Father of Drag Racing Hopes to Hit 200 MPH in This Electric Dragster
“Big Daddy” Don Garlits, who many refer to as the father of drag racing, was the first man to ever break 200 mph in a dragster. But that was about 40 years ago. Now, Garlits…
Automotive
Mercedes-Benz Tweets Photo of Its Heavy Duty Actros Carrying a 250-Ton Mining Hauler
Mining haulers are insanely large machines, ten times the size of your average dump truck, and generally weigh 180 to 300 tons. Mercedes-Benz recently tweeted out a photo of its Mercedes-Benz Actros transporting a mining…
Land Rover Works Its Magic to Make Your Hood Disappear
Land Rover is tinkering with some new technology that will allow users to see the road in front of them that is usually obscured by the hood. How? By making the hood invisible. Kind of.…
The Left Turn Strategy That’s Saved UPS 10 Million Gallons of Gas
If you’ve ever watched a UPS delivery truck in action, you’ve probably noticed a pattern. In a green effort, both money and the environment, those big brown trucks don’t turn left. It’s not that drivers…
After Traveling 2,600 Miles Across India, The iglide Car Enters China On It’s World Tour!
Two months ago, we wrote a story on how igus stripped a smart car and installed 56 of their iglide bearings in preparation for a 65,000 mile world tour. You can check out that story…
Transparent Acrylic Car Reveals What’s Hiding Inside Your Vehicle
You’ve probably seen cars cut in half to show off the inside. Auto industry supplier TRW decided to take a different road to show off the company’s safety technology. The company built a transparent acrylic…
Need A Mechanic? These People Hop Out and Change The Tires While Driving On 2 Wheels!
In Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries, the illegal sport of hagwalah apparently involves jumping out of a moving car and changing the tires while the vehicle drives on two wheels. There have been a…
Who Needs Streetlights with These Glow-in-the-Dark Roads?
The Netherlands is looking to save money on road lighting through the use of glow-in-the-dark paint, an experiment already underway on a highway in Oss, which is southeast of Amsterdam. How Does the Paint Light…
Eco-Friendly Metropolis Walks Its Residents to Better Jobs and Resources
When jobs leave town, so do people. Just ask the 1.1 million residents who vacated Detroit after their jobs vanished. We pack up and move when there’s no money to be made or the local…
Why Volvo’s Inflatable Car Seat Will Deflate Bulky Car Seat Manufacturers
Car seats for children have been in need of an upgrade for a long time. And with all the car seat recalls making the news lately, now may be the time to re-evaluate car seat…
