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18 Aug 2022, 12:01 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Many modern vehicles come with mobile headrests that offer whiplash protection in the case of a rear-ending. Most, if not all, move into position to limit head movement after the vehicle strikes from behind. A Canadian supplier works on headrests t...
18 Aug 2022, 09:56 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Carmakers started to copy the touchscreen smartphone interface to replace the physical buttons inside their vehicles. But what works for a smartphone is not necessarily suitable for cars, and sometimes it can prove outright dangerous. Carmakers ...
18 Aug 2022, 08:29 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Car crashes have become so common these days that road deaths mean nothing more than numbers in statistics. According to NHTSA, 9,560 people lost their lives in the first quarter of the year, the highest number of first-quarter fatalities since 200...
17 Aug 2022, 14:39 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The Dodge A100 was a competitor to the Volkswagen Type 2, but also to the Ford Econoline and Chevy Corvair Greenbrier. The 1967 Sportsman example selling on Bring a Trailer is a great piece of American automotive history. If you find this silhou...
17 Aug 2022, 12:39 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Porsche Taycan recently received a software update promising to improve range, among other things. Curious to see how much improvement we’re talking about, the guys at InsideEVs have put the updated Taycan through the famous 70-mph range test...
17 Aug 2022, 10:17 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The NHTSA complained to Tesla about its vehicle not receiving the FSD Beta access, despite having the needed hardware and a Safety Score of 99. Thanks to Twitter power, the case got Elon Musk’s attention, who promised to help. If you saw t...
16 Aug 2022, 17:14 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia was the ultimate camper van in its heydays and is still held in high regard by the camper community. This 1988 example selling on Bring a Trailer is as good as new, although it is far from perfect. The Vanagon wa...
16 Aug 2022, 16:03 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Ford Europe is testing new headlight technology that can replace the head-up display by projecting useful information on the road ahead, in the driver’s sight. This helps keep the driver’s eyes on the road, enhancing safety. I must c...
16 Aug 2022, 15:09 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The accident happened Monday afternoon in the southwestern town of Reutlingen near Frankfurt after the BMW iX veered into oncoming traffic. According to the Reutlingen police reports, the BMW iX was an “autonomous electric test car.” Ho...
16 Aug 2022, 13:39 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Elon Musk announced working on the “Master Plan Part 3” back in March. We haven’t heard of any progress since then. Still, the Chinese media has published an essay by Musk, in which he shares his thoughts on several topics, paving...
16 Aug 2022, 10:29 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / SpaceX made a name for itself not only by offering internet access in places that lack basic utilities but also for its bulletproof security. During the Black Hat USA 2022, the latter shattered to pieces after a security researcher demonstrated how...
16 Aug 2022, 08:54 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Dodge only offered a convertible Challenger for the 1970 and 1971 model years, leaving muscle car fans with only two options on the market: the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro. Stellantis is budging for the last year of production and offers a co...
15 Aug 2022, 17:35 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Vintage travel trailers are very hard to find, but the stories they tell make them so rewarding to own. This 1948 Westcraft Sequoia is listed as a project on Bring a Trailer, although it can be taken on a road trip right away. Unlike Airstream, ...
15 Aug 2022, 15:10 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Installing a toilet in your motorhome or camper trailer makes a lot of sense for those times spent in the wilderness. Smaller rigs, like campervans, usually go without, saving the space for more useful stuff. But an SUV? Well, it’s unusual, t...
15 Aug 2022, 10:51 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla scored a landmark victory after an appeals court reversed an earlier ruling to stop advertising the Autopilot and FSD in Germany. The lawsuit was filed in 2019 by the non-profit industry group Wettbewerbszentrale, which considered the formula...
13 Aug 2022, 23:32 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Electric vehicle production scaling would not be possible with all the scarce and expensive materials used today. A 17-year-old boy has a solution to the problem, designing an electric motor that doesn’t use rare-earth magnets. Today&rsquo...
13 Aug 2022, 12:06 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Samba was the most luxurious version of the Volkswagen Bus, with its 21-window configuration (23 windows initially) and the retractable sunroof. No wonder many Type 2s imported from Brazil were modified to look like one, with varying degrees of suc...
12 Aug 2022, 16:40 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / This Chevrolet K5 Blazer Chalet Camper is #414 out of around 1,800 chalet campers built by GM in collaboration with RV maker Chinook Mobilodge Inc. for the 1976 and 1977 model years. Considering the capable chassis and the versatility of the Cheyen...
12 Aug 2022, 15:38 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The battle of the bots is upon us, as Xiaomi just unveiled its CyberOne humanoid robot. Given the timing of the launch, it’s safe to assume the Chinese robot is aimed at stealing the limelight from Tesla’s Optimus Bot September premiere...
12 Aug 2022, 13:52 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / We’re getting new information about the type of batteries BYD is supplying Tesla for Giga Berlin production. As we’ve already written earlier, these are blade batteries similar to those used for the BYD Seal structural battery. Now we h...