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How will we react when cars start driving themselves? Patramansky Oleg/

Self-driving cars are coming – but are we ready?

How might we, and our nation's roads and highways, need to change as autonomous vehicles become more ubiquitous? We know a lot of the answers, but not all of them.
Sales of electric vehicles are growing fast, especially in Europe. Sopotnicki/

How electric vehicles could take a bite out of the oil market

Shifting to plug-in cars wouldn't be enough to max out global oil consumption by 2040. But it could help make that happen if cities pitch in and ride-sharing doesn't crowd out public transportation.
Look! No driver in the Mercedes F 015 concept car shown at the 2015 North American International Auto Show. Shutterstock/Steve Lagreca

Driverless cars, just imagine how we could use them

When you don't need a human to drive a car there are plenty of things you can do with such a vehicle.
An NVIDIA-powered Audi needs no driver. AP Photo/John Locher

It’s pedal to the metal for driverless cars

Together, three recent events mark a crucial turning point in the development of autonomous cars: They are both safer and more advanced than ever before.
Hi Juno, welcome to Jupiter. NASA/JPL

2016, the year that was: Science + Technology

From the discovery of gravitational waves, to the Pokémon Go phenomenon to the Census debacle, it's been a big year in science and technology.

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