So. I don’t have a HACK license, but for one day I got to pretend to be an NYC taxi driver. It was hands down one of the most stressful, exciting, and terrifying jobs of all time. (You try keeping customers who think you are […]
All posts tagged: Cars of the future
The Mercedes-Benz that very nearly, drives itself
A few weeks ago, Peter Valdes-Dapena and I took a quick trip across the northernmost border to check out Mercedes-Benz‘s latest offering in their luxury S-Class line. With a group of select journalists, we drove the car roughly 100 miles up to Muskoka Airport, where […]
Mercedes-Benz and Tesla team up on all electric car
At the 2013 New York International Auto Show, Peter Valdes-Dapena and I got a sneak preview of the brand new Mercedes-Benz B Class, built in conjunction with Tesla Motors, the famous electric car maker based in California. See a walk around of the car in […]
The $4 million Lamborghini at the Geneva Motor Show
While on my trip to the Geneva Motor Show I was lucky enough to get up close with the brand new Lamborghini Veneno–one of only three to be made. I even got a sneak peek at VW Night. See the a few of the images […]
The brand new McLaren P1
Recently I traveled overseas, to one of the premiere auto shows in the world–the Geneva Motor Show. While there, I got a sneak peek of the brand new McLaren P1 super car. With more than 900hp, the P1 can go 0-60 in under 3 seconds […]
Driving a Tesla Model S from Washington D.C. to Boston
After the now famous instance where a broken down Tesla stranded a New York Times journalist in the wilds of Connecticut, Tesla reached out to me and CNN’s auto reporter, Peter Valdes-Dapena see about arranging another long distance test drive. We had a very small […]
Use your iPad to control your car? It could happen
Consumer electronics innovation moves at a blistering speed, leaving auto manufacturers struggling to keep up. At the annual Detroit Auto Show, one company, Johnson Controls, showcases what they think the future car cockpit could look like, complete with touch controls and buttonless selection. While knobs […]
The future of driving–gesture control?
One of the coolest things I saw at the Detroit Auto show this year was the Hyundai (like sundae) HCD-14 Genesis Concept. While it’s gigantic swooping body lines, and gaping grill made for an interesting exterior, it was the technology inside that made me sit […]