This picture just reminds me how much more I like the idea of a conventional car. You know, something that can actually carry stuff.

Maybe there could be an over-ride to the over ride whereby the pilot, locked out of the cabin can contact air traffic control and have them remotely unlock the door (they could pick up video feed of the cabin and door for verification).

If by "less ugly" you mean a bland, underpowered copy of the Juke that looks like a baby-shoe version of the Equinox, then yes.

Did he test drive the V6 Sorento? The 4-cyl is too small for a car that size and thus will always be upset (and the mileage is pretty close since the bigger engine isn't straining so hard).

Do you really need to "train" in the whitehouse though? I mean, if they just walk around calmly and understand/memorize the layout and actual surroundings that's 90% of it? An emergency situation would just require that you do it faster.

Every little rock chip would break my heart.

Most modern cars are very quiet. The noise comes from the tires and wind resistance, which is why it's funny when people talk about adding artificial noise to electric cars so blind people can hear them.

I'm for a much stricter licensing process and even a more expensive one so that only those who are passionate will bother but I still like driving my car on actual roads.

I see the Volt as a "show car"... it's not all that flashy but is their green-tech showcase (until the Bolt comes out). Low sales, but is more of a conversation piece. If you wanted to buy a Malibu, you probably weren't going to test drive or even look at the car anyways.

Are they in the show room, or buried in the lot? Just curious, I doubt many people would ask for a Volt, but might be interested if they saw one.

I think the idea is that fossil fuels will run out, in the not so distant future (50-200 years, depending on who you ask), making those cars not future-proof. EV's conceivably will outlast gas powered cars.

The SQ5 is one of four vehicles Delphi has modified for autonomous driving duty, with an array of sensors, LIDAR, radar, vehicle-to-vehicle communication, and a multi-domain controller processing an estimated two terabytes of data that will collected during the trip.

So in the future, hipsters will drive manuals ironically. "I only shift organically, man".

I think it's pretty much a law that you must constantly honk your horn.

Part (a big part) of operating ANY motor vehicle is driving at a safe speed so that you can react to ANY unforseen condition. A blind corner merits that you should slow down, and follow the speed limit.

It's okay, I think this is a bad idea too. The same gains could be made simply by making the tire stiffer (as you said). Now if they were able to electronically control the traction/rolling resistance, that would be something.

A turbo doesn't really increase MPG. To increase fuel economy with a turbo, you need to downsize the engine and then use the turbo to bring the HP up to the original value momentarily.

They are now quoting 49 Mpgs City. Which is slightly disappointing. Big spread between the HWY and city.

Am I a bad person for taking that other article as Car Dealer Exploits Mentally Challenged Children for Cheap Labor?

Right now autonomous drones/lawn mowers are pretty scarce, and the consequences of them malfunctioning are low. They also fall into sort of a hobby classification, where owners of regular lawn mowers don't need licenses or insurance (technically you need a license/insurance to fly model airplanes, but I think most…