In an excerpt from a CNNMoney interview, Tesla boss Elon Musk says that the self-driving car — or "autopilot," the term he prefers — is basically just months away from retail.

More than 11 million cars with defective Japanese air bags have been recalled; but not all states are included in recall

Why we have millions of cars with unfixed safety recalls—and Germany has none.

It is like watching the Phoenix — in a modern “real-time” rebirth — rise from its mythical ashes. Or like watching David — if time-lapse photography had existed back when Michelangelo worked his magic — emerge from a mere block of stone. In one contiguous, if only slightly monotonous, 44-hour melding of computer, plastic and laser beams, a company called Local Motors “3D-printed” a car.

A new car sharing service sidesteps the biggest problems with EV technology.

The Americans love power. And this goes for their cars as well – Americans love powerful cars – cars that exude their mental images and their mind’s desires in every way.

In the wake of a fatal crash that killed a Denton county family, NBC 5's Kevin Cokely looks at the statistics on drowsy vs. distracted vs. drunk driving.

NPR photographer David Gilkey went to Cuba and made images of the one thing his editor told him to avoid: cars.

Range-extending gas engines have a big problem: they're engineered to rotate wheels, not provide electricity. The Free Piston Engine Linear Generator cuts out the middleman for a huge efficiency boost.

Pony up to the 18th hole in the new Ford Mustang Golf Car.

Did not notice the car braking. Russia.

Driving and maintenance tips that will add miles and years to the life of your car.

Honda Motor Co expects to recall vehicles with potentially defective air bags, a move that could expand a massive, multi-company air-bag recall by more than a million.

The cockpit for the British Bloodhound supersonic car has been built and fitted out.

Incriminating CCTV footage of The Stig from Lotus F1 Team HQ has emerged ahead of the Top Gear Festival in South Africa...

Justin Bell takes us for a flyer and awakens the BMW Motorsport McLaren F1 GTR, the unicorn of racing cars. Settle in for the 2.4 miles of Mid-Ohio Sports Car course.

The Barrett-Jackson Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona is one of the biggest auto sales events of the entire year. For the last decade, it's been about what one man, Ron Pratte, would buy. But in 2015 he's selling every single car he owns at that auction, including a GM Futurliner. And he hasn't given a reason.

Mysterious accident

Hard landing

One of the first things I noticed during my ride today in one of Google's driverless cars was the big red kill button between the two front seats.