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8 Things You Should Know About Electric Cars

Sometime in the next few weeks, the 100,000th plug-in electric car will be sold in the U.S. But they’re still mostly a mystery to the average new-car buyer, and there are a few key principles that get shared over and over...
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Happy 50th Birthday, Lamborghini!

Fifty years ago this week, Italian mechanic and tractor maker Ferruccio Lamborghini founded a car company in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy. In the decades since, Lamborghinis have appeared often in the pages of Popular Scie...
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Could We Be Driving/Piloting This Flying Car In A Few Years?

We’ve been following the progress of Terrafugia, the Massachusetts-based creator of several (prototype) flying cars, for a while, despite the company never having actually released one. But that hasn’t stopped the c...
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The Cat’s Back

In 1961, Jaguar debuted the E-Type, a road-ready two-seat version of the company’s champion racecars. It quickly became legend, praised by Enzo Ferrari as “the most beautiful car ever made.” But in 1974, Jaguar discontinu...
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From Jaguar, A 495-Horsepower Monster

In 1961, Jaguar debuted the E-Type, a road-ready two-seat version of the company’s champion racecars. It quickly became legend, praised by Enzo Ferrari as “the most beautiful car ever made.” But in 1974, Jaguar discontinu...
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Intelligent Headlights Make Raindrops Disappear

Anyone who’s ever driven through a heavy rain has hoped for something like this: a system that can make rain drops vanish–or at least look like they do. Intel and Carnegie Mellon University have developed technology...
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New Twizy Electric Car Is Part Formula 1, Part Mario Kart

Click here to enter the gallery Renault’s latest concept car is the electric Twizy Renault Sport F1, a road car with a top speed of 68 mph. According to Renault, “its unique proportions give it the appearance of a b...
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Hyundai Made A Flying Car (Sorta)

For Hyundai’s annual Idea Festival–a Wacky Races-style competition where engineers show off the most bonkers ideas they can dream up–a team unveiled this crazy flying car. Basically, it’s a multirotor dr...
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Renault’s Trippy New Electric Concept Car Looks Like A Firefly

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