LA Auto Show Report: 9 Future-y Features Hitting the Road

Super-cheap EVs exist in other parts of the world, as advances in battery tech and manufacturing are making new cars significantly cheaper. But the US market presents unique challenges for automakers.

Major battery breakthroughs seemingly happen every day, but only some of that tech ever leaves the lab. WIRED breaks down what’s actually going to change EVs and what’s just a dream.

A new ICE proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.

This $400 set comes with minifigures of the complete Next Gen crew, including Picard, Riker, and Wesley Crusher’s portable tractor beam.

At an airport in South Carolina on Thursday, US representative Nancy Mace called police officers “fucking incompetent” and berated them repeatedly, according to an incident report.

The X-59 successfully completed its inaugural flight—a step toward developing quieter supersonic jets that could one day fly customers more than twice as fast as commercial airliners.

The USS Gerald R. Ford is a $13 billion aircraft carrier sailing to the Caribbean with nuclear propulsion, an electromagnetic plane launcher, and 90 aircraft onboard.

General Motors’ new self-driving system will let the driver speed down the highway without looking at the road. It’s one of several features enabled by the adoption of machine intelligence in cars.

Driving a spacecraft around a planet isn’t anything like driving on a planet. A physicist explains orbital navigation.

Plus: Supercute kei cars from Honda and BYD, Insta360 has a cheaper 360 camera, and Nothing's latest phone won't be coming to the US, while the OnePlus 15 gets a launch date.

San Francisco is preparing for federal law enforcement’s invasion of the Bay Area, whether it happens or not.

The Alphabet company’s self-driving cars are opening up shop in more and more cities. Now—finally—they’re taking to the freeway.