“People are getting increasingly fed up with their car infotainment systems,” reports the Verge:

According to JD Power’s Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study, overall satisfaction among car owners is 845 (on a 1,000-point scale),…

UK startup Vertical Aerospace has achieved a significant milestone as its electric flying taxi, the VX4, successfully completed its first fully detached flight at Cotswold Airport in southwest England. The prototype flew at a speed of approximately 70 …

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Who owns thedata generated by your car? And who controls access to it? For almost a decade, right-to-repair activists, automakers, parts manufacturers, auto repair shop owners, technicians, and regular pe…

Dale Vince, the green energy tycoon and founder of Ecotricity, is planning to launch Britain’s first electric airline called Ecojet. The Guardian reports: Ecojet, styled as a “flag carrier for green Britain,” will launch early next year with a 19-seate…

“Logan Parson’s first flight by himself ended with airport officials taking the teenager into custody and whisking him away into an interrogation room,” reports the Independent. The teen was “denied boarding to an American Airlines flight,” reports the…

Here’s how long-time Slashdot reader Baron_Yam summarizes a radically new tiny-but-powerful “opposed-piston engine” created by INNengine of Granada, Spain. “500cc, 120 horsepower, under 40 kilograms (85 pounds). No cylinder head in the motor, no camsha…

New military and commercial craft aim to go far higher than jumbo jets and stay there for months, offering more flexible alternative to satellites. From a report: This month a drone took off from a missile range in New Mexico and climbed into the strat…

U.S. regulators will soon decide on a petition filed by General Motors’ Cruise self-driving technology unit seeking permission to deploy up to 2,500 self-driving vehicles annually without human controls, a top auto safety official said on Wednesday. Fr…