Rob Verger

Let’s break down the physics of how planes fly, starting with how a wing works. Fasten your seatbelt, and prepare to learn all about lift.

A limited-edition version of the popular electric pickup comes wrapped in matte black vinyl and will cost nearly $100,000.

The very large hot air balloon will carry seven people up to 35,000 feet, and then five of then plan to jump out of it (wearing parachutes).

A regular helicopter has two pretty visible main components: the top rotor, for giving the flying machine lift, and the tail rotor, to function as an anti-torque system and keep the aircraft from spinning in circles. A new aircraft from Airbus Helicopters, the H160, takes the tail rotor and tilts it at an angle of 10 degrees. Why do that? It gives the helicopter “free lift,” says Olivier Gensse, the H160’s test pilot. In other words, since the tail rotor is tilted ever so slightly downwards,…

Joby Aviation delivered an electric flying machine to Edwards Air Force Base, where the Air Force will experiment with different jobs for it.

Electric flying machines, drones, remote-controlled construction equipment, and the Army’s AR goggles were all on hand at a Texas event.

The creation of a Pennsylvania man named Dan Hryhorcoff, the enormous bumper car is 13 feet long and street-legal. Here’s how it works.

On Wednesday, October 18, an electric aircraft powered by a single propeller flew into, and then out of, Joint Base Andrews, the military facility famous for hosting Air Force One. That planned stop at the Maryland base was part of a long journey from Vermont to Florida. Today, the aircraft, created by Vermont-based Beta Technologies, finally arrived in Florida, touching down at Duke Field airport, which is part of Eglin Air Force Base. The reason for the long trip from north to south is for…

One of the most ubiquitous sights on the road is an 18-wheel truck. These large, loud vehicles are a prolific presence on America’s interstates, and are made up of two big components: the tractor, which does the pulling and is where the driver is, and the trailer, where the stuff goes. In an effort to clean up the relatively large emissions that come from this part of the transportation sector, some companies are working on electric tractors that can pull trailers: Freightliner has a model c…

To understand how electric cars work, it helps to keep in mind the ways in which they’re similar to regular gas-burning vehicles. They’re cousins from different generations, not machines from different universes. If you drive, you know the drill: Press down on the pedal with your right foot to get moving, point the vehicle where you want to go, maybe put on some music, and try not to crash. “An EV has four wheels,” says Chad Kirchner, the founder of evpulse.com, a news and information site a…