Cars

Exploring what’s next. Stories on emerging ideas, innovations, and trends shaping the future of technology, culture, and the world ahead.

The Walkcar is a tiny laptop-sized personal electric vehicle
The Walkcar is a tiny laptop-sized personal electric vehicle

It’s been dubbed the ‘car in a bag’

Pedestrian has to literally give autonomous car ‘a hand’ in viral clip
Pedestrian has to literally give autonomous car ‘a hand’ in viral clip

Even autonomous vehicles need a hand from humans occasionally

The infrastructure required to support flying car travel
The infrastructure required to support flying car travel

We need a lot more than flying cars

Dutch designer managed to make scrapyard Volvo run on plastic
Dutch designer managed to make scrapyard Volvo run on plastic

It’s a solution to several problems

Common circle on most car dashboards actually has a purpose
Common circle on most car dashboards actually has a purpose

A tiny, unnoticed superhero.

Honor and Porsche join forces to create new smartphone with unique design and high price
Honor and Porsche join forces to create new smartphone with unique design and high price

A luxury smartphone with a luxury price tag.

What challenges and obstacles are delaying the take-off of the flying car?
What challenges and obstacles are delaying the take-off of the flying car?

When will we see flying cars in the air?

Unusual flying car designed to hop across the Philippines' 7,000 islands, launching this year
Unusual flying car designed to hop across the Philippines' 7,000 islands, launching this year

It’s part futuristic electric minivan, part airplane

Major cities are racing to make flying taxis a reality
Major cities are racing to make flying taxis a reality

Your Uber is…here?

Mercedes-Benz officially employs humanoid robots to work on assembly line
Mercedes-Benz officially employs humanoid robots to work on assembly line

It looks friendly enough.

Self-driving KFC food truck is trying to be the future of food delivery
Self-driving KFC food truck is trying to be the future of food delivery

Contactless KFC is totally a thing now.

The Xpeng X2 is the world's first flying car
The Xpeng X2 is the world's first flying car

The XPeng X2 is the flying vehicle of the future.

Owner unveils Xbox-enabled dream car that’s a gaming paradise on wheels
Owner unveils Xbox-enabled dream car that’s a gaming paradise on wheels

A simple, yet effective hack – we’re surprised more people aren’t doing it.

Unbelievable simulator lets you play games using actual physical car
Unbelievable simulator lets you play games using actual physical car

It’s so realistic it’s unreal, pardon the pun.

Scientists develop new battery that charges EVs in 5 minutes
Scientists develop new battery that charges EVs in 5 minutes

Absolute game changer.