Oct 15 Watch 9:52 Companies race to make electric cars mainstream By PBS News Hour When Tesla Motors announced in March it would build a new, all-electric car at a starting price of $35,000, it was a turning point for the company. General Motors is also developing an all-electric sedan and hopes to market it… Continue watching
Jul 18 What NASA could teach Tesla about the limits of autopilot By John Pavlus, Scientific American Decades of research have already warned about the human attention span in automated cockpits. Continue reading
Jul 09 Deadly Tesla crash exposes confusion over automated driving By Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American Amid a federal investigation of a Tesla vehicle crash, ignorance of the technology’s limitations has come into focus. Continue reading
Jun 30 Driver killed in self-driving car accident for first time By Joan Lowy, Tom Krishner, Associated Press Self-driving car driver killed in Florida collision, a first. Continue reading
May 12 Why charging an electric car at night is worse for the environment By David Biello Your battery-powered vehicle is only as green as your electricity supplier. Continue reading
Jun 03 Watch Extended Interview: General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner The NewsHour interviewed General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner in May about the company's plans for developing alternative fuel vehicles. Excerpts of the interview will air in the coming weeks as part of a report on a new generation of electric… Continue watching