Neowin News Feed for: Vehicle

Diving into the ocean with golf ball-inspired vehicles is what scientists are working on

Sayan Sen — Sat, 24 May 2025 20:24:01 +0000

Scientists at Michigan University are working on cool golf ball-inspired vehicles that could dive into oceans. Read more...

Nuro approved to become the first driverless delivery service in California

Ather Fawaz — Thu, 24 Dec 2020 08:20:01 +0000

In a first, the California DMV approved Nuro to operate its autonomous delivery services in the streets of California. Nuro plans to kickstart its service in two counties with a fleet of Priuses soon. Read more...

Segway stops CES S-Pod demo after a journalist crashes into a wall

Paul Hill — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 15:16:01 +0000

Segway has cancelled demonstrations of its S-Pod after a journalist crashed into a wall at CES. The firm has said that it's planning to add a seatbelt with future models to increase safety. Read more...

The Mars 2020 rover stands tall on its wheels for the first time

Ather Fawaz — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:00:01 +0000

The Mars 2020 rover is now able to support its own weight on its six aluminum wheels. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA released a time-lapse of the rover being lowered to the ground. Read more...

Japan's NEC showcases a ‘flying car' at a steady ten feet for a minute

Ather Fawaz — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 15:18:01 +0000

The Japanese electronics manufacturer NEC, showcases a stable, unmanned flying vehicle that is primarily aimed for delivery purposes but has other potential use-cases in the future. Read more...

Volkswagen now lets you interact with your vehicle using Siri

Jay Bonggolto — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 19:44:01 +0000

You can now use Apple's Siri to lock and unlock your Volkswagen vehicle and perform other controls through the Car-Net app. The integration is available with Apple devices running iOS 12. Read more...

Ford set to test its fleet of self-driving cars in Washington, D.C.

Ruel Revales — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 10:26:01 +0000

Ford announced on Monday that it will begin testing its fleet of autonomous cars on the streets of Washington, D.C. The goal of the test is to deploy a commercial self-driving service in 2021. Read more...

SoftBank reportedly plans to invest nearly $500 million in Grab

Ruel Revales — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 16:14:02 +0000

SoftBank reportedly wants to invest $500 million in Grab as part of the ride-hailing firm's latest funding that seeks to raise $1 billion. The deal is supposed to be finalized in a few weeks. Read more...

Tesla plans to make a pick-up truck after Model Y

Paul Hill — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 14:24:01 +0000

Elon Musk has revealed that Tesla plans to begin work on a pick-up truck vehicle after it has launched the Model Y. Musk said the truck will include a game-changing feature, but gave no details. Read more...

Singapore officially unveils autonomous taxis, lets you ride for free

Justin Luna — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 14:10:01 +0000

Transportation software company nuTonomy recently unveiled its fleet of self-driving taxis in Singapore. Select people will get to trial the vehicle, getting themselves around for free. Read more...

Want to be driven around by an autonomous car? Uber is offering free rides

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 13:30:01 +0000

If you're in Pittsburgh and want to see what it's like to be driven around by a robot, Uber is letting you do that for free. The ride-sharing company is testing autonomous vehicles around town. Read more...

Google's self-driving car gets pulled over for "driving too slowly"

Usama Jawad — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 10:34:01 +0000

A police officer in Mountain View, California, pulled over Google's prototype self-driving car for "driving too slowly" in a relatively speedier traffic zone. Read more...

Tesla announces 'Ludicrous Mode' on Model S because 'fast' is not fast enough

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sat, 18 Jul 2015 15:10:01 +0000

After the speed bump afforded by January's Insane Mode, the Tesla Model S gets another speed bump, allowing it to reach 60mph in less than three seconds. Read more...

Apple is reportedly in talks with Volkswagen to begin offering CarPlay in their vehicles

Brockman Davis — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 05:21:03 +0000

Since the announcement, consumers have been wondering when CarPlay will be offered. Now, a new report claims that Apple is currently in talks with Volkswagen to begin offering the interface. Read more...

Vehicle warning system trialed

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:29:13 +0000

A German research project on show at hi-tech trade fair Cebit envisions a peer-to-peer network for vehicles on a road passing road condition data back and forth. Cars or bikes experiencing problems would be able... Read more...

Desktop Linux a vehicle for pirating Windows

Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:15:41 +0000

PCs running Linux are growing in popularity in part because they can be loaded with a pirated copy of Windows, according to a study from analyst Gartner. The consulting firm issued a... Read more...

Undocumented Vehicle in UT2003!

Sat, 05 Oct 2002 23:20:21 +0000

Great find from those great peeps @ IB Elite! "Press the tilde key (`) and type "open vehicledemo"(ed- no quotes). To get the vehicle to appear you need to run over this funky... Read more...