Connected cars, autonomous features, infotainment systems, and the tech transforming modern vehicles.
Best Auto Gifts and Gadgets for Car-Loving Moms
# The Best Auto Gifts for Car-Loving Moms: Practical Upgrades for Every Budget Car-loving moms deserve gifts that blend function with style, and the …
Audi's New Digital Matrix Lights Project Turn Signals Onto The Road And Won't Blind Other Cars
Audi's latest generation of matrix headlights finally overcomes the regulatory hurdle that has blocked these advanced systems from U.S. roads for year…
Airplanes Got ABS Brakes In The '40s — Production Cars Didn't Get Them Until The 1960s
# When Airplanes Beat Cars to Anti-Lock Brakes: The Decade-Long Technology Gap Aircraft engineers solved the anti-lock braking problem in the 1940s, …
Why Hypoid Differential Gear Oil Needs To Be Different From Engine Or Transmission Oil
# Why Hypoid Differential Gear Oil Demands Its Own Specification Car owners often treat motor oil as interchangeable. That assumption destroys differ…
7 Of The Most Powerful JDM Engines Ever Made
# The Seven Most Powerful Japanese Engines Ever Built for Production Japanese domestic market engines have delivered some of the automotive world's m…
Ford Patents Idea That Lets Parked Cars Autonomously Flee Danger
Ford has filed a patent for autonomous vehicle technology that would allow parked cars to move themselves away from danger without human intervention.…
Six Flags has installed one of the largest solar carports in the US
Six Flags Magic Mountain has completed installation of a 12.37-megawatt solar carport in California, making it the state's largest solar carport insta…
Hasta la vista, baby – Figure F.02 humanoid robots decommissioned, T2-style
Figure AI has decommissioned its F.02 humanoid robots by having them destroy themselves in molten steel, mimicking the climactic scene from Terminator…
Early-2000s Porsches Can Add CarPlay Thanks to a Factory Retrofit
Porsche owners of early 2000s sports cars now have a path to modern connectivity. The German automaker's factory retrofit infotainment system, which a…
Secrets of Modern Car Tuners
# Secrets of Modern Car Tuners The tuning industry has fundamentally shifted from mechanical tweaks to software manipulation, yet the core principles…
According To Leaked Pitch, Flock Cameras Were Once Nearly Put In Ubers And Lyfts
Flock Safety's automatic license plate reader technology came perilously close to infiltrating the rideshare ecosystem on a scale that would have fund…
Tesla's European FSD Vote Is On Hold
Tesla's push to bring its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta software to European customers faces regulatory hurdles that have stalled momentum. The company…
Dodge's Fire-Preventing Ejecting Battery Patent Is American Individualism At Its Finest
# Dodge's Ejecting Battery Patent Offers Dramatic Solution to EV Fire Risk Dodge has filed a patent for a system that ejects a burning battery from a…
A Helicopter's 'Jesus Nut' Is The Last Thing You Want To Bust During A Flight
# The Critical Engineering Behind Helicopter Safety: Why the "Jesus Nut" Matters The term "Jesus nut" refers to the single fastener that holds a heli…
E-quipment highlight: EGO POWER+ Leaf Vacuum and Mulcher
EGO POWER+ has unveiled its latest three-in-one landscaping tool, the LV5000 Leaf Vacuum and Mulcher, positioning itself as the dominant player in res…
Patent Suggests the Tesla Roadster Might Get a Clever Rear Wing
Tesla has filed a patent revealing a deployable rear wing system for an upcoming two-door vehicle, likely the long-delayed Tesla Roadster. The patent …
Geely Can Now Charge An EV Battery In Under 5 Minutes
Geely has achieved a breakthrough in EV charging speed, now capable of replenishing an electric vehicle battery in under five minutes. The Chinese aut…
These 7 4-Cylinder Engines Are Nearly Indestructible
# Seven Four-Cylinder Engines Built to Last Decades Four-cylinder engines dominate modern automotive manufacturing for one simple reason: they delive…