Radical Engines, Quirky Designs Refuel Quest for Car of Future
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Advances coming out of established research labs and nimble automotive startups threaten to leave Detroit in the dust. Again.
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Record-high oil prices might seem like bad news for the auto industry. But one European manufacturer plans to make a type of car unaffected by &#36;50-a-barrel crude &#151; cars that run on compressed air.
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Long a symbol of power for American car companies, the V-8 engine is sputtering as Detroitâs Big Three promote smaller engines and alternative-fuel vehicles.
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The software maker is in the midst of a major revamp to its search product. Over the coming weeks, the company will make more changes, including to the engine itself. Whether the changes add up to more eyeballs is an open question.
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Engineers at NASA, Boeing, are working to realize the longtime dream of a flying car--but admit we're still decades from a Jetson-like world.
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Italian design triumphs again in this combination mirror, radiator and digital clock. From CNET's new gadget blog, Crave.
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Unlike other hybrid vehicles that tout stealth, satellite navigation or energy efficiency, this vehicle claims to be the offspring of a motorcycle and a sports car. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.
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An airless tire, cars that warn drivers they're drifting out of their lane and built-in air fresheners are among new technologies being unveiled at the Paris International Motor Show, offering a glimpse of the automobile's future.
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GM realizes that without hydrogen from renewable resources, its dream of fuel-cell vehicles will remain a fantasy. In Autopia.
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Cars that drive themselves, park themselves and run on hydrogen. What a great year for car technology.
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For all the hydrogen, electric and hybrids we'll see at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the green stars of the show may be the next generation of gasoline and diesel internal combustion engines.
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General Motors' latest hydrogen car prototype, called the Sequel, is a car unlike any other and a glimpse of a possible, very different, automotive future.
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A new generation of superjets comes to life.
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Will the search engine leviathan end the hunt for a commercial hybrid? In Autopia.
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After a tough year, Detroit's troubled carmaker is back -- thanks to a maverick designer and a car that is dazzling the hip-hop crowd
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The car manufacturer synonymous with the U.S market is looking far further afield
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Customized cars that use commercial logos as a creative palette.