The News Wheel editorial team
Sharpen Your Driving Skills with These Tips
We know it’s always the other guy. The one who’s driving too slow, too fast, too aggressively, too mindlessly…the one who can’t park between the lines, parks too close to…
Next-Gen Holden Commodore to Be Produced in Germany
The 2018 Commodore will be the first version not built in Australia With production of the Commodore VF quickly coming to a close, Holden has decided to uplift the spirits…
Subaru Outback Scores Spot on Autotrader's Best New Cars List
Photo: Subaru Every year, Autotrader compiles a ranking of the 12 best new cars on the market based on a range of detailed criteria. This year, the site included the…
Honda Named in Autotrader’s ‘10-Best Non-Luxury CPO Programs for 2018’
Honda was one of ten automotive brands to be named in Autotrader’s list of the 10 best non-luxury CPO programs for 2018, and was further cited as being “an obvious…
Jeep Wrangler Gets High Marks from Autotrader
2017 Jeep Wrangler College grads in the market for a car to take them into their hard-earned post-graduation future might want to put the Jeep Wrangler on their short lists.…
Luminar's Cheaper Sensors Could Accelerate AV Production
The first heavily automated mass-market vehicles for consumers could go on sale as soon as 2022, if one or more vehicle manufacturers adopt a new sub-$500 lidar sensing package being…
Latest Autotrader Commercial Leaves Us Giggling
Photo: Pixabay Last month, I wished for more Autotrader commercials from Drunk History‘s Derek Waters, and the company delivered. This month’s release focuses on 18th century France and is somehow…
Chrysler Pacifica Earns Third Top Pick Award from autoTRADER.ca
2019 Chrysler Pacifica Since its debut, the autoTRADER.ca Top Pick Awards have singled out the Chrysler Pacifica. The award-winning minivan continues to impress the editors with its minivan-segment leading styling,…
Autotrader Gets Sense of Humor with ‘Drunk History’ Director
Photo: Pixabay As you’re watching the fall premieres of your favorite TV shows, you might be noticing a new commercial from Autotrader that’s, well, funny. That’s not because buying cars…
New Bio-Inspired Camera Takes a Cue from the Mantis Shrimp
“We are beginning to reach the limit of what traditional imaging sensors can accomplish. Our new bioinspired camera shows that nature has a lot of interesting solutions that we can…
Walmart Partners With Waymo for Self-Driving Grocery Pickup Pilot
Photo: Mike Mozart Self-driving cars have been a hot topic in the news lately. As the autonomous world continues to grow, there are mixed feelings about it from consumers and…
Self-Driving Ethics Part Two: Regional Differences
Photo: Nature We reported before this on the Moral Machine, an international experiment that sought to answer one of the big ethical questions facing self-driving vehicles: “If the car has…
Driverless Dilemmas: Jaywalking and Other Unpredictable Human Behaviors
Photo: Eric Fischer Recently, we dialogued about some of the current obstacles driverless cars have to overcome. Per the New York Times, jaywalking — and other unpredictable behavior from humans —…
GM's Mary Barra Engages with Potential New Hires at Harvard
©GM GM has been on a hiring spree. The company has hired 9,000 new employees since 2016, and 40 percent of its current staff are new personnel. CEO Marry Barra’s…
DOT Delivers New Self-Driving Car Testing Guidelines
When it comes to self-driving cars, the federal government takes a largely hands-off approach. One thing it has done, though, is release two sets of voluntary guidelines over the past…
