Covid-19 Spurs a Road Repair Boom—and Threatens a Bust
Empty highways clear the way for speedier construction projects, but loss of fuel taxes could bring them to a halt.
Fewer Wrecks, Grounded Planes, and More Car News This Week
Stay-at-home orders mean less traffic and fewer serious crashes, saving lives and money. Plus, Elon Musk does it again.
Elon Musk Says Tesla Stock Is ‘Too High’—and It Quickly Falls
An early-morning tweet punctuates a week in which the CEO has complained loudly and often about coronavirus-induced lockdowns.
Jaguar Envisions Car Design for a Post-Pandemic World
Julian Thomson, the automaker's director of design, shares his predictions for what drivers can look forward to.
Tesla Posts Another Profit as Musk Slams Virus Restrictions
The CEO has criticized shelter-in-place orders, which have forced the closure of the company's California assembly plant.
Planes Are Still Flying, but Covid-19 Recovery Will Be Tough
Air travel is down more than 90 percent from last year, and analysts say the rebound will be slower than following 9/11 or the...
Delivery Robots Aren’t Ready—When They Could Be Needed Most
Americans choosing to —or forced to—stay inside during the Covid-19 pandemic are leaning heavily on food delivery. Instacart sales soared 98 percent, and Amazon...
A Coronavirus Silver Lining: Less Driving, Fewer Crashes
For all the misery Covid-19 has wrought, the shelter-in-place orders imposed in the name of public health have yielded a few benefits, at least...
Drones Take Flight to Carry Covid-19 Tests to Labs in Africa
The Covid-19 pandemic has frozen much of the world’s aviation system, grounding fleets, shredding balance sheets, and stopping production lines as passenger demand craters....
Closed Streets, Pumping Air, and More Car News This Week
This week, we found ourselves fascinated by some of the more hidden effects wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic. By the complicated journey, for example,...
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