BMW Makes Heated Seats an $18/Month Subscription Service – Again

BMW is testing out monthly subscription fees for options for heated seats, automatic high beams, and more in Korea. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

N Carolina Bill Would Ban Free Public EV Chargers Unless They Offer Free Gas Too

A new bill from Republican North Carolina State Representative Ben Moss would ban free EV charging stations from public spaces. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Russia’s Giant Submarine, Carrying Nuclear Powered Nuclear Torpedos

Belgorod is one of Russia's most versatile and feared weapons, built with espionage and launching nuclear powered, nuclear-armed torpedoes in mind. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

China Acquiring New Weapons Five Times Faster Than U.S. Warns Top Official

Air Force’s acquisition chief is the latest to warn that the Pentagon is being left behind by the pace of China's defense developments. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

First Flight for China’s H-20 Stealth Bomber Could Be Imminent

Evidence is mounting that China’s highly anticipated next-generation stealth bomber is being readied to fly. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

UFO Whistleblowers Would Get Immunity Under New Amendment

The language would give government employees and contractors immunity from reprisal for coming forward about UFO encounters and programs. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Automakers Are Starting to Drop Am Radio in New Cars

Some carmakers are leaving AM radios out of their new cars. They say it's because of audio quality, but it isn't that simple. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Reentry Vehicle Test for America's New ICBM Failed Just After Launch

The launch was intended to test the Mk21A reentry vehicle that will carry the Mk87-1 nuclear warhead on the Minuteman III ICBM's replacement. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

British Cops Say EVs ‘Run Out of Puff’

Britain's largest police operator of electric vehicles is having trouble keeping its cars charged up because chargers aren't available. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

James Joyce’s Only Piece of Car Writing: ‘The Motor Derby’ from 1903

James Joyce is one of the greatest authors of the 20th century—and a pretty bad automotive journalist. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Utah Police Evacuate Building over Audi Belt Tensioner Mistaken for a Bomb

Using an "abundance of caution," Salt Lake City police called in the bomb squad to remove the device that turned out to be a belt tensioner. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Tesla Autopilot Almost Steers Model 3 into Oncoming Train

During a recent beta test of Tesla's latest Autopilot with Full Self-Driving Capabilities, a Model 3 almost steered itself into a train. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Russia Has Been Driven from Snake Island by Ukraine

Following heavy Ukrainian bombardment, Russian forces have now performed a “tactical withdrawal” from the strategic outpost in the Black Sea. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Stellantis Designer Wants to ‘Delete All Screens’ from Car Interiors

A Stellantis designer wants distracting tech like touchscreens gone from his cars, mostly because he thinks they're just plain ugly. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Electric fan car shatters the Goodwood hill climb record

The acceleration and outright speed of the thing is simply violent. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Vast Farm Equipment Salvage Yard in the Middle of Nowhere

Farming equipment is more expensive and harder to repair than it's ever been. That's why a giant salvage yard like Fry's is more important than ever. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

‘Kamikaze’ Drones Strike Russian Oil Refinery, Looks Like Model Sold on Alibaba

Video shows a mystery drone diving into a refinery in Russia’s Rostov region, raising the possibility of a deniable Ukrainian attack. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Listen to the World’s Smallest Rotary Engine Scream at 30,000 RPM

The tiny engine doesn't need much encouragement to buzz all the way to 30,000 RPM and make an incredible noise while doing so. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Tankers Charging Drones with Lasers the Focus of New DARPA Program

Exploring the feasibility of tankers using lasers to recharge drones’ batteries is the program's goal, but it could have bigger implications. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Navy Releases Videos from Mysterious Drone Swarms Around Warships Off California

The Navy has released videos taken during a rash of drone swarm events that occurred around its ships sailing off California in 2019. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

The Ford F-150 Lightning Can Charge Five Cars at Once

It's all thanks to Ford's innovative Pro Power Onboard system. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

British submariners' emails put UK nuclear deterrent at risk, judge rules

Private emails shared between U.K. submariners were ruled to have risked revealing the location of a British ballistic missile submarine. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Bizarre Drone Swarms That Harassed Navy Ships Demystified in New Docs

A major release of documents provides the highest level of detail yet about mysterious drone swarms involving U.S. Navy ships off California. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Your Car Is Tracking You Just as Much as Your Smartphone Is

As the U.S. enters a new era of lawmaking, connected cars could become the new front of legal battles. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

New Federal Standards Will Reshape How We Charge EVs

The federal regulations will standardize many factors such as pricing, payment methods, charger locations, and more. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Ukraine Situation Report

The big artillery duels that are dictating much of the course of the war in Ukraine's east are only set to become more complex. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Apple CarPlay’s New Update Takes over Gauge Cluster, HVAC Controls

Apple CarPlay will be updated later this year to include multiple screens and more information. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

GM’s Cruise Wins the Race to Charge for Driverless Rides

GM's self-driving service Cruise recently secured a permit to operate driverless taxis, and charge customers, in San Francisco. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Chinese Aircraft Carrier Seen with a Fleet of Drones on Its Deck

Imagery shows the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong working as a deployment platform for vertical takeoff and landing drones. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Japan Has a Humanoid Robot That Fixes High-Voltage Train Lines

Get in the railway-repairing robot, Shinji. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Nanotech Coating Can Keep Cars Cooler Without AC

A newly-developed coating can reduce cabin temps by as much as 70 percent without the need for shade or AC. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

How Electric ‘Infinity Trains’ Could Run Forever on One Initial Charge

These trains don't break the laws of physics, but rather harness them in a way that results in a round-trip energy surplus. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Captured Russian Weapons Are Packed with U.S. Microchips

Ukraine intelligence showed us lists of mostly U.S.-made microchips it says were found on captured or destroyed Russian military equipment. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Great Wall Motors Is Launching a Hydrogen-Only, Luxury Brand

The Chinese multi-brand manufacturer is looking to start a new marque for hydrogen fuel-cell, luxury vehicles. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Lucid Turns to Saudi Arabia for Future EV Factory

Arizona-based EV company Lucid Motors is building its first plant outside of the U.S. in Saudi Arabia, with up to $3.4 in incentives from the Kingdom. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

How the Submarine USS Connecticut Crashed

This is the how USS Connecticut ended up impacting a seamount, which required the crew to fight to keep the badly damaged submarine from sinking. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Navy Ships Swarmed by Drones, Not UFOs, Defense Officials Confirm

Defense officials confirmed in a recent hearing that it was drones that swarmed Navy ships off California and it even happened again off another coast. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Tesla Asking Owners to Limit Charging During Texas Heatwave

Owners of Tesla vehicles saw a warning notice on their screens recently, warning them to limit charging during peak hours in order to relieve the Texas power grid. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Commander in Ukraine Wants Quiet Electric Bikes for His Sniper Teams

U.S. special operations forces have eyed electronic motorbikes to swiftly sneak up on enemies and now Ukrainian forces are following suit. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

I Used Coding to Defeat My VW GTI’s Stability Control Systems

Modern stability control is talented but it can often get in the way of fun. Here's how I defeated the system in my GTI. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Boeing Confirms Joining Forces with Disney to Build Flying X-Wings

A Boeing drone system was used as the base platform for the X-Wings that were part of the opening for Rise Of The Resistance the ride. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Small Cars Are Getting Huge. Are Fuel Economy Regulations to Blame?

Corporate Average Fuel Economy is making things worse, but not in the way detractors claim. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

The Era of ‘The Car You Own Forever’ Is Coming to an End

It won’t make sense to form a bond with a car that’s not really yours and runs on software someone else controls. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

Ukrainian Battle Buggies Are Out to Kill Russian Tanks

Little all-terrain buggies that are heavily armed offer a David-and-Goliath conundrum to the Russian military in Ukraine. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

The Fascinating B-52 Flight Simulator Trains of the Cold War

Strategic Air Command KC-135 and B-52 crews trained inside trains during the Cold War. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

75 Percent of car buyers don’t want features locked behind subscriptions

Who could've possibly guessed that car buyers don't want to pay monthly for basic features? | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

SR-71 Blackbird’s Predecessor Looked Even Cooler with Canards

An early design of the SR-71's predecessor had massive canard foreplanes. This is what it would've looked like if it had flown. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 1 year ago

The One Time North Vietnam’s MiGs Attacked U.S. Navy Warships

Fifty years ago, the Vietnamese People’s Air Force launched a one-of-its-kind air raid against U.S. Navy warships in the Gulf of Tonkin. | Continue reading


@thedrive.com | 2 years ago