Old used cars are being exported to poor nations, increasing air pollution and traffic collisions
Most of them are being shipped to countries with weak regulation.
Tag: cars
California plans to ban new gas-powered cars by 2035
The move could have wider implications for the whole US.
Fleets of driverless cars could smoothen traffic by at least 35%
The roads of the future could be safer and faster if all cars were autonomous.
Porsche announced it wants half of its cars to be electric by 2023
We're witnessing a new age of sports cars.
World’s tiniest race will pit nanocars against each other in Toulouse this April
The stakes have never been so tiny.
London to introduce £10 ($12) vehicle tax for polluting cars
The announcement comes after a disastrous couple of months for London in terms of air quality.
Faraday Future’s secret all-electric SUV spotted in Los Angeles
This seems like FF's response to Tesla's Model X.
The first self-driving taxis are here — and by “here” I mean Singapore
A small start-up brought self-driving taxies to the streets.
The City of London Corporation bans leasing or purchasing diesel vehicles for its businesses
The organization takes improving air quality "extremely seriously," and has thus decided to clamp down on diesel vehicles.
Simulate your way out of (or into) the perfect traffic jam
Computer models like Traffic-Simulation are designed to figure out how each traffic component adds towards a jam. The simulation models ...
Expert warns smart-cars will promote sex behind the wheel and distracted driving
Will widespread use of smart cars make roads safer or actually more dangerous? One Canadian expert is raising concerns that ...
97% of Diesel Cars Don’t Respect Official Pollution Limits
According to the most comprehensive set of data, almost no diesel cars respect pollution limits.
Faraday Future shows off an electric roadrunner concept car – we’re not impressed
The fledgling California company with billions in undisclosed funding held a press conference the other day at CES where it ...
These are the fastest production cars of every decade
Here's a list of the fastest cars, decade by decade.
The fastest accelerating electric vehicle in the world hits the 100km(62miles)/h mark in under 1.8 seconds
A team of students from the University of Stuttgart just designed, built and raced what could be the fastest accelerating ...
This generator harvests power from a car’s rolling tires
Some 10% of the energy generated by a car's engine is lost due to friction between tires and the pavement. ...