Ex-Apple engineers create next-gen lidar for self-driving cars

Lidar is an essential component of self-driving cars, and a company by the name of Aeva believes it has something breakthrough. The company’s lidar system fits in a small box and creates more vivid mapping to help a self-driving car see like never before. The Verge reported Monday that Aeva is the brainchild of two …

IndyCar is ready to introduce 900-horsepower engines by 2021

Right now, an IndyCar race car is powered by an engine capable of producing between 550 and 750 horsepower. There’s an additional 60 hp waiting in the wings with the Push-to-Pass feature. That’s not enough, apparently. IndyCar drivers have been clamoring for more horsepower, and it looks like that wish is set to come true. …

Rolls-Royce once owned by Muhammad Ali hitting auction block

A Rolls-Royce once owned by late boxing legend Muhammad Ali will hit the auction block at Bonhams’ Zoute Sale in Belgium early next month. The 1970 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow Mulliner Park Ward convertible was bought by the champ, at the time still known by his birth name of Cassius Clay, in New Jersey for nearly …