Transportation

An artist's impression of a cityscape featuring a skyTran system - image courtesy of skyTran

Futuristic skyTran levitating pod transportation set for Lagos, Nigeria

Maven, GM's car-sharing program, is now operational in Chicago (pictured here) with pricing starting at $8 an hour - image courtesy of Brian Kersey and Maven.

Maven car sharing, GM’s answer to ZipCar, reaches million mile milestone

The 2016 Toyota Hybrid Prius. Image courtesy of Toyota

Toyota hybrid car sales reach over 9 million

Max Steinberg CBE, chair, International Festival for Business 2016.

30 days to International Festival for Business 2016

Stripping away superfluous switches, buttons, touchpads and electronics on the steering wheel could save in manufacturing costs - image courtesy of Continental.

Continental aims to replace fiddly steering wheel buttons with gesture controls

The Made In Space team with a functional duplicate of the Microgravity Science Glovebox enclosure in which its 3D printer is housed in space - image courtesy of Made in Space

Nasa awards $20m contract to Made In Space to develop in-space manufacturing

Volvo autonomous cars include the XC90 Drive Me test vehicle. Several test vehicles have been on the road in and around Gothenburg since 2014 - image courtesy of Volvo.

Volvo autonomous cars to be tested on UK public roads next year

Jaguar Land Rover has partnered with Tile to help customers locate lost items with Bluetooth tracking - image courtay of JLR.

JLR partners with Tile to help Discovery Sport owners find their wallets

The toughest, smartest, most capable and safest F-150 ever is also the greenest according to Ford - image courtesy of Ford

Ford recycling creates 30,000 F-150 bodies worth of aluminium every month

The 2016 Ford Focus Electric vehicle at a charging point - image courtesy of Ford

Ford to take on Chevrolet and Tesla with improved electric vehicle

The £65m battery technology Institute will bring together the expertise from its 7 founding partner universities- image courtesy of Steve Zylius and UCI.

New rechargeable battery that can charge over 200k times