Will self-driving cars be good or bad for the planet? That all depends on the policies Experts expect self-driving cars to make the roads much safer, and driving much more convenient. But what will they do… Read More
Airbus Ventures dips into $150 million fund to back 3-D printing at Local Motors Airbus Ventures, the European aerospace giant’s Silicon Valley spin-off, says the first investment from its $150 million venture fund is going… Read More
Tesla owners, try this at home: ‘Summon’ your car to pick you up, drop you off Over the weekend, Tesla car owners picked up a new superpower: A feature called Summon can command the Model S… Read More
Ford CEO Mark Fields sees ‘massive opportunity’ to push car maker into $5.4T transportation services market LAS VEGAS — Ford may be best known as an innovative car manufacturer. But the creator of the Mustang, Escape… Read More
Lithium-air battery comes one step closer to electric car nirvana A decade from now, we could all be driving low-cost electric cars for hundreds of miles without recharging, thanks to… Read More
Glympse unveils new location sharing service, inks deals with Volkswagen and Peugeot Glympse, the Seattle startup that allows users to share location information with selected individuals, today announced a new version of… Read More
The connected car of the future: Get ready for more software bugs LAS VEGAS — Automobiles today just aren’t steel, glass and rubber. They also are 4-wheeled computers, with new vehicles containing… Read More
Ford may dump Microsoft, turning instead to BlackBerry’s in-car technology Is Microsoft’s relationship with Ford fraying? That’s one way to read a report from Bloomberg today which notes that the… Read More
Free travel forever along I-5: Tesla expands supercharger stations Tesla is promising “free travel forever” for Model S drivers along Interstate 5, opening two new “supercharger” stations Thursday in… Read More
How Tesla is just like Apple: ‘Everything we do is impossible’ Former Apple retail executive George Blankenship used to be a self-described “Porsche guy.” Then, a couple years ago, Tesla founder… Read More
Tesla exec on potential North Carolina sales ban: ‘It’s an inconvenience’ Tesla isn’t going to let a little legislation slow it down. The electric car maker, whose stock has soared 145… Read More
Tred speeds ahead with $1.7M, plans to change car shopping with driveway test drives One of my favorite pitches at the TechStars Demo Day last November was a tiny company called Tred that had… Read More
Driverless cars: Looking under the legislation’s hood So driverless cars are to be street legal in California! I thought it would be fun to look “under the… Read More
Tesla Motors to open new store at Bellevue Square mall The high-end electric sports cars from Tesla Motors are a favorite among tech geeks. And given that love affair, what… Read More
