I bought a Subaru; within six months, I turned gay, bought a dog and had an uncontrollable urge to visit every national park.
I bought a Subaru; within six months, I turned gay, bought a dog and had an uncontrollable urge to visit every national park.
She is truly a scary person. Lying right through her teeth, nothing she says or does can be trusted. We’re screwed if she gets elected.
All of us can agree that drinking and/or using drugs when you operate a car, or a motorcycle, is a terrible idea.…
I’m guessing that section C is the technical description of how much “hybrid input” a vehicle must be capable of.... and for how long.
FCA had a the ‘Two-mode’ hybrid transmission in the past. I presume they still have the tech... all they need to do is apply the same tech to their current truck transmissions. I’m sure they could do it if they choose to.
Today’s autonomous cars are tomorrow’s autonomous tanks and MRAPs.
Google is operating experimental heavy equipment, that starts and stops on its own, in public, without any external emergency stops. That alone shows how inexperienced they are designing safety-critical systems.
As David Tracy’s editor, I saw his story today on his fleet of beaters and all their problems less as a fun feature…
Technology evangelicals often forget that, unlike a mobile device, an autonomous vehicle could kill someone if it isn’t properly tested (and could kill someone even if it is). In aviation we have a saying: FARs are written in blood. The same holds mostly true for automotive safety regulations. They can whine, bitch,…
The DMV itself has said that it is unqualified to write these regulations. It was a mistake to assign the task to the DMV. A better choice would have been to appoint a task force at, say, the University of California, or even at Caltrans.
Not gonna lie, I actually like the look of the poverty-spec Bentley better than the real Bentley in this article.
Every DIY mechanic knows turning wrenches usually isn’t the worst thing about working on a car. It’s the years of…