Driver assistance systems such as Tesla’s Autopilot and Cadillac’s Super Cruise lull drivers into a false sense of security and can increase the risk of a crash, the IIHS found in a report released Thursday. In the wake of high-profile fatalities caused…
A Degree Wheel and a Piston Stop Are All That’s Needed to Accurately Locate TDC on Your Engine. Find true top dead center (TDC) on a fully assembled engine using a degree wheel that bolts to the harmonic damper and a TDC…
For drivers in cold and wet weather states, the availability of all-wheel drive can drive car shopping decisions. Is AWD worth the upcharge over front- or rear-wheel-drive vehicles? And are crossover SUVs the only option? We tested six popular models in a…
The bar has been raised for vehicle safety in 2020. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced Thursday stricter criteria in awarding its Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick+ honors to 2020 models. Of the 219 new models evaluated, only 64…
Inspired by an image sent in by a fan, Russian YouTubers Garage54 decided it needed to give a Fiat Uno eight wheels. Two additional rims attached to a third axle, with the third and fourth sitting between the rear-most wheels. Mad, yet…
Qualcomm Inc on Monday announced a computing system for autonomous vehicles designed to handle everything from lane controls to full self-driving that it aims to have on the road by 2023. The system, dubbed Snapdragon Ride, is the company’s first foray into…
Bangalore based Tata Elxsi has unveiled an in-house developed RoboTaxi concept vehicle using AEye’s iDAR platform. iDAR is the first fully software based smart sensor that supports dynamic ROI and cueing of sensors. It extends the range at which objects can be…
We’ve never seen wool and wood used like this. The Tesla Model 3 is popular EV, though some criticize its styling as rather boring. On the flip side, Vilner is known for being anything but boring, and the Model 3 is the…
The little Ford that could? With 350 horsepower (260 kilowatts) and all-wheel drive from the factory, the Ford Focus RS is a very capable automobile. Matt Watson from the CarWow YouTube channel put the hot hatch up against a 585-hp(436-kW) all-wheel-drive-Mercedes G63…
Get Pumped Some automotive parts require replacement more often than others, not necessarily because of bad design but because they live a hard life. In many decades of wrenching, I’ve never had to replace a faulty oil pump and have rarely seen…