» Posted September 10, 2019 Resources
Smart technology of all types is rapidly changing the world, including the way that people travel in their cars. Whether it is lane assist technology that can help drivers keep on the straight and narrow or new advances designed to monitor motorists for drowsiness, much of the smart new bells and whistles are meant to make people safer behind the wheel.
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» Posted August 30, 2019 Resources
Long haul trucks have been leading the way on the road to self-driving because navigating long stretches of highway turns out to be easier to teach machines to do than dealing with local traffic. Still, autonomous continues to improve in leaps and bounds, as a recent collaboration between German companies Bosch and Daimler shows.
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» Posted August 28, 2019 Resources
General Motors’ big plan for putting autonomous taxi cabs on the street is going to take a little longer than initially envisioned.
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» Posted August 23, 2019 Resources
Car accidents may be relatively common occurrences, but they can cause serious and even life-threatening injuries. That is not to mention how expensive it can be for anyone involved in even a seemingly minor fender bender.
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» Posted August 21, 2019 Resources
The auto industry is a cut throat business, so you don’t often see carmakers going outside of the family to team up with other brands on research and development. That’s why a new partnership between Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen on electric and self-driving vehicles is getting so much attention.
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» Posted August 16, 2019 Resources
Sturdy car windows are an important feature that help protect people inside the vehicle and prevent thieves from getting in when no one is around. The problem, however, is that some widows are so strong that they are difficult to break when people need to, like in an emergency.
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» Posted August 14, 2019 Resources
Want to connect your phone to your car? If you are a BMW driver, it is going to cost you. The German automaker recently announced that it will start charging BMWers $80 a year for access to CarPlay, the Apple system that allows drivers to use their phones safely from behind the wheel. The feature is available on new cars that come with navigation technology.
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» Posted August 9, 2019 Resources
Subaru has another weld problem. This time the Japanese automaker wants to take another look at some 2,000 vehicles because of “improperly applied spot welds.”
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» Posted August 7, 2019 Resources
Melting engines are generally a bad thing. So perhaps it is no surprise that Swedish carmaker Volvo has decided to recall some 500,000 vehicles because of concerns that the vehicles’ engines could succumb to heat and even catch fire.
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» Posted July 31, 2019 Resources
Elon Musk has never been shy about dreaming big, whether that means putting people in outer space, shaving several hours off of long train trips or offering to rescue a soccer team stuck in a cave in Thailand. So it was probably not a huge surprise when the Tesla Chief recently announced that he’s been tinkering with the idea of an underwater car.
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