Transportation

The prize: A piece of the estimated $20 billion automakers and other companies will spend globally on development over the next five years, according to an analysis by Gartner.

The company, founded by Denver-based entrepreneur Tom Filippini, allows members to share access to a private jet to charter flights throughout the region.

"It used to take me up to 10 minutes to get onto the main road," he said. "Now there are no holdups."

It’s about to get GOOD.

An analysis of used Model S sales finds that while not many have hit the market so far — just 1,600 — they typically command prices well above $50,000.

Silicon Valley automaker Tesla Motors introduced an incentive program to encourage owners of its electric vehicles to convince their friends to buy cars, even as the company spurns traditional marketing tactics such as advertising.

Neptune will offer two roundtrip flights per week to Billings every Tuesday and Thursday. The service is designed for Missoula-area individuals and companies that travel frequently to Billings who want to get there and back on the same day.

There’s a lot of room for improvement in the world’s transportation infrastructure, and using big data is one way to close the gap.

Though the industry won’t be impacted "significantly" for at least a decade, the landscape will begin to shift dramatically after that.

A team of students from the University of Stuttgart just designed, built and raced what could be the fastest accelerating electric vehicle in the world.