Transportation

Electric cars and plug-in hybrids won’t recharge their batteries through a bulky cord. Instead, a small pad placed on the garage floor — or maybe embedded in it — will transmit energy to a receiver on the car’s undercarriage, no wires needed. Just drive over the pad, park and forget about it.

"You call up a driverless machine and you’re dropped off wherever, and the machine goes off and picks up the next person. Some will be two-passenger, or four-passenger. Some will have freight capabilities, so they’re delivering parcels locally, as well."

You can’t buy a university, but you can make its employees better offers

The Karmic Koben, a new e-bike now on Kickstarter

Imagine: public buses on demand.

"Innovation is our goal. The way to provide the best technology is through constant development and progress. By sharing our research with other companies, we will accelerate the growth of electrified vehicle technology and deliver even better products to customers."

"We don’t want to run the airport," he said during a City Council budget hearing. "What we want to do is work with the airport to merchandize it for the benefit of Billings."

Travel in and out of Missoula International Airport this summer should be just as busy as in a record-setting 2014.

…vehicle ownership rates may fall by almost half as households move to having just one car that services the needs of each family member.

Autonomous cars will be commonplace by 2025 and have a near monopoly by 2030, and the sweeping change they bring will eclipse every other innovation our society has experienced.