast, as it does with some frequency. Unlike other such launches, however, this rocket wasn't trying to...
View ArticleKoenigsegg Teases Going After Bugatti's 0 to 400 to 0 Time
Last month, the Bugatti Chiron set the world record for going from 0 to 400 km/h (249 mph) and back to 0 km/h. The record time is 32.6 seconds and the car was driven by Former F1 driver, former NASCAR...
View ArticleStudy Shows Continued Worries About Self-Driving Car Hacking
As the concept of self-driving cars is entering the mainstream, the American public still has very mixed feelings about them, according to a recent report. In a survey of 1,000 American adults,...
View ArticleThis 1989 Suzuki Swift Has Hayabusa Motorcycle Power
The Suzuki Swift was certainly not swift at all. The little hatchback was made with affordability and fuel economy in mind, not speed. But one genius decided that what this car needed was the engine...
View ArticleThese New Batteries Let Electric Cars Travel 200 Miles with a 6-Minute Charge
Great news for electric car manufacturing: Electronics manufacturer Toshiba announced new technology that effectively doubles the capacity of a battery while significantly reducing its charge time....
View ArticleThis $70,000 Aston Lagonda Smells Like Money
Though the current Aston Martin Lagonda is a thing of beauty, anyone who grew up in the '80s knows it lives in the sharp-edged shadow of its predecessor. Stretching a whopping 208 inches long, but...
View ArticleGrosjean's Drain Cover Crash Could Cost Haas F1 Nearly $1 Million
Haas F1 driver Romain Grosjean suffered a hefty crash at last weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix FP2 after running over an awry drain cover at 168 miles per hour. Knocked loose by previous drivers taking...
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