Someday We'll Eliminate The Dreaded "Are We There Yet?"
How cool would it be if you could draw on your window and have the drawings move along with the car? Cool enough to…
A Toyota Prius Was Hacked Into an Energy Generating Roller Coaster Just Because
You might ask why someone would want to turn a perfectly good Toyota Prius into a roller coaster that moves at a mere…
New Japanese Cars Are Slightly Radioactive
The AP says that a VERY small percentage (<1%) of new Japanese cars being shipped into the South American country are…
The Man Who Successfully Challenged Five Speeding Tickets Using Traffic Photo Timestamps
Will Foreman keeps getting nabbed by traffic cameras for speeding. Believing the cameras to be inaccurate, he analyzed…
This Emergency Light Will Help You Remain Stylish in Moments of Crisis
The Eton Road Torq is a simple device: toss it in your car (where you hopefully never have to use it). In the event you…
Microsoft and Toyota Have Something to Announce Tomorrow, but What Is It?
Tomorrow, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Toyota President Akio Toyoda will both appear in a videoconference for some…
Who Knew Rush Hour in L.A. Could Look So Nice?
If you've ever lived in Southern California, the mere mention of rush hour will inspire fear and dread in the hearts…
Watch This Massive Australian Flood Clear an Entire Parking Lot
Queensland, Australia is in the midst of a massive flooding disaster that's already claimed (at least) eight lives.…
Andy Rooney Hates Gadgets, Cars, and Gadgets in Cars
Andy Rooney, proprietor of all things that aren't fun and hater of all things that are, went on a 60 Minutes rant…
A Brief History of Our Flying Car Obsession
Jalopnik's gathered up the flying car covers from Popular Science's complete archives and come out with a brief 77-year…
Software Bug Causes Toyota Recall of Almost Half a Million New Hybrid Cars
Toyota just announced a recall of its 2010 hybrid cars. Four hundred thousand worth. The reason? A change in "brake…
The Joys of Driving Fast vs Driving Slow
Jalopnik has two great essays on driving: one opines that fast is better, but the far cooler one argues successfully…
Car Gifts Too Dangerous To Actually Use While Driving
Theoretically, we shouldn't drive while playing with gadgets. But at stop lights and while we're waiting for roadtrip…
I Would Not Be Ashamed to Have Belkin's Micro Auto Charger in My Car
Most USB car chargers look like a perfect nightmare of bad design and nerdery. Belkin has acknowledged this and offered…
Listening Test: Gizmodo's Week Long Tribute To Music Tech
I once read that music has more impact the louder you play it. On that note, I'll tell you the story of the summer I…
Scosche's Recoil iPod Car Charger Keeps Low Profile With Retractable Cable
Between Cellphones and iPods and whatever else, a fair amount of wires are admittedly invading our cars. Enter…
Ford Winning Dashboard Tech War: Trucks Getting Opera Browsers With Their 3G
If Ford can put Sprint 3G in their cars, and now, Opera browsers, what the hell is taking the rest of the industry so…
Tesla Model S Electric Sedan Prototype Has a Giant Touch Dashboard
Kevin Rose, the Silicon Valley's John Mayer, just got a few Tesla S concept shots leaked to him. The S, Tesla's…
Rumored Toyota Hybrid Sportscar is Prius-based
The thing that's always kept me from wanting a hybrid car is that they aren't all that fast. And the ones that are fast…
Sentience Intelligent Cruise Control Lets You Forget the Pedals Altogether While Driving
Driving would be way more fun if we didn't have to worry about the whole gas and brake thing, right? Sentience…