If you are dreaming of the Jetsons era of flying cars especially at this time of the new normal, we are close to that reality. Recently, Japan’s SkyDrive Inc. announced that it has successfully tested a single-seater flying car with their SD-03 model. According to Japan Times, the test involved the SD-03 flying 2 […]
Take a Ride on the Green Side We’ve been hearing about the government’s modernization of our public transportation; replacements to vehicles in varying states of disrepair that ply through our urban streets. While we’ve been seeing a few of these efforts on the street, I think we can all agree that there’s still a bit of work […]
British Heritage At A Price You Can Afford Morris Garages or MG is one of the oldest names in the automotive industry. It’s been around in some form or another since the brand was established in the UK in 1924, and the company has re-launched in the Philippines this year with three new vehicles. While […]
It starts with modernizing our jeeps Today marks the start of the two-day transport strike headed by Pinagkaisahang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (Piston) to protest the planned jeepney phaseout of the government. It’s another transport strike aimed at sending a message to the government by making our daily commute to work as […]
This is not an April Fool’s Joke. They’re actually serious. While local arm of the ride-sharing app, Uber, may have their squabbles with cab drivers, it has its eyes set on something very ambitious and it’s coming sooner than you think. They want to bring us a network of flying cars by 2020 in places […]
Vespa Goes Electric There’s no doubt about it. In a city where motorcycles and scooters are a a dime a dozen, Piaggio’s classic Vespa can still turn heads. We’ve had the privilege of owning a number of scooters from the Italian brand and it never failed to get nods of approval whenever we’d take it […]
If there’s ever a country that needs rugged, hardy and comfy pickups and SUVs, it’s the Philippines. Crappy roads (have you driven on EDSA lately?) and the occasional flash flood every time Mother Nature does its thing almost necessitates the use of SUVs and pickup trucks on our roads. Add apocalyptic levels of traffic to […]
The city of Manila is set to remove and phase out gasoline run tricycles, kuligligs and pedicabs by October, according to President turned Mayor Erap Estrada. The 25,000 strong population of these sometimes vital, occasionally dangerous passenger vehicles will be removed from the city and replaced by electronic tricycles to reduce carbon emissions and to […]
In a surprise move, ride-sharing app Uber has announced that they’ll be starting the deployment of self-driving cars in downtown Pittsburgh, USA, starting this month. The cars, modified Volvo XC90 sport-utility vehicles decked out with dozens of sensors that use a combination of laser, radar and GPS technology, will be picking up and dropping off […]
We review the affordable Hoverboard of CD-R King! Whenever we talk about hoverboards, people always take great pleasure in pointing out that it doesn’t really hover off of the ground. Well, that’s true, but since there’s not really an easier way to say self-balancing, two-wheeled electric scooter, that’s probably the reason why the hoverboard moniker […]
Is this why the LTFRB has been overly critical of Uber and other ride-sharing apps? A few days ago the LTFRB has been clamping down hard on ride-sharing apps like Uber, who they claim have been operating without the proper franchise. Well, it seems there was a reason for the crackdown, at least according to […]
We’re not talking about a SmartPhone Ever since man decided to strap on an engine to at least two wheels, we’ve been hooked on the idea of motorized transport; either to make life a little more convenient or just to fulfill the need for speed. A few years back, personnel utility transporters were introduced to […]