Dezeen Magazine Go after: electrical cars German automaker Audi is working with Chinese solar-cell specialist Hanergy to develop thin-film solar cells that can be integrated into the panoramic glass roofs of its cars. More German carmaker BMW has unveiled a concept zero-emissions MINI car – a version of which will go on the roads in […]

Effort goes global to substitute Kimball, Neb., woman’s car Caroljo Nagel of Kimball gets into a car she received last month after one man’s “pay it forward” Facebook fundraiser to substitute her violated down vehicle brought in $15,000. “I believe it is going to touch people and they are going to do good things from […]

Driving home the good news about electrified cars S ir Richard Branson – showman, self-publicist and master of the media – could hardly have come up with a more symbolic setting if he attempted. Last weekend, his electrified car racing team sped through Fresh York City, clocking speeds of 150mph (240kmph) in cars built with […]

Articles on Driverless cars At last! The world’s very first ethical guidelines for driverless cars Driverless cars could see humankind sprawl ever further into the countryside Here’s how we can stop driverless cars from being hacked Self-driving cars are coming – but are we ready? Amy Myers Jaffe, University of California, Davis and Lewis Fulton, […]

Driver Who Landed on five Freeway Sign After Fatal Crash Was Passing on Shoulder: CHP A 20-year-old Burbank man whose assets landed on an overhead exit ramp sign after a rollover crash near Griffith Park was passing vehicles on the right shoulder of the five Freeway before veering out of control, CHP announced Friday afternoon.

Drive a Free Zipcar to the Polls on Election Day Ahead of next week’s presidential election, Zipcar announced that it will make more than 7,000 cars across the US free to members on Nov. 8. Select vehicles will be available nationwide in cities and college campuses at no cost inbetween six p.m. and ten p.m.