Spent last weekend in Austin, and one of the highlights – besides Terry Black’s of course – was a ride in a self-driving car. My ride happened to be in a Cybercab, but there were plenty of Waymo’s prowling the streets too. To sum up the ride: it was sort of amazing,...

If you've noticed more hybrid badges in traffic lately, you're not imagining it — and Honda just made it official. This week, the automaker confirmed it's looking at building an eighth North American manufacturing plant, and the whole point is to build more hybrids,...