Honda automobiles have always handled road trips well, but the new Base Station Prototype camper trailer enhances that sense of capability and extends it even further into the wilderness. It was recently presented, and it is a completely new design developed by Honda’s US R&D teams in Los Angeles and Ohio. The goal was to make camping easier, especially for families who own tiny SUVs or electric crossovers.
In the early 1990s, Japan created a remarkable ship that moved over water without the use of propellers or turbines. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries completed the project in 1991 and called it Yamato-1. It made its inaugural excursion across Kobe Harbour under its own power in June 1992, marking a historic milestone as the first full-sized ship to cruise along using magnetohydrodynamic propulsion to transport people.
On a clear, sunny, yet slightly cloudy afternoon in Hollister, California, Wisk Aero’s latest aircraft took off for the first time. The date was December 16th, 2025, and the moment of truth finally arrived at 12:26 pm local time. Engineers and test pilots gazed in astonishment as the Generation 6 eVTOL rose vertically, hovered steadily as desired, and performed a few basic maneuvers before landing again. The flight barely lasted slightly more than 30 seconds, but the sensation of relief and years of hard effort was almost palpable.
Bombardier has delivered the first Global 8000, a significant step forward for private aviation, as it’s capable of flying at Mach 0.95, making it the fastest business jet since the Concorde’s retirement. Passengers can now cross continents faster than ever before, according to some very outstanding flight test results.
AutoFlight has introduced a game-changing solution: a floating platform for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. This is the world’s first dedicated landing location for eVTOL air taxis on rivers, lakes, and the open sea. Built with battery giant CATL, the platform works entirely on solar power and stored energy, with no emissions. Sick of gridlock roads and long airport wait times? There’s a new way to cross the water without ever seeing a fixed runway.
Last month, on the Shanghai-Chongqing-Chengdu high-speed railway line, something amazing happened…a silver bullet train zoomed by at 281 mph. That single run on October 21 means that the CR450 is now the fastest conventional wheeled train ever tested. Engineers measured one prototype at 453 km/h, as well as two trains passing each other at 896 km/h.
Rivian has a talent for creating cars that draw attention, but now, with its spin-off In addition, the company has used that same quiet confidence to work on something more low-key: the ALSO TM-B electric bike. And, let’s be honest, this is a machine that is intended to integrate into people’s daily lives – the kind of thing you would use to go for a quick trip to the grocery store.
Aamir Khollam stepped out of his weather-beaten SUV into the blinding snowy vastness of Svalbard, where the biting wind lashed through his parka like a fresh shave. He yanked open the trunk and pulled out a black duffel bag, a bit bigger than the one he’d toss into the back of the car for a quick weekend getaway. With a few yanks of the zipper, the bag came apart… and out spilled Janus-I, a folding helicopter that had already conquered the Himalayas.
