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Audi Creates Virtual Reality Q5 Sandbox Driving Experience
By Christian Gilbertsen / Published Feb 22, 2017

Taxis in Japan Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Predict Ride Requests
By Liane Yvkoff / Published Feb 21, 2017

Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck, World’s First Electric Semi, on Roads Soon
By Josh Condon / Published Feb 20, 2017

Opel Could Possibly Become EV Only Brand If Kept by GM
By Caleb Jacobs / Published Feb 18, 2017

California Brownouts Could Be Prevented by Tesla Batteries
By Liane Yvkoff / Published Feb 18, 2017

These Crazy 1550-Horsepower Engines Cost $200,000 Each
By Mike Spinelli / Updated Feb 17, 2017

GM Will Build and Test Thousands of Autonomous Bolts Starting in 2018
By Christian Gilbertsen / Published Feb 17, 2017

Not All Auto Execs Want Trump To Roll Back EPA Fuel Standards
By Liane Yvkoff / Published Feb 17, 2017

Ford Engineers Are Falling Asleep While Monitoring Self-Driving Cars
By Josh Condon / Updated Feb 17, 2017

Autonomy Pioneers Seek Regulated Rules For Testing Self-Driving Cars
By Caleb Jacobs / Published Feb 16, 2017

Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid Guns for The Top, Priced Way Below Toyota Prius
By Caleb Jacobs / Published Feb 16, 2017

New App Lets You Pay For Shell Gasoline From Inside Your Jaguar
By Caleb Jacobs / Published Feb 15, 2017

The Dutch Are Testing LED Crosswalk Lines to Prevent Pedestrians From Getting Run Over
By Aaron Brown / Published Feb 15, 2017

Uber’s Partnership With ZipCar Could Mean Easy Money For Drivers
By Liane Yvkoff / Published Feb 15, 2017

Tesla Driver Uses His Model S to Stop Runaway Car on Autobahn
By Christian Gilbertsen / Updated Feb 15, 2017

GM and Volvo Ask Congress to Prevent “Patchwork” of State Autonomous Vehicle Testing Regulations
By Liane Yvkoff / Published Feb 15, 2017

Please Take The Drive’s Fun and Exciting Tech Survey
By The Drive Staff / Updated Feb 14, 2017

Uber Is Becoming a Robotics Company, CEO Says
By Liane Yvkoff / Published Feb 14, 2017

Google Maps Puts Yelp On Notice With New Review Features
By Liane Yvkoff / Published Feb 14, 2017

Tesla Employee “Disappointed” by Elon Musk’s Response to Open Letter
By Liane Yvkoff / Published Feb 13, 2017

Traffic Cameras in Alabama City ‘Unconstitutional’ According to Lawsuit
By Josh Condon / Published Feb 13, 2017

Watch the Lucid Air EV Get Sideways in the Minnesota Snow
By Max Goldberg / Published Feb 12, 2017

Best Audio Books for Road Trips
By Eric Goeres / Updated Feb 10, 2017

Tesla Goes Numeric for Model 3 Logo, Says Trademark Motion by Adidas not a Factor
By Josh Condon / Updated Feb 10, 2017

United Kingdom to Speed Self-Driving Car Adoption With New Insurance Rules
By Liane Yvkoff / Updated Feb 9, 2017

Tesla Could Begin Building Model 3 Electric Cars This Month
By Aaron Brown / Published Feb 9, 2017

Tesla Software Update Adds Supercharger Status to In-Car Maps
By Liane Yvkoff / Published Feb 9, 2017

VW Launches Electrify America, a New Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Company
By Max Goldberg / Published Feb 8, 2017

You Can Put a Deposit Down on Lucid Motors’s 1,000-HP Electric Car As of Now
By Aaron Brown / Published Feb 8, 2017

Is This Restomodded 1967 Chevy Camaro Worth $300,000?
By Mike Spinelli / Updated Feb 7, 2017

We Talked To The Tesla Model S Driver Rear-Ended By A 40-Ton Semi
By Liane Yvkoff / Updated Feb 6, 2017

Tesla CEO Elon Musk: Activists Should Want More Moderates Advising Trump
By Liane Yvkoff / Updated Feb 6, 2017

Lyft Surge Prices Above 500% After the Super Bowl
By Cait Knoll / Published Feb 6, 2017

Could the Kia Niro Hybrid Help Bring Back Sales to the Manufacturer?
By Caleb Jacobs / Published Feb 3, 2017

Next Porsche 911, Audi R8 Could Share a Lot More Technology
By Christian Gilbertsen / Updated Feb 3, 2017

Uber Lost 200,000 Users in #DeleteUber Protest
By Aaron Brown / Published Feb 3, 2017

Uber CEO Quits Trump’s Advisory Council to Protest “Extreme Vetting” Executive Order
By Liane Yvkoff / Published Feb 2, 2017

Electric School Buses Are On Their Way to America’s Roads
By Max Goldberg / Published Feb 2, 2017

Jetpack Pioneers Unveil Another Flying Car Concept Into Growing Arena
By Josh Condon / Updated Feb 2, 2017

Alphabet’s Waymo Leads California Self-Driving Testing, Says State DMV
By Josh Condon / Updated Feb 2, 2017

General Motors Killed the Chevrolet Spark EV and No One Noticed
By Josh Condon / Updated Feb 2, 2017

Tesla Model X Trying to Go Off-Road Is Hilarious, Sad, and Slightly Impressive
By Aaron Brown / Published Feb 2, 2017

Tesla Broadens the Spectrum, Drops “Motors” From Name
By Caleb Jacobs / Published Feb 1, 2017

Tesla Model S Gets Rear-Ended by a Semi-Truck, Driver Walks Away
By Liane Yvkoff / Updated Feb 1, 2017

Uber to Partner Up With Mercedes Benz for Autonomous Fleet
By Caleb Jacobs / Published Jan 31, 2017

McLaren and BMW Are Teaming Up to Develop New Engine Technology
By Christian Gilbertsen / Published Jan 31, 2017

Watch This Ludicrous Plus Tesla Model S P100D Set a World Record
By Christian Gilbertsen / Updated Jan 30, 2017

2020 Volkswagen Golf GTI Might Go Hybrid
By Christian Gilbertsen / Updated Jan 30, 2017

Volkswagen’s New Design Language May Show the Future of Electric Vehicle Forms
By Josh Condon / Published Jan 30, 2017

Crash Test Dummies Are Getting Older and Fatter—Just Like Us!
By Josh Condon / Published Jan 27, 2017

Google Now Tells You How Long It’ll Take to Park in 25 Cities
By Liane Yvkoff / Updated Jan 27, 2017

PolySync Can Transform Your Kia Soul into an Autonomous Vehicle in Five Days
By Liane Yvkoff / Published Jan 26, 2017

Kymeta Suiting Up Aurum Armored Vehicles With Ultra-Secure Satellite Communications
By Liane Yvkoff / Updated Jan 25, 2017

Google’s Lunar XPRIZE Has Narrowed to Five Teams
By Liane Yvkoff / Updated Jan 25, 2017

Arnold Schwarzenegger Reveals Electric Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon
By Christian Gilbertsen / Updated Jan 25, 2017

Tesla’s New VP of Autopilot Wants to Make Cars Into “Appliances”
By Will Sabel Courtney / Updated Jan 24, 2017

VW’s Electric Cars Will Use 5G Wireless Internet to Help Reach Full Autonomy
By Liane Yvkoff / Published Jan 23, 2017

Electric Cars are Going Nowhere Fast
By Lawrence Ulrich / Updated Jan 20, 2017

U.S. Chooses 10 Official Self-Driving Car Test Sites
By Aaron Brown / Published Jan 20, 2017

Uber to Pay $20 Million to Settle Charges It Misled Drivers
By Will Sabel Courtney / Published Jan 20, 2017

Panasonic Wants to Help Tesla Build Self-Driving Car Hardware
By Will Sabel Courtney / Published Jan 20, 2017

We Could Get an Electric VW Microbus by 2022
By Caleb Jacobs / Published Jan 19, 2017

Meet the Vanda Electrics Dendrobium, Singapore’s New Electric Supercar Concept
By Will Sabel Courtney / Published Jan 19, 2017