Smart Tips to Successfully Claim Car or Bike Insurance
With the growing number of vehicles on the roads of India, the traffic conditions are deteriorating and accidents are becoming more common. There’s no doubt that these accidents can cause damage to your vehicle and the costs to repair the damage or replace parts can create a big hole in your pocket. This is why […]
Tasty Transportation: Motorized Muffins and Cupcake Cars
You are what you eat and you are what you drive, so what happens when what you drive is what you eat? New Truck: 2018 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Motorized muffins and cupcake cars have been popping up at events such as parades and Maker Faires since their debut at Burning Man in 2004. The original […]
Musicars: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Take a road trip through musical land
Just as cars are essential to our real lives, they are important for fictional characters as well. Whether they are symbols or simply a setting for a scene, these vehicles act as plot devices that drive musicals forward. In this series, we’ll take a look at some live and movie musicals where cars steer the […]
Lessons From Tesla Autopilot Crashes Reveal Weaknesses for Whole Industry
Self-driving vehicle technology has come under some heavy scrutiny following the fatal self-driving Uber crash, but it had already been held in suspicion thanks to some Tesla crashes where the car, with self-driving mode engaged, ran into stationary objects like traffic barriers. However, as more details emerge on the crash, the primary lessons for the […]
Musicars: Grease
Take a road trip through musical land
Just as cars are essential to our real lives, they are important for fictional characters as well. Whether they are symbols or simply a setting for a scene, these vehicles act as plot devices that drive musicals forward. In this series, we’ll take a look at some live and movie musicals where cars steer the […]
Uber May Turn To Bitterest Rival To Fix Its Self-Driving Car Program
In the wake of the tragic crash where a self-driving Uber vehicle killed a pedestrian in Arizona, the company was firmly shown the door by the governor’s office, leading to Uber deciding to just shutter its operations in the state. However, with all Uber put into its self-driving vehicle program (including a high-profile and very expensive lawsuit […]
2018 Chevy Silverado Scars Parallel Jane Austen Fight Club Protagonists’ Scars
Despite its brief, 30-second time frame, the latest 2018 Chevy Silverado commercial highlights the legacy of resilience of the model. Whereas many new truck commercials depict a flawless exterior shell as the vehicle fords flooded roads, dominates off-road paths, and plows through muddy roads with ease, this commercial is a refreshing exception. Pushing the Limits: […]
NTSB Releases Initial Report on What Went Wrong in Self-Driving Uber Crash
The biggest story in the field of self-driving vehicles has been, and is still, the self-driving Uber that hit and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona, back in March. While there has been a lot of speculation and finger-pointing (all of which was at Uber) as to what went wrong, we now have the closest […]
New AAA Survey Finds That Public Trust in Self-Driving Cars Is on a Rapid Decline
After a series of accidents involving self-driving cars, 73% of American drivers stated that they would be too afraid to ride in an autonomous vehicle
Earlier this year, a self-driving Uber vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona. As a result of the incident, and several other incidents involving self-driving vehicles, increased skepticism surrounding autonomous technology in automobiles has begun to surface. A new survey conducted by AAA has found that this erosion in trust regarding self-driving cars […]
The Problem With Electric Car Fires
Electric vehicles have come under scrutiny lately after a couple of crashes involving Tesla cars where the battery pack ignited. In one of these cases, after being extinguished the first time, the battery reportedly caught fire again and then once more six days later. So, due to the visibility and novelty of the fires, people […]
U.S. News & World Report Names Kia Cadenza One of the Safest Cars for 2018
With reviews and test scores from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the editors at U.S. News & World Report have compiled a list of the safest cars for 2018. Due to its recognition from the IIHS, the 2018 Kia Cadenza has earned a perfect ten from the […]
AAA Survey Finds 20% of U.S. Drivers Are Likely to Choose an Electric Car for Their Next Vehicle
As range anxiety diminishes and charging infrastructure grows more reliable, an increasing number of Americans are displaying interest in EVs
With each passing year, electric vehicles have become increasingly more popular, thus accounting for a larger portion of the automotive market. While we are undoubtedly some ways off from mass electric adoption across the automotive industry, that change may be closer than many people might expect. According to a new survey from AAA, 20% of […]
U.S. News & World Report Names Nissan Maxima One of Safest Cars for 2018
U.S. News & World Report has scored 17 vehicles with a perfect 10 in safety for 2018, and the 2018 Nissan Maxima fits perfectly on the list. The pub’s experts determined their list after weighing data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Learn More: Nissan teams up […]
Report Claims Uber’s Software Labeled Victim of Fatal Crash as ‘False Positive’ To Be Ignored
More news has emerged about the self-driving Uber crash, where an autonomous vehicle operated by the ride-hailing company struck and killed a woman as she pushed her bike across the street in Tempe, Arizona. At the time, it wasn’t entirely clear why the self-driving Uber, which should have been able to detect the woman using […]
Toyota Building Test Track for ‘Dangerous’ Self-Driving Car Tests
After a fatal collision between an autonomous Uber SUV and an Arizona pedestrian raised concerns about the safety of self-driving technology, some car companies seemed unfazed. The Google-owned Waymo, for instance, is still racing full-steam-ahead to be the first to market a mass-production autonomous car. Toyota, on the other hand, has had a different response. […]
Here’s How You Can Mitigate Getting Hit By a Car
We reported last year about how pedestrian-car collisions have been sharply rising—the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that fatal pedestrian crashes in 2016 had jumped 9% over the previous year. With that in mind, there is a way to try to mitigate the effects of getting hit by a car (at least at lower […]
Self-Driving Ruling Bill Stalls After Uber, Tesla Crashes
Self-driving cars have been happily puttering along for some time until recently, reassuringly waving off the few collisions that occurred because, after all, they were usually at low speeds and often caused by people rear-ending the meticulously law-following (and therefore granny-driving) self-driving cars. Taking Care: These preventative car maintenance tasks could save you from future […]
2018 Volkswagen GTI Makes U.S. News & World Report’s List of Fastest Cars for the Money
A powerful car isn’t out of reach if you’re working with a budget. According to U.S. News & World Report Writer John M. Vincent, the 2018 Volkswagen GTI, which scored an 8.9 out of 10 in the pub’s rankings, “continues the tradition of bringing excellent performance and nimble handling to a versatile hatchback — without […]