Transportation

Three people posing for a photo with Honda's hands-free wheelchair
Accessibility
Honda unveils hands-free wheelchair you steer like a Segway
Honda Robotics has unveiled a prototype of the UNI-ONE, a hands-free wheelchair that you steer with your body weight.
Kristin Houser
Transportation
Waze will now tell you if a road has a history of car accidents
Navigation app Waze’s new Crash History Alerts let drivers know when they’re approaching an area prone to car accidents.
Kristin Houser
A man riding a bike on a city street.
Series| Hard Reset Podcast
Hard Reset Podcast: Sidewalks | Episode #9
Much of U.S. infrastructure is designed with cars in mind, not pedestrians. Here’s how we can fix that.
massive airship flying above a forested valley
Aerospace
Massive hybrid-electric airships secure powerful megawatt generators
B. David Zarley
a plane at sunset
Aerospace
Xwing puts autonomous flight on the runway to approval
B. David Zarley
Cars
We used to have steam-powered cars. What happened to them — and will they come back?
Matt Benoit
a vehicle with several skyward-pointing propellers hovering a few feet above the ground
Transportation
United Airlines plans to bring flying cars to Chicago
Kristin Houser
a vehicle on a beach with the sun behind it
AI
General Motors is putting ChatGPT into its vehicles
Kristin Houser
aerial view of airport with plane taxiing
Transportation
New warning system will make airports safer
B. David Zarley
a van on a road flanked by palm trees
Transportation
LA’s on-demand vans charge just $1 per ride
Kristin Houser
an image of a tesla from the front with its doors open
Transportation
Tesla switches to motors without rare earth elements
Kristin Houser
A Pelican plane on a runway
Transportation
World’s largest electric cargo plane can carry up to 400 pounds
Kristin Houser
an illustration of a DARPA X-plane with active flow control
Transportation
DARPA is developing an X-plane steered only by blasts of air
Kristin Houser