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Not only does it debut a suite of systems that serve as a stepping stone to autonomy, the BMW 5 Series is now home to the latest hybrid powertrain from the company's "i Division." New Atlas took a spin in the new 530e iPerformance plug-in hybrid see if batteries make a better 5 Series.​

​Last week, the BlackBelt launched on Kickstarter, a 3D printer that catered for continuous printing thanks to a conveyor belt instead of the usual print bed. Opencreators has also kicked off a crowdfunding campaign for a system that feeds in new build plates for each object from a stack.​

Side-by-sides like the Can-Am Maverick have opened the door for a new type of off-road fun. Power has never been an issue for the Maverick, but that hasn't stopped Can-Am from boosting the Maverick X Turbo with the more powerful, range-topping Turbo R.​​​

​​If Batman were to go to Mars, is this what he would drive? Actually, probably not. NASA's recently-unveiled Mars rover concept vehicle is intended to stay here on Earth, although some of its technical features may ultimately find use in a manned mission.​

​​According to China's CRRC Zhuzhou Institute Co Ltd, most smaller cities can't afford to build light rail systems – even though they would still benefit from having them. That's why the company has built and demonstrated what it's billing as "the world's first railless train."

Yamaha has taken aim at the American megatouring market with a transcontinental luxury tourer based on the 1854cc v-twin engine from its Raider cruiser. The Star Venture, with its full color infotainment system and electric park assist, becomes Yamaha’s new touring flagship.

National Electric Vehicle Sweden, which purchased Saab's assets back in 2012, is using CES Asia to show its vision of autonomous commuting. Owning a car is out in this vision, and vehicles not only pick you up and drop you off autonomously, they change their interiors around your needs and whims.

It turns out Donald Trump's round face and matching "round" name might have helped get him elected. While a new study doesn't particularly home in on the US president, it does point out just how much people like it when names and faces match up, especially when it comes to politicians.

​Many wild elephants already wear GPS-equipped collars, which let wildlife officials track their whereabouts. An upgrade to those collars, however, could soon allow those officials to instantly know when poachers are shooting at the elephants.

People rate food as tasting better, and they eat more of it, when eating with other people. The effect is known as the "social facilitation of eating," and scientists don't fully understand it. In a new study, however, it was found that it also occurs when solo diners eat in front of a mirror.

For the first time, researchers at the University of North Carolina have used MRIs of six-month-olds to successfully predict which babies were at a high risk of developing autism as toddlers.

Gravity from huge objects like stars can curve spacetime, bending light from its straight path. This can alter how we see distant stars through what's called gravitational lensing, and now astronomers have seen it in action, directly observing a star bend the light of another, more distant star.