For a few years there, the future looked pretty settled. Every glossy car commercial had the same mood. Silent roads. Blue charging lights. A handsome crossover gliding past a wind farm. The
The Tesla Roadster has now spent so long in development limbo that it almost feels mythical at this point. First revealed back in 2017 alongside the Tesla Semi, the second-generation Roadster was supp
Side mirrors used to be about as simple as car parts get. A piece of glass, a bit of adjustment, and that was it. These days, they’re packed with technology like blind-spot monitoring, heating,
For years, wireless charging roads sounded like one of those flashy “future of transportation” ideas that always ended up trapped inside tech conference animations narrated by someone
This is one of those car technology shifts that sounds fake the first time you hear it. Because for basically your entire life, steering has worked the same way. You turn the wheel, a metal sha
AI cars used to sound like movie nonsense. Then the 2026 Beijing Auto Show happened, and suddenly it did not feel so far away anymore. This year’s show was huge, with more than 1,400 vehicles
Okay, this one feels like something from a movie, except it is already being shown in real life. A new system shown at the Beijing Auto Show can check whether a driver has been drinking through a c
Most people think of a car as something that reacts to what is right in front of it. See the brake lights, then brake. See the danger, then respond. V2X changes that whole idea. It lets a ca
Car design used to move slowly. You sketch, pass it on, wait, and then come back and refine it. GM still starts the same way, with designers drawing by hand. From there, though, things move much fa
For what feels like forever, solid-state batteries have lived in that annoying category of car technology that was always “almost here.” Every year, somebody promised a breakthrough. Ev