BlueIndy electric cars will be repurposed — or crushed After roughly five years of existence, the BlueIndy electric car-sharing program in Indianapolis had accrued only about 3,000 members. For those keeping track of the balance sheet, that wasn’t nearly…
Streets converting to restaurant patios in cities across America As cities slowly emerge from the stay-at-home orders and shutdowns forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, city planners are looking for novel solutions to help kickstart their economies. Even when reopened,…
SpaceX rocket blasts into orbit with 2 American astronauts CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A rocket built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era in commercial space travel…
Wildest rideshare driving experiences Driving for Uber and Lyft is usually pretty mundane. You don’t get crazy passengers all that often — thankfully — because crazy passengers come with a lot of baggage. Sure, they give you good stories…
Jamaican bobsled team pushes a Mini around town to keep Olympic dream alive PETERBOROUGH, England — The Jamaican bobsleigh team is used to training without snow, but the coronavirus lockdown has seen its male athletes resort to pushing a…
Junkyard Gem: 1967 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special Sedan If you lived in North America in 1967 and you wanted to show the neighbors you’d clawed your way to the peak of the success pyramid, only one car would do:…
Uber launches $50-per-hour booking option in some U.S. cities Uber will offer rides by the hour in some U.S. cities, a feature aimed at helping Americans with essential trips during the coronavirus pandemic. The option, which is already available…
Kawasaki is developing a three-wheel Slingshot competitor that leans Kawasaki is working on a unique open-air three-wheeler with a rolling body that can lean into turns, according to a patent application published by the European Patent Office and discovered…
GM won’t sell C8 Chevy Corvette structural parts to independent shops After 67 years of front-engined performance, new Chevrolet Corvette owners are going to have to get used to mid-engined dynamics, and some of them are going to do…
Nuro will test autonomous prescription delivery for CVS Nearly half of the US is on at least one prescription, but the coronavirus pandemic has thrown people for a loop and made picking up medications another in a long list…
