Ultra-fast hyperloop train will travel from Dubai to Abu Dhabi in 12 minutes.
The futuristic Dubai has agreed a deal with Los Angeles-based startup Hyperloop One to study the potential for building a near-supersonic transport line linking it to Emirati capital Abu Dhabi. The announcement of the deal was made at the top of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. More »
Airports and cruise ports shut down, trains are suspended and theme parks are closed as Hurricane Matthew began hitting Florida Thursday afternoon. Matthew is the most powerful storm to hit the state in the past decade.
A number of airports shut down in anticipation of Hurricane Matthew. Sanford International Airport closed at 8 p.m. Thursday, October 6. Officials said in a release that “due to current predictions” the airport would be forced to close and passengers should not go there until commercial flight activity resume. The announcement doesn’t give further information about when the airport is planning to reopen. More »
Mazda has been taking the Millionth Miata on a world tour.
Mazda Motor Corporation has announced that production of the Mazda MX-5 Miata reached the milestone of one million Miatas made on April 22. It took them over 27 years to achieve that number with all of the units put together at their Ujina plant in Hiroshima where MX-5 mass-production started in April 1989.
The Mazda MX-5 Miata is a symbol of the company’s car-making philosophy of continuous pursuit of pleasure from driving. More »
Tesla Motors has just unveiled the world’s fastest production car.
On Tuesday, Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk confirmed the arrival of new 100-kilowatt-hour battery packs for the dual-motor versions of the Model S and Model X.
The new Tesla Model S P100D with Ludicrous mode will hit 60 miles per hour in 2.5 seconds, More »
Elon Musk has just revealed the second part of his Master Plan. Tesla expands into electric trucks and buses, car sharing, self-driving technology and solar energy systems.
Tesla Motors Inc Chief Executive unveiled the new and updated version of the “top secret” Tesla Master Plan in a post on a company’s website on Wednesday. More »
Aston Martin has finally unveiled its AM-RB 001 hypercar.
Aston Martin is teaming up with Red Bull Racing Formula One to buld a revolutionary model that may become the world’s fastest car.
The project has been headed up by Adrian Newey, Red Bull Racing’s chief technical officer and dominant F1 technical director of the past decade, Marek Reichman, Aston Martin EVP and chief creative officer, and David King, More »
The success of Tesla Model S and stricter emissions standards around the world has spurred carmakers to plan numerous plug-in their own electric models.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles considers making an electric version of its Maserati Alfieri sports car, Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said recently in an interview.
Maserati Company is reportedly planning to take as a base the Alfieri sports car concept that debuted at 2014 Geneva Motor Show. More »
DiCaprio has been accused of hypocrisy as he preaches about saving the environment while continuing to fly around the world in private jets.
Leonardo DiCaprio, an actor and environmentalist, 41, took a private jet twice this week. He flew 8,000 miles to pick up an environmental award in New York by taking a private plane from Cannes, before flying straight back to France on another jet for a model-packed fund-raiser gala in Antibes, about eight miles from Cannes. More »
You can now sign up for the UK’s first public trial of self-driving cars. Gateway (Greenwich Automated Transport Environment) is offering the chance for people to take part in the UK’s first public driverless car trial. GATEway is an $11 million research project to see whether British people will take to driverless vehicles.
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