Goodyear's Clever Concept SUV Tire Has The Grand Canyon In The Middle

Goodyear's Clever Concept SUV Tire Has The Grand Canyon In The Middle

Goodyear’s unnamed concept builds on a standard SUV tire with a large central groove to improve rolling resistance by having a reduced contact patch with the road. But as you can see from the tread, this is strictly a concept with no intention of being put into production. Yet.

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This 3D Printed Concept Is The Future Of Automaking

This 3D Printed Concept Is The Future Of Automaking

EDAG is a German design and engineering firm that has been working with most car manufacturers for the past four decades and also built a Pontiac Solstice shooting brake because wagons rock. Their latest concept is a 3D-printed composite passenger cell that was inspired by turtles and goes beyond today’s possibilities.

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App-Connected Hypercar Is a 280 MPH Smartphone Accessory

App-Connected Hypercar Is a 280 MPH Smartphone Accessory

The race to make the world’s fastest production car has turned into an all-out war, and as our pals at Jalopnik report , the viciously bonkers gearheads at Koenigsegg are readying a jaw-dropping juggernaut. It’s got all the mind-blowing stuff you’d expect: well over one thousand horsepower, a theoretical top speed of 280 MPH, carbon fiber everywhere. But huge power and exotic materials are expected in this strata of supercars. It’s the technology that puts Koenigsegg on another planet.

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