Hyundai TIGER X-1 UMV Is the Ultimate Walking, Wheeled Delivery Drone Hyundai made waves in 2019 with its CES showing of the Elevate concept—an “Ultimate Mobility Vehicle” that featured motorized wheels attached to five-jointed “legs” that enabled it to walk and climb, as well as drive. The best-known walking vehicles in our collective consciousness are those […]
Best Small Electric Cars of 2021
Our first-time buying advice below offers info on key electric car terms, as well as any incentives that might be on offer, such as home wallbox chargers and government grants. Best small electric cars 2021 Fiat 500 Renault Zoe Peugeot e-208 Volkswagen ID.3 Vauxhall Corsa-e Honda e Volkswagen e-up! SEAT Mii electric BMW i3 MINI […]
FCA Previews Better, Faster, Stronger Uconnect Infotainment
Infotainment is an increasingly important consideration when buying a new car. Buyers want a system that’s easy to use with key features like Apple CarPlay and Android Auto along with the ability to customize the screen to their preferences. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles delivers with the fifth generation of its Uconnect infotainment system. Personalized User Profiles […]
High-Tech 2020 Range Rover Sport HST Makes Easy Work Of Winter Weather
We took the 2020 Range Rover Sport HST into the worst weather we could find to see how it coped with snow and ice. The quick answer? Splendidly.
The Cruise Origin is Your Autonomous Car of the Future
Today’s cars have autonomous features, but none of them are fully autonomous. No matter how much steering and braking they can manage, a human driver is still required as backup. The Cruise Origin has no such restrictions and looks completely unlike today’s cars. Cruise Automation is the autonomous vehicle subsidiary of General Motors. It debuted […]
Why Are Everyone’s Headlights So Obnoxious?
If you’ve operated an automobile over the last decade or so, you’ve probably been aware that headlights have become exceedingly obnoxious. Ford Super Duty drivers, in particular, must spend half their nighttime driving flashing oncoming drivers that, no, their high beams aren’t on, but their low beams are so blinding that it makes the high […]
Keyless Entry is Still An Unsecure Means of Protecting Your Car
Half of all new cars sold in the U.S. have keyless entry as a standard feature. It’s convenient, but it leaves your car wide open to thieves to either break in or drive the car away, using nothing but a $17 amplification device and a small loop antenna. You can defeat thieves, but isn’t as […]
Former Google Engineer Indicted for Stealing Self-Driving Car Secrets
Former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski was indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice for stealing trade secrets from Google when he left the company and headed over to Uber. Levandowski worked on Google’s self-driving car from 2009 until early 2016. He was the lead of Google’s Light Detecting and Ranging (LiDAR) engineering team so he […]
Virtual Designated Driver Doesn’t Need to be in the Car to Drive
The days of human drivers may be numbered once fully autonomous vehicles hit the road, but we aren’t there just yet. The technology is making its way into our cars, but this is a process that will take time. One step in the process could be virtual drivers. Designated Driver, based out of Portland, Oregon, […]