The Ford Nucleon looks as though someone moved the passengers forward to make room for a very important piece of luggage. Its cabin sits near the nose, leaving an enormous rear section between the fin
Inside a modern automotive design studio, there are enormous screens, virtual-reality headsets, laser scanners, 3D printers and computers capable of rendering a car so convincingly that its paint appe
Starting a modern car requires so little effort that the action barely registers. Turn a key, press a button or let the vehicle recognize that its driver has climbed aboard. A second later, the engine
Open the door of certain 1980s or early 1990s cars and a small buckle begins travelling along the roofline. Sit down, close the door and the shoulder belt glides toward the B-pillar, hopefully passi
An electric car is sitting in the driveway with 200 miles of range showing in the app. The large battery beneath the floor contains enough energy to move two tons of metal across an entire county.
Once you notice it, you can’t unsee it. Walk through a random parking lot in 2026 and it starts feeling weirdly dystopian. Rows of anonymous crossovers. Same sloped roofline. Same angry L
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
Carmakers seem to have a grudge against the traditional shift lever. Rotary dials, fancy knobs, crystal shift orbs (yeah, Genesis did that). Manufacturers keep trying to reinvent the familiar "PR
Modern tires feel pretty routine now, but they’ve gone through a long, weird evolution. Back in the 1800s, wheels were literally wood and metal until rubber finally became practical thanks to Ch
The car industry changes constantly. Diesel was supposed to be the future, then everyone was gonna ditch gas engines entirely, and now half the big automakers are pumping the brakes on their EV plans.