For the most part of the year, as the Tesla Model 3 was slowly growing into a gargantuan hit, we’ve seen all kinds of races pitting the electric car against heavy-weights like the Chevrolet Camaro SS or the BMW M3. Most of those races, however, were all about sprint, as they took place on...
We’re not sure what kind of relationship you have with puddles on the road, but if you have the slightest hint that they could be larger than they seem, you should set yourself the goal of avoiding them. The “oh, it’ll just be a little bath” feeling can instantly turn into...
Hypermiling is the word generally used to describe the techniques used by drivers to achieve the maximum range with the least amount of fuel. It had become a term in its own right back in the 2000s when gas prices and the subsequent financial crisis forced everyone to reconsider including the way...
Back in 2014, the Autopilot was launched on the Tesla Model S not as a standalone feature, but part of the Tech Package option. Developed together with Mobileye, an Israeli company currently creating autonomous cars with Volkswagen, the Autopilot only a few included at the time semi-autonomous...
If you are a BMW enthusiast, then for the better part of the last decade you became familiar with the Parking Assistant array of features meant to make parking a car as easy as driving it in a straight line down the road. The technology was designed a while back to handle parallel parking,...
The electric car offensive from Volkswagen will soon begin. After years of laggin behind other carmakers because of the research it needed to do, the German auto giant promises that thanks to its new modular platform, there will be ten million electric Volkswagen group cars on the roads in the...
Aside from being responsible with catching the eye of the customers, the design of a car is in part accountable for the performances of any given vehicle. And one of the most important figures car companies are watching for when designing a new car model is the drag coefficient. The drag...
On September 19, Porsche announced it has become a major investor in Swiss start-up WayRay. The company is involved in developing holographic augmented reality displays for automobiles, to be used in lieu of existing displays that tend to take the driver’s eyes off the road for shorter or...
Ever since 2015, German car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz and parts supplier Bosch have been working on an automated parking system aimed at providing accident and stress-free parking solutions for drivers. The technology is already being put through its paces by Mercedes in two locations: starting...
For decades, Mercedes-Benz has been trying to create the ultimate fully active suspension that would allow the perfect control of the car while cornering, accelerating, braking and off-roading. Over the years, German engineers have come up with various solutions, starting with the air suspension...
Jeep is a brand known for its off-roaders, and the company has over ten variations of its 4x4 systems in its offering in 2016. The systems that Jeep provides work in different ways and have sketchy names, which often confuse people. For example, some of them are called Active Drive, Freedom Drive,...
The motorcycle helmets have been for ages mostly a functional piece of equipment. It has been designed with the primary goal of protecting a rider’s head in case of an impact. It was never created, in its early years, as a comfortable piece of equipment.
The motorcycle helmet...
A time traveler from as late as the 1980s would probably be a bit flabbergasted if he were in the position to experience a modern car in recent times. Sure, there aren't that many technical differences between a 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class and a 1985 Mercedes-Benz 190, but when it comes to...
One of the trickiest moments in any motorcycle rider’s journey is experiencing the infamous and dangerous skid, a phenomenon that makes the wheels lose friction and sends the bike in at time deadly slips.
Ever since the motorcycle has been around, riders have learned that the best reaction...
The introduction of the navigation system for civilian use in considered to have taken place in 1987, when Toyota launched on the Crown model the world’s first CD-ROM-based such tool. By the end of the following decade, GPS was helping travelers all over the world make their journeys easier...