

The Best of CES 2025: Going Autonomous
Once again, the annual CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas was suffused with talk about AI. There were also scads of robots in...
By John R. Quain
Jan 15


Best Products of 2024: Last-Minute Gifts from a Fantastic Fry Pan to a Rockin' Robovac
Another year, another few hundred products tested, tortured, and reviewed. From cars to kitchen appliances, we cover a wide swath of...
By John R. Quain
Dec 17, 2024


Tesla Again Says, No Robotaxi (Yet)
Desperately scrambling to catch up to the technology being used by dozens of other automotive companies such as Google's Waymo and GM's...
By John R. Quain
Oct 11, 2024


Transportation News: Enel X Throws in the Towel in North America, ChargePoint Pivots
The company behind the popular JuiceBox home electric vehicle (EV) chargers is closing its operations in the U.S. and Canada, effective...
By John R. Quain
Oct 2, 2024


The Best of IFA 2024: From AI Robovacs to Follow-Me Laptops
After a century of impressing the public--including one very enthusiastic Albert Einstein in 1930--the IFA (Internationale...
By John R. Quain
Sep 26, 2024


AI and Paternalism = Big Brother?
What happens when AI goes paternalistic? If ethicists and polemicists like Jessica Flanigan think paternalistic laws are unjustified,...
By John R. Quain
Sep 8, 2024


The Best, Most Reliable Classic Cars
For many of us, our first love had steel curves and a throaty howl when you stepped on the accelerator. Whether it was a 1967 Corvette or...
By John R. Quain
Jul 17, 2024


NHTSA: Speed (Still) Kills
Summer in the U.S. means road trips, lots of road trips. With roughly 82 percent of Americans planning to make at least one long sojourn...
By John R. Quain
Jul 9, 2024


Are Chinese Companies Leading the Way in Autonomous Vehicles?
Anyone who has traveled to Europe will note the startling inroads Chinese EV makers have made in a slew of countries. And it's been well...
By John R. Quain
Jun 14, 2024


High-Tech Safety Systems Help to Dispel Myths About Older Drivers
The rap against older drivers is that they are a hazard on the road, only drive on Sundays, and can't keep up with new technologies....
By John R. Quain
May 3, 2024