Transportation Stories for 2016

Self-Driving Cars Will Make Organ Shortages Even Worse 295
Mining Companies Are Using Autonomous Trucks, Drills and Trains To Boost Efficiency, Reduce Employees 94
Amazon Patents Floating Airship Warehouse For Its Delivery Drones 94
Automatic Brakes Stopped Berlin Truck During Christmas Market Attack 164
Florida Senator: No Permit Needed For Driverless Cars In Florida 131
Chinese Rocket Fails To Put Two Satellites Into Correct Orbits 113
Tesla Autopilot 'Predicts' Accident Before It Happens 186
Frequent Flyer Points Put at Risk By Website Flaws 19
China Plans To Land Probes On Far Side of Moon, Mars By 2020 115
Amazon Patents System To Defend Drones Against Hackers, Jammers and Arrows 122
Uber Launches 'Uber Freight' Website To Prepare the World For Autonomous Delivery Trucks 92
Panasonic To Invest Over $256 Million In Tesla's US Plant For Solar Cells 30
Uber Says App Doesn't Keep Track of Location; iOS Maps Extension to Blame 38
Power Surge: Chinese Electric Car Battery Maker Charges For Global Market 28
Are Airlines Intentionally Overbooking Their Flights? 313
US Government Begins Asking Foreign Travelers About Social Media 121
Amazon Starts Flexing Muscle in New Space 70
Uber Lawsuit Alleges Employees Were Misled On Equity Compensation 39
World's First 'Solar Panel Road' Opens In France 277
Uber Pulls Self-Driving Cars From San Francisco, Sends Them To Arizona 150
Tesla Updates Autopilot To Make It Follow the Speed Limit On Roads 162
Norway Aims To Allow Testing Of Self-Driving Cars in 2017 16
Uber Stops Self-Driving Car Pilot In San Francisco After The DMV Steps In 151
China Claims Tests of 'Reactionless' EM Drive Were Successful 470
7-Eleven Beats Google, Amazon To First Commercial Drone Delivery Service In US 42
France Becomes First Federal Postal Service To Use Drones To Deliver Mail 45
Uber Admits To Self-driving Car 'Problem' in Bike Lanes As Safety Concerns Mount 383
Uber Lost $800 Million In Third Quarter 156
Alphabet's Waymo Reveals Its Self-Driving Chrysler Pacifica Minivans 25
Next Big Thing From Elon Musk? It Could Be 'Boring' 184
BlackBerry Unveils Autonomous Vehicle Hub In Canada 37
U.S. Proposes Car-To-Car Data Sharing Standards 134
Tesla Introduces Fee For Owners Who Leave Their Cars At Supercharger Stations 304
Researchers Find Roads Shatter the Earth's Surface Into 600,000 Fragments 143
Amazon Is Secretly Building an 'Uber For Trucking' App, Setting Its Sights On a Massive $800 Billion Market 97
GM Expands Testing, Production of Self-Driving Cars In Michigan 31
Uber: We Don't Need a Permit For Self-Driving Cars 357
Amazon Delivered Its First Customer Package By Drone 90
Uber Self-Driving Cars Hit the Streets of San Francisco 47
Feds Unveil Rule Requiring Cars To 'Talk' To Each Other 292
Uber Defends Privacy Practices After Allegations It Spies On Riders 40
Google Has Stopped Developing Its Own Self-Driving Car - Report 255
Uber Employees Used the Platform To Stalk Celebrities and Their Exes, Says Former Employee 99
The DEA Has Been Secretly Paying Transport Employees To Search Travelers' Bags 165
Uber Asks Everyone To Stop Making It The New Tinder 150
Autonomous Shuttle Brakes For Squirrels, Skateboarders, and Texting Students 74
Uber Is Treating Its Drivers As Sweated Labor, Says Report 436
Michigan Lets Autonomous Cars On Roads Without Human Driver 166
Transportation Department Proposes Allowing In-Flight Phone Calls 103
Audi Cars Now Talk To Stop Lights In Vegas 105
Paris Makes All Public Transportation Free In Battle Against 'Worst Air Pollution For 10 Years' 239
NSA, GCHQ Have Been Intercepting In-Flight Mobile Calls For Years 99
Apple Says It Is Working On Self-Driving Cars 133
BMW Traps A Car Thief By Remotely Locking His Doors 368
70 Laptops Got Left Behind At An Airport Security Checkpoint In One Month 170
Survey Says: Elon Musk Is Most Admired Tech Leader, Topping Bezos and Zuckerberg 119
Paris, Madrid, Athens, Mexico City Will Ban Diesel Vehicles By 2025 243
Nikola Motor Company Reveals Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck With Range of 1,200 Miles 106
Mercedes Unveils Digital Headlights That Project Street Signs, Markings Onto the Road Ahead 65
Apple Will Use Drones To Improve the Quality of Apple Maps 44
Uber Wants To Track Your Location Even When You're Not Using the App, Here's Why 131
Muni System Hacker Hit Others By Scanning For Year-Old Java Vulnerability 30
Europe Is Getting a Network of 'Ultra-Fast, High-Powered' EV Chargers 72
Uber Drivers Demand Higher Pay in Nationwide Protest 306
Spinal Fluid Changes In Space May Impair Astronauts' Vision, Study Finds 77
'DroneGun' Can Take Down Aircraft From Over 1.2 Miles Away 147
Self-Driving Trucks Begin Real-World Tests on Ohio's Highways 178
Ransomware Compromises San Francisco's Mass Transit System 141
Consumer Reports: Tesla's Model X Is 'Fast and Flawed' 146
Uber Is About to Face a Landmark Battle in Europe 106
China's NextEV NIO EP9 Claims To Be 'World's Fastest' Electric Supercar 56
US Regulators Seek To Reduce Road Deaths With Smartphone 'Driving Mode' 291
US Navy's High-Tech Ship Loses Power In Panama Canal 143
London's Mayor Wants Volkswagen To Pay $3 Million In Lost Tolls 214
Flying Robot Ambulance Finally Takes Its First Flight 43
Commercial-Mining Drones Keep Getting Attacked By Eagles 136
cURL Author Is Getting Tech Support Emails From Car Owners 141
Volkswagen Plans 30,000 Job Cuts Worldwide 82
Tesla 'Easter Egg' Makes the World's Fastest Car Even Faster 247
Richard Branson Reveals Prototype For Supersonic Passenger Aircraft 202
DJI Unveils Phantom 4 Pro and Inspire 2 Drones 20
VW Admits Audi Automatic Transmission Software Can Change Test Behavior 157
US Finalizes Rules That Require Quiet Hyrbid and Electric Cars To Make Noise At Low Speeds 361
Are Tesla Crashes Balanced Out By The Lives That They Save? 198
Atlas V Rocket Launches Sharp-Eyed Earth-Observing Satellite 19
Computer Issue Affecting Some Airlines Resolved: American Airlines 17
Tesla Tells Germany that 98% of Drivers Don't Find the Term 'Autopilot' Misleading 168
China Launches World's First Pulsar Navigation Satellite 46
General Motors To Lay Off 2,000 Workers at Two US Plants 320
Automakers, Dependent on Mexico, Face a Rougher Road with Trump 106
Alphabet's 'Project Wing' Drone Service Nixes Starbucks Partnership 20
The First Hyperloop System Will Connect Passengers From Dubai To Abu Dhabi In Twelve Minutes 75
Tesla Crash Won't Stop Driverless Car Progress: Renault-Nissan CEO 96
Long-Range Projectiles For Navy's Newest Ship Too Expensive To Shoot 303
Leaked NASA Paper Suggests The 'Impossible' EM Drive Really Does Work 711
Uber, Lyft, Zipcar Offer Free Or Discounted Rides To Polls On Election Day 65
New Tesla Buyers Will Have To Pay To Use Superchargers 174
Tesla Adds An All-Glass Roof Option For Its Model S 76
Self-Drive Delivery Van Can Be 'Built in Four Hours' 44
China Launches New Heavy-Lift Long March 5 Rocket For First Time 93
Nearly 9 Out of 10 Smartphones Shipped Run On Android 220
It's Harder To Get an Uber or Lyft If You're Black, Study Says 476
Air Force Says F-35 Glitches Mean the A-10 Will Keep Flying 'Indefinitely' 325
New Attack Can Seize Control of Drones 40
SpaceX Says Helium Loading Issue May Have Caused Falcon 9 Explosion 38
Amazon Launches Prime In China 28
Uber Loses Right To Classify UK Drivers as Self-Employed 143
Crushable Runway Technology Saved Mike Pence's Plane 106
Comma.ai Shelves Self-Driving Device After Regulatory Warning 65
Uber's 'Elevate' Project Aims To Bring Flying Electric Cars To Cities By 2026 107
Delta Now Lets You Track Your Baggage In Real-Time 74
AI-Powered Body Scanners Could Soon Speed Up Your Airport Check-in 111
Uber's Self-Driving Truck Went on a 120-Mile Beer Run To Make History 246
Consumer Reports Ranks Tesla Model X Near Bottom For Reliability 144
US Police Consider Flying Drones Armed With Stun Guns 163
Photographer Glimpses Larry Page's Flying Car Hovering In California (Maybe) 88
Will Tesla Install Home Solar Panels To Charge Cars? 81
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Thinks Space Can Be the New Internet 90
Elon Musk: Negative Media Coverage of Autonomous Vehicles Could be 'Killing people' 270
Tesla Bans Customers From Using Autonomous Cars To Earn Money Ride-Sharing 305
All Tesla Vehicles Being Produced Now Have Full Self-Driving Hardware 186
London Insists on English Requirement For Private Hire Drivers 196
Germany Tells Tesla To Not Advertise Autopilot Feature, Fears Drivers Will Become Less Attentive 108
When Mercedes-Benz Starts Selling Self-Driving Cars, It Will Prioritize Driver's Safety Over Pedestrian's 367
Uber's Ad-Toting Drones Are Heckling Drivers Stuck in Traffic 60
NASA Has No Plans To Buy More Soyuz Seats 87
ISIS Is Using Exploding Consumer Drones To Kill Enemy Fighters 221
Ford's Buggy Infotainment System Referred To By Engineers As 'Polished Turd' and 'Unsaleable' 292
Most Drivers Who Own Cars With Built-in GPS Systems Use Phones For Directions - Mostly Out of Frustration 310
Uber and Didi Face Regulatory Challenges Throughout China 15
Samsung Ships Flameproof Boxes For Note 7 Returns 88
Toyota Raises Concerns About California Self-Driving Oversight, Calls It 'Preposterous' 230
'Space Brain': Mars Explorers May Risk Neural Damage, Study Finds 186
Tesla's Sales Increase - But Next Will We Need Smart Roads? 168
Germany Calls For a Ban On Combustion Engine Cars By 2030 296
Feds Convinced Police To Use License Plate-Scanning Tech At Gun Shows 277
Poland Builds a Solar-Powered Bike Path That Glows Blue At Night 104
Blue Origin Lands Rocket During Launch Escape Test 89
Google's Autonomous Car Passes 2 Million Miles 97
Replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Phone Catches Fire on Southwest Plane 266
Boeing CEO Vows To Beat Elon Musk To Mars 254
A Self-Driving Uber Car Went the Wrong Way On a One-Way Street in Pittsburgh 254
FAA Sued Over Federal Drone Registry 192
New California Law Allows Test of Autonomous Shuttle With No Driver 36
Amazon Looking To Abandon UPS, FedEx In Favor of Its Own Delivery Service 239
DJI Unveils the Mavic Pro, a Foldable and Ultra-Portable Camera Drone 55
Elon Musk Proposes Spaceship That Can Send 100 People To Mars In 80 Days 497
SpaceX Tests Its Raptor Engine For Future Mars Flights 114
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Have Become Top Carbon Polluters 235
HERE, Automakers Team Up To Share Data On Traffic Conditions 52
Uber Is Researching a New Vertical-Takeoff Ride Offering That Flies You Around 135
'Transformer' BMW Turns Into A Giant Robot 45
Kentucky's Shotgun 'Drone Slayer' Gets Sued Again 307
UPS Is Starting To Test Drone Deliveries In the US 44
Amazon UK Found Guilty Of Airmailing Dangerous Goods 56
Tesla Sues Michigan Over Sales Ban 261
Elon Musk To Unveil Solar Roof With Storage, Charger Next Month 79
Germany Unveils a Hydrogen-Powered Passenger Train 199
Uber's Terrifying 'Ghost Drivers' Are Freaking Out Passengers in China 81
Apple Approaches McLaren About A Potential Acquisition: FT 136
Quantum Teleportation Achieved Over 7km of Cable 189
College Student Got 15 Million Miles By Hacking United Airlines 79
US Regulators Issue Comprehensive Policy On Self-Driving Cars 239
Google Launches 'Google Trips' Personalized Travel Planner 38
Lyft Says Robots Will Drive Most Of Its Cars in Five Years 274
Abu Dhabi To Introduce New Regulations For Ride-Hailing Apps 18
Uber Accused of Cashing In On Bomb Explosion By Jacking Rates 428
The US Government Is Building A 'Drone Dragnet' For Battlefields 25
Autonomous Vehicles Won't Give Us Any More Free Time, Says Study 233
Mobileye Says Tesla Was Dropped Because of Safety Concerns 218
Hacker George Hotz Unveils $999 Self-Driving Add-On 80
Ford Charts Cautious Path Toward Self Driving, Shared Vehicles 50
Uber Starts Self Driving Car Pickups In Pittsburgh 192
SpaceX Plans To Resume Launches In November 64
Elon Musk Says Tesla New Autopilot Features Would Have Prevented Recent Death 160
Steve Wozniak May Swap His Tesla For A Chevy Bolt 286
When Your Boss Is An Algorithm 178
General Motors Recalls 4.3 Million Vehicles Over a Software Bug 74
Data Entry Blunders Force Air Asia Pilots To Land in Melbourne Instead of Malaysia 84
Volkswagen Engineer Pleads Guilty in US Diesel Emissions Probe 110
Uber Performs U-turn on Macau Exit Plan 31
Alphabet Partners With Chipotle To Deliver Burritos Using Drones 105
Uber Drivers Are Subject To Individual Arbitration, Says Court 104
Dutchman Dies in Tesla Crash; Firefighters Feared Electrocution 243
British Airways Passengers Delayed By Computer Glitch 58
Satellite Owner Says SpaceX Owes $50 Million Or Free Flight 239
Japan To Develop 3D Maps For Self-Driving Cars 25
Long TSA Delays Force Airports To Hire Private Security Contractors 260
FTC Warns Consumers: Don't Sync To Your Rental Car! 67
Not Just Samsung? The Increasing Frequency Of Battery Fires 89
Legendary 747 Designer Joe Sutter Dies Age 95 59
SpaceX Is Building a Hyperloop Test Track Near Los Angeles 125
First Satellite in Facebook's Plan For Global Internet Access Exploded With Falcon 9 155
Falcon 9 Explodes On Pad 338
3D-Printed Aircraft Tool Sets Guinness World Record 50
Senate Committee Expected To OK Autonomous Car Bills in Michigan 121
Google To Take On Uber With New Ride-Share Service 69
Mitsubishi Overstated Mileage For More Vehicle Models, Japan Ministry Says 56
Welcome To Alphanumeric Car Hell 224
Tesla To Further Restrict Its Autopilot Software To Prevent Accidents 154
FAA Expects 600,000 Commercial Drones In The Air Within A Year 47
65-Year-Old Woman Shoots Down Drone Over Her Virginia Property With One Shot 644
Vienna Airport Says Glitch That Disrupted Dozens Of Flights Resolved 17
Domino's Will Deliver Pizza By Drone and By Robot 77
Uber Loses At Least $1.2 Billion In First Half of 2016 156
Singapore Launches World's First 'Self-driving' Taxi Service 60
World's Largest Aircraft Crashes Its Second Flight 173
Self-Driving Cars Aren't Going To Be So Great Until We Make Our Maps Better 146
Tesla Unveils New Model S, Its Quickest Production Car 175
Didi Launches Car Rental Service In China 10
Massachusetts Will Tax Ride-Sharing Companies To Subsidize Taxis 445
German Minister Wants Facial Recognition Software At Airports and Train Stations 111
Tesla Owner in Autopilot Crash Won't Sue, But Car Insurer May 93
'We're Just Rentals': Uber Drivers Ask Where They Fit In a Self-Driving Future 367
Airbus Details Plan To Build Flying Taxis 70
Uber's First Self-Driving Fleet Arrives in Pittsburgh This Month 133
World's Largest Aircraft Completes Its First Flight 190
Astronauts To Install A Parking Space For SpaceX and Boeing At The ISS 77
Ford Plans a Fleet of Fully Autonomous Cars Operating in a Ride-Hail Service By 2021 101
Tesla Removes 'Self-driving' From China Website After Beijing Crash 85
Electric Vehicles Can Meet Drivers' Needs Enough To Replace 90 Percent of Vehicles Now On The Road 990
Audi's Traffic Light Information System Tells You When The Lights Are Going To Turn Green 203
Tesla Preps Bigger 100 KWh Battery For Model S and Model X 113
One In Five Vehicle Software Vulnerabilities Are 'Hair On Fire' Critical 85
China Starts Developing Hybrid Hypersonic Spaceplane 90
GM Expressed Interest In Buying Lyft, But Lyft Declined 25
More Airline Outages Seen As Carriers Grapple With Aging Technology 145
A New Wireless Hack Can Unlock Almost Every Volkswagen Sold Since 1995 115
Tesla Owner In China Blames Autopilot For Crash 277
University Collects Medical Samples Via Drones In Madagascar 20
Hacker Uses Fake Boarding Pass App To Get Into Fancy Airline Lounges 55
US Finds New Secret Software In VW Audi Engines, Says Report 227
Delta Air Lines Grounded Around the World After Computer Outage 239
Luxury Liner SS United States Cannot Be Put Back In Service 118
Waze's New Safety Feature Reminds Drivers Not To Forget Their Child In the Car 76
Researchers Discover How To Fool Tesla's Autopilot System 177
Moon Express Gets FAA Approval For Lunar Mission In 2017 55
China Builds 'Elevated Bus' That Drives Over Cars 176
Alphabet Will Begin Testing Project Wing Delivery Drones In the US 12
Tesla Posts 13th Straight Loss, Says On Track For Second-Half Deliveries 177
US Air Force Declares F-35A Ready For Combat 280
Uber and Didi Call a Truce In China With a $35 Billion Deal 45
Cyberattackers Hijack Screens at Two Vietnam Airports, Broadcast Political Messages 31
Uber Doesn't Decrease Drunk Driving, Finds New Study 72
US Military Using $600K 'Drone Buggies' To Patrol Camps In Africa 60
Ask Slashdot: How Transparent Should Companies Be When Operational Technology Failures Happen? 93
The Mojave Desert: Home of the New Machine Movement 48
Tesla and Autopilot Supplier Mobileye Split Up After Fatal Crash 128
Tesla Model S In Fatal Autopilot Crash Was Going 74 MPH In a 65 Zone, NTSB Says 623
Norway Is Building The World's First 'Floating' Underwater Tunnels 84

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