Wired’s new issue is all about self-driving cars, and tests are being conducted all over the world on autonomous and semi-autonomous driving systems. Via Wired Autopia, here is a short article about Volvo’s autonomous car testing. You might be reading the paper and not worrying about the road on a commute in your near future…ContinueContinue reading “Self Driving Cars: Progress is Happening”
Tag Archives: Automobile
The Very Oldest
Henry Ford may be attributed to the invention of the automobile, but it just isn’t the case. This week, the oldest running car in the world, a steam driven 1884 De Dion Bouton Et Trepardoux was auctioned off for $4.62 million dollars. It’s pretty amazing that this 127 year old automobile is still around, aliveContinueContinue reading “The Very Oldest”
Stunning
Unlike most industries, automotive design arguably already hit it’s zenith years ago. Though the features available in cars today are mind boggling, their pure forms are, frankly, pretty lame compared to some of the designs that erupted out of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. The Portland Art Museum is currently showing a traveling exhibit calledContinueContinue reading “Stunning”
75 Years Later
Every so often a concept car will come along that initially may make you gasp. The BMW 328 Hommage is one of those. It’s strange, ‘dead-eye’ look is both off-putting and extremely simple and beautiful. The skintight metal wraps the car in an impossibly low stance, and the absence of rearview mirrors add to theContinueContinue reading “75 Years Later”
Cars of the ‘Future’
Oh, what a world we thought we were going to live in. “Bubble” cars, walking automobiles, even cars concepted to run off of small nuclear reactors. All of this and more was the future that 1940s, 50s and 60s made us believe was just around the corner.
Electric Future 