Transportation Stories for 2018

UK Now Has Systems To Combat Drones 129
Tokyo Wants People To Stand on Both Sides of the Escalator 161
Starting in 2019, Oslo Will Restrict the Use of Vehicles in its City Center 159
Self-Driving Car Company Zoox Is Now Allowed to Carry Passengers 33
Uber Resumes Testing Self-Driving Cars Nine Months After Deadly Crash 32
Elon Musk Unveils 1.14-Mile Boring Company Tunnel 186
Ex-Uber Engineer Claims a Self-Driving Car Drove Him Coast-To-Coast 114
Kroger Begins Autonomous Grocery Deliveries 20
California Requires New City Buses To Be Electric by 2029 142
People Are Harassing Waymo's Self-Driving Vehicles 262
Tesla Model 3 Modded To Run Ubuntu 87
Boeing 737 Passenger Jet Damaged in Possible Midair Drone Hit 122
A New Engine Could Bring Back Supersonic Air-Travel 127
Californians Have Now Purchased Half a Million EVs 335
The Electric Airplane Revolution May Come Sooner Than You Think 336
Elon Musk: Tesla 'Would Be Interested' in Taking Over GM's Closed Factories 145
12,000 Uber Drivers Claim Uber Is Now Failing To Pay Arbitration Fees 83
UPS Tries Delivery Tricycles As Seattle's Traffic Doom Looms 95
Luxembourg To Become First Country To Make All Public Transport Free 215
Aston Martin Will Make Old Cars Electric So They Don't Get Banned From Cities 143
Thieves Are Boosting the Signal From Key Fobs Inside Homes To Steal Vehicles 269
VW Says the Next Generation of Combustion Cars Will Be Its Last 502
NYC Votes To Set Minimum Pay For Uber, Lyft Drivers 134
Madrid's Ban On Polluting Vehicles Cuts Traffic By Nearly 32 Percent In Some Areas 80
Elon Musk Says Autopilot Will Soon Recognize Emergency Response Vehicles 115
A Sleeping Driver's Tesla Led Police On A 7-Minute Chase 346
Australian Fence of Sound Halves Roadkill On One Deadly Stretch of Road 47
Automakers Give the Chinese Government Access To Location Data of Electric Cars 32
'The Supremacy of Japanese Cars Has Been 40-Plus Years In the Making' 293
Elon Musk's Boring Company Cancels Los Angeles Tunnel Following Lawsuit 277
GM To Idle Five Factories In North America, Cut More Than 14,000 Jobs As It Focuses On Autonomous, Electric Vehicles 379
Can The Police Remotely Drive Your Stolen Car Into Custody? 217
What's the Next Big Thing in Tech? It's Up To Us 87
First Ever Plane With No Moving Parts Takes Flight 264
UPS's New Machine-Learning App Aims To Reroute Packages Away From Snow and Other Trouble Spots in its Global Network 30
NYC Subway, Bus Services Have Entered 'Death Spiral,' Experts Say 456
Ford Patents a Way To Remove 'New Car Smell' 170
Ford Eyes Use of Customers' Personal Data To Boost Profits 79
Norwegian Company Plans To Power Their Cruise Ships With Dead Fish 103
New Experimental Lockheed Supersonic Jet Starts Production 88
Maryland Test Confirms Drones Can Safely Deliver Human Organs 67
The Boring Company's First Tunnel Is All Dug Up 187
EFF, MuckRock Partner To See How Local Police Are Trading Your Car's Location 60
Uber Joins Linux Foundation Cementing Commitment To Open Source Tools 30
Waymo To Start First Driverless Car Service Next Month 84
Israel Aims To Ban Gasoline, Diesel Vehicles By 2030 330
Why Bigger Planes Mean Cramped Quarters 234
Cyclists Are Faster Than Cars And Motorbikes in Cities and Towns, Study Says 414
VW Plans A $ 22K Electric Car To Compete With Tesla, Transition From Combustion Engines 317
Robyn Denholm Takes Over the Reigns of Tesla From Elon Musk 125
Has the Love Affair With Driving Gotten Stuck in Traffic? 332
Elon Musk Shows Off The Boring Company's LA Tunnel 217
GM Is Getting Into the Electric Bike Business 98
Researchers Explore New Batteries To Power Electric Planes 141
Tesla Says Justice Department, SEC Are Investigating Model 3 Production Targets 116
Uber Wants To Resume Self-Driving Car Tests On Public Roads 31
Making Trains Run on Time 117
Faraday Future's Last Founding Executive Resigns, Plans Emergency Fund For Employees 34
Lime Recalls 2,000 Scooters After Reports of Some Catching Fire 49
Waymo Gets the Green Light To Test Fully Driverless Cars In California 63
Tesla Faces FBI Probe Over Model 3 Production Numbers 143
Tech To Blame For Ever-Growing Car Repair Costs, AAA Says 294
Tesla Reports Third-Quarter Profit That Beats Market Expectations 195
Lyft Buys AR Company To Bolster Its Self-Driving Car Efforts 10
Uber Planning Fleet of Food Delivery Drones 'As Soon As 2021' 56
Feds Shut Down Self-Driving School Bus Pilot In Florida 91
Richard Branson Steps Down As Chairman of Virgin Hyperloop One 48
Bloodhound's 1,000 MPH Car Project Needs Money 72
Watch What Happens When A Drone Slams Into An Airplane Wing 131
Sentimental Humans Launch A Movement to Save (Human) Driving 286
Tesla Quietly Drops 'Full Self-Driving' Option As It Adds $45,000 Model 3 101
The Army Is Preparing To Send Driverless Vehicles Into Combat 172
Former Top Waymo Engineer Altered Code To Go on 'Forbidden Routes', Report Says 167
Driverless Car Hype Gives Way To E-Scooter Mania Among Technorati 133
Rolls-Royce Wants To Fill the Seas With Self-Sailing Ships 127
Japanese Passport Now World's Most Powerful 175
The US Grounds All F-35 Jets 238
Waymo's Driverless Cars Have Logged 10 Million Miles On Public Roads 129
Fully Self-Driving Cars May Hit US Roads in Pilot Program: NHTSA 82
Uber CEO: We're Going After Groceries Next 119
Tesla Model 3 Achieves NHTSA's 'Lowest Probability' of Injury Ever 316
Limo Firm To Judge: Tell Us Whether Uber Drivers Are Employees 102
Boeing CEO: First Operational Self-Flying Cars Are Less Than 5 Years Out 184
Elon Musk Tweets About Tesla Sales, the SEC, and a Special Offer From SpaceX 147
Honda-Waymo Talks Are Said To Have Faltered On Tech Access 27
US Department of Transportation Updates Autonomous Car Rules 35
Fully Driverless Waymo Taxis Are Due Out This Year, Alarming Critics 256
Honda Will Use GM's Self-Driving Technology, Invest $750 Million In Cruise Startup 27
Half of US Uber Drivers Make Less Than $10 An Hour After Vehicle Expenses, Study Says 156
Tesla Produced Over 80,000 Cars In Third Quarter, Beating Estimates 172
Ex-Apple Engineers Unveil a Next-Generation Sensor For Self-Driving Cars 32
The US Government Is Using Road Signs Showing Drivers How Fast They're Going To Capture License Plate Data 218
Elon Musk Settles SEC Fraud Charges, Must Step Down As Tesla's Chairman 234
Tesla Meets Q3 Product Goals of 50,000 To 55,000 Model 3s 118
Delta's Fully Biometric Terminal Is the First In the US 53
Face Scanning In US Airports Is Rife With Technical Problems 62
Alaska Airlines Trials Virtual Reality On Some Flights 94
Delta Computer Glitches Force Flight Halts Third Year In a Row 69
Most Drivers Don't Understand Limitations of Car Safety Systems, AAA Finds 262
Uber Settles Data Breach Investigation For $148 Million 18
Uber Wins Key Ruling In Its Fight Against Treating Drivers As Employees 177
Uber Drivers and Other Gig Economy Workers Are Earning Half What They Did Five Years Ago 153
Mitsubishi Recalls 68,000 SUVs Over Bad Software 82
Germany Launches World's First Autonomous Tram 92
Meet the World's First Self-Driving Car From 1968 58
Coding Error Sends 2019 Subaru Ascents To the Car Crusher 183
First Hydrogen-Powered Train Hits the Tracks In Germany 222
Tesla Model 3 Earns Five-Star Crash Safety Rating From NHTSA 214
Amazon Plants Fake Packages In Delivery Trucks As Part of Undercover Ploy To 'Trap' Drivers Stealing 236
Life In the Spanish City That Banned Cars 224
VW Group, BMW and Daimler Are Under Investigation For Collusion In Europe 151
Google's Android OS To Power Dashboard Displays 77
Tesla Is Facing US Criminal Probe Over Elon Musk Statements 203
Saudi Arabia Invests $1 Billion In Potential Tesla Rival 177
Uber Glitch Stops Payments To Drivers, Prices Surge 90
SpaceX Says It Signed First Private Passenger To the Moon 143
Auto, Tech Industries Urge Congress To Pass Self-Driving Legislation 72
Boring Company Approved To Build Futuristic Garage That Would Connect To Underground Commuter Tunnel 89
Tesla Issues Software Update To Extend Some Cars' Batteries Due To Hurricane Florence 242
Solid-State Battery Startup Claims Breakthrough For Electric Vehicles 142
Tesla's Keyless Entry Vulnerable To Spoofing Attack, Researchers Find 100
Why Is American Mass Transit So Bad? It's a Long Story. 463
Scooter Use is Rising in Major Cities. So Are Trips To the Emergency Room. 136
380,000 Card Payments Compromised In British Airways Breach 50
Uber Will Turn Your Smartphone Into An Automatic Crash Detector 57
Uber To Ban Riders With Four-Star or Lower Ratings in Australia and New Zealand 208
Mercedes Unveils First Tesla Rival In $12 Billion Attack 246
The US Army is Building Drones That Never Need To Land 84
Apple Records First-Ever Accident In Self-Driving Car Program 74
Humans To Blame For Most Self-Driving Car Crashes In California, Study Finds 187
Tesla Files Patent For Automatic Turn Signals 161
Rideshare Boycott Sparked By Murders In China 76
Locals Reportedly Are Frustrated With Alphabet's Self-Driving Cars 277
How Many Days Americans Waste Commuting In The Course Of A Lifetime, Mapped By City 165
Silicon Valley Takes a (Careful) Step Toward Autonomous Flying 37
Waymo Self-driving Cars Are Having Problems Turning Around Corners 245
Elon Musk Says Investors Convinced Him Tesla Should Stay Public 215
Japan Wants To Bring Flying Cars To Its Skies 52
Driverless Startup Zoox Suddenly Removes CEO 58
Colorado Prepares To Install 'Smart Road' Product By Integrated Roadways 62
After 60 Years, 1,900-Mile-Long Interstate 95 Is Almost Finished 116
Staff At Gatwick Airport Use Whiteboards After Flight Information Screens Fail 50
Rolls-Royce Launches New Battery System To Electrify Ships 91
Volkswagen's CEO Was Told About Emissions Software Months Before Scandal, Says Report 93
Uber Loses $900 Million In Second Quarter; Urged By Investors To Sell Off Self-Driving Division 228
Musk's Boring Company Proposes High-Speed Underground Subway To Dodger Stadium 240
Flight-Simulator Enthusiasts Confident of Real-World Skills 179
The Man Who Jailbreaks Teslas 115
Kroger Launches Autonomous Grocery Delivery Service In Arizona 41
Return of the Bubble Car? 278
SEC Sends Subpoena To Tesla In Probe Over Musk's Take-Private Tweets 273
California Officials Admit To Using License Plate Readers To Monitor Welfare Recipients 170
Tesla Will Open Its Security Code To Other Car Manufacturers 143
Saudi Fund in Talks to Invest in Tesla Buyout Deal, Report Says 216
Faces Are Being Scanned At US Airports With No Safeguards on Data Use 106
Seattle Airport Employee Steals Airplane, Crashes It Into the Ground 148
Tesla's Chief Vehicle Engineer Returns To Apple 130
Airbus' Solar-Powered Zephyr Smashes Flight Duration Record on Maiden Outing 53
New York City Just Voted To Cap Uber and Lyft Vehicles and Require Drivers To Be Paid a Minimum Wage 247
Venezuelan President Survives Drone Assassination Attempt 411
White House Proposal Rolls Back Fuel Economy Standards, No Exception For California 607
Tesla Is Adding Atari Games To the In-Car Display 156
Toyota Unveils Project Portal 2.0 Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Semi Truck 96
NASA's Space-Suit Drama Could Delay Our Trip To the Moon 160
Tesla Model 3 Outselling Small, Midsize Luxury Cars In US 375
Uber's Self-Driving Trucks Division Is Dead 61
The Rogue Tesla Mechanic Resurrecting Salvaged Cars 169
New York City May Cap the Number of Uber, Lyft Vehicles On Its Streets 73
A New Study Says Services Like UberPool Are Making Traffic Worse 239
US Airlines Change Taiwan Reference On Websites Ahead of Chinese Deadline 199
Google Cars Self-Drive To Walmart Supermarket in Trial 65
Ford Plans To Spend $4 Billion On Autonomous Vehicles By 2023 55
Uber Self-Driving Cars Back On Public Roads, But In Manual Mode 58
Student Engineers Build Hyperloop Test Pods That Set a New Speed Record 92
American Airlines Is Using a CT Scanner To Screen Luggage At New York's JFK Airport 125
SpaceX Enters a New Stage of Reusability 151
Uber Bans Driver Who Secretly Livestreamed Hundreds of Passengers 116
Waymo's Autonomous Vehicles Are Driving 25,000 Miles Every Day 101
Uber Drivers 'Employees' For Unemployment Purposes, New York Labor Board Says 54
Why London's Heathrow Airport Sometimes Hosts 'Ghost Flights' With No One on Them 117
British Airways Says Computer Problems Affecting Operations at Heathrow 18
Blue Origin Pushed Its Rocket 'To Its Limits' With High-Altitude Emergency Abort Test 45
Secretive Startup Zoox Is Building a Bidirectional Autonomous Car From the Ground Up 93
The US is Facing a Serious Shortage of Airline Pilots 428
Tesla Model 3 Teardown Reveals a 'Symphony of Engineering,' 30 Percent Profit Margin 287
Uber Faces Federal Investigation Over Alleged Gender Discrimination 45
Tesla Will Be First Automaker To Lose the Federal Tax Credit For Electric Cars 329
'A Lot of Hoped-for Automation Was Counterproductive', Remembers Elon Musk 208
TSA Screeners Win Immunity From Abuse Claims, Court Rules 317
RIP Tata Nano, the World's Cheapest Car 84
UK Wants An Electric-Vehicle Charger In Every New Home 254
Uber Adds Electric Scooters To Its App 33
Nissan Workers In Japan Falsified Emissions Tests, Review Says 88
The Funky Boat Circling the Planet on Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Gas 49
Tesla Model 3 Now Offers 'Summon' Self-Parking Feature 115
Sydney Airport Launches Face Scan Check-In Trials 46
How Much Americans Could Save by Ridesharing Driverless Cars Over Owning 388
UK Launches National Dashcam Database For Snitching On Bad Drivers 235
NASA To Test 'Quiet' Supersonic Flights Over Texas 85
Exec Accused of Stealing Waymo's Trade Secrets Starts New Self-Driving Company 29
Would You Pay $700, Plus a Monthly Fee, For a Digital License Plate? 337
Tesla Meets Self-Imposed Deadline For Model 3, Rolls Out 7,000 Cars In a Week 356
BYD Claims New Battery Factory Will Be 'Largest In the World' 126
San Jose May Start Cracking Down On Rampant Use of Scooters 102
Thousands of Uber Drivers Scammed Out of Millions of Dollars 94
Engineers Develop Electric Car Battery That Can Heat Itself During Winter 118
Fiat Chrysler Is Being Sued Over a Software Flaw 30
Tesla Opens Orders To All US and Canadian Model 3 Reservation Holders 164
Uber Could Resume Testing of Its Self-Driving Vehicles this Summer 56
Kroger Will Use Autonomous Vehicles To Deliver Groceries 110
Amazon Wants You To Start a Business To Deliver Its Packages 222
The Billionaire Space Race Is Making Life Difficult for Airlines 152
Satellites Could Show Airplanes Faster Long-Haul Routes in Mid-Air 27
Uber Granted Short-Term License To Operate In London 27
Tesla Autopilot Safety Defeat Device Gets a Cease-and-Desist From NHTSA 138
Uber Driver Was Streaming Hulu Just Before Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash, Says Police 184
'Digital Key' Standard Uses Your Phone To Unlock Your Car 158
SpaceX Wins $130 Million Air Force Launch Contract, Marking a First For Falcon Heavy 112
Tesla Sues Employee Alleged To Have Stolen Gigabytes of Data 153
Uber Tests Cheaper Fares For Riders Who Are Willing To Wait Longer 94
New 'Tent' Assembly Line Is 'Way Better' Than Conventional Factory, Says Tesla CEO 289
Uber 'Neglected' Simulation Testing For Its Autonomous Vehicles, Says Report 51
Google Maps Removes Uber Integration 37
Norway Tests Tiny Electric Plane, Sees Passenger Flights by 2025 153
Personal Flying Machine Contest Gets 600 Entries 61
Chinese Ride-Sharing Giant Didi Chuxing Picks Its First English-Speaking Nation: To Enter Australia on June 25 71
Self-Driving Cars Likely Won't Steal Your Job (Until 2040) 129
Elon Musk's Boring Company To Build High-Speed Transit Tunnels in Chicago 179
Uber Seeks Patent For AI That Determines Whether Passengers Are Drunk 103
China's Ambitions To Power the World's Electric Cars Took a Huge Leap Forward This Week 93
Volkswagen Fined One Billion Euros By German Prosecutors Over Emissions Cheating 116
Tesla's Autopilot To Get 'Full Self-Driving Feature' In August 180
Tesla Short-Sellers Lose $1 Billion 458
Bloomberg's Inside Look At Tesla's Model 3 Factory 68
Senator Makes Amtrak Hire Ticket Agents Because 30 Percent of His State Lacks Internet 240
Emirates Planes Could Be Going Windowless 296
Honolulu Lawmakers Pass 'Surge Pricing' Cap For Ride-Hailing Companies 105
US Government Probes Airplane Vulnerabilities, Says Airline Hack Is 'Only a Matter of Time' 125
Hawaii Passes Law To Make State Carbon Neutral By 2045 131
Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds 174
Japan May Be First Country To Have Self-Driving Cars 71
Apple CarPlay Will Now Support Third-Party Navigation and Mapping Apps 44
Car Makers Used Software To Raise Spare Parts Prices 276
Uber Facing Ban In Turkey After Erdogan Backs Taxis 107
A Tesla on Autopilot Crashed Into a Parked Police Car 265
Cost To Build a Tesla Model 3 Is $28,000, German Engineers Say 141
California Begins Trial Rollout of Digital License Plates 192
Consumer Reports Recommends Tesla's Model 3 After Braking Fix 224
Number of Electric Vehicles on Roads Reaches Three Million: IEA 228
Airbus Steps Up Push for Flying Taxis, On-Demand Helicopters 132

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