The self-driving vehicles smashed, burned, flipped, and tipped. But the ambitious race through the Mojave launched…
Author: Alex Davies
The Pandemic Strands Some Ship Crews at Sea, Others On Shore
Travel restrictions are blocking some marine workers from reaching their assigned ships. That's forcing others on…
Sleeker Lidar Moves Volvo Closer to Selling a Self-Driving Car
Using technology from Silicon Valley's Luminar, the Swedish automaker plans to offer completely autonomous highway driving…
The Relentless Startup Fast-Tracking Ford’s Self-Driving Cars
Meet Bryan Salesky and the team of resourceful engineers at Argo, the little company trying to…
Covid-19 Spurs a Road Repair Boom—and Threatens a Bust
Empty highways clear the way for speedier construction projects, but loss of fuel taxes could bring…
Planes Are Still Flying, but Covid-19 Recovery Will Be Tough
Air travel is down more than 90 percent from last year, and analysts say the rebound…
A Coronavirus Silver Lining: Less Driving, Fewer Crashes
A study finds that California lockdown restrictions reduced crashes that **** or seriously injure people to…
Drones Take Flight to Carry Covid-19 Tests to Labs in Africa
Zipline, whose pilotless craft are ferrying kits and protective gear in Ghana, wants to launch a…
The Cold, Hard Work of Delivering Oxygen to Ventilators
Oxygen is in the air. Getting it to a Covid-19 patient struggling to breathe can be…
The Pandemic Could Be an Opportunity to Remake Cities
Cities from Bogota to Oakland are closing streets to make room for pedestrians and bikers. Urbanists…