Technology

Land Rover is testing a new remote control driving system that sounds like something straight out of James Bond movies. The prototype system allows a driver to control their vehicle at speeds of up to 4mph while outside the vehicle via an app running on their smartphone.…

I find it rather annoying when people call or text me while I am driving. Driving and avoiding idiots texting and making calls while they are driving is a waste of time for the rest of us – never mind the safety implications.…

Are the days of dirty diesel behind us? When I was growing up I would get nauseous if I caught a whiff of big rig diesel exhaust.…

Google and Apple are both doing their part to help make it easier and safer to use your smartphone while you drive and stay focused on the road.…

Freightliner is working hard to build future big rigs to save fuel and reduce accidents. Among its accomplishments, the company unveiled the SuperTruck not too long ago that is able to get 12.2mpg with a full load.…

Cruise control is very nice to have on a long drive, but it’s never been an exciting feature. When it can corner and stay in a lane, turning into a sort of highway autopilot, it will be exciting in that it will make long trips less stressful.…

At the SAE 2015 World Congress and Exhibition, Acura engineers rolled out some new details about the technology going into the much anticipated 2016 NSX. Some highlights to geek out on include that the NSX deploys Acura’s first use of what they call a multi-material space frame design, employing both aluminum and steel, to deliver rigidity while remaining lightweight so you can reach supercar speeds off the line.…

There’s probably a certain kind of driving that you, as a gearhead, genuinely wishes you had an autonomous car for: long stints of highway driving. I love my short morning drive to work.…

BMW is giving up some new details on the coming all-new 7-Series car and it will be packed with some interesting technology. The most interesting feature revealed so far is remote control parking.…

Now that I’ve nailed down the Weird Headline of the Day Award (assuming Florida doesn’t have another drug-assisted, naked rampage of some sort), I can move on to the real content of this article.…

One of the key things that allows a turbocharged car to run more boost is keeping the air coming into the engine cooler and denser. There are a lot of ways to do that, including larger intercoolers and such.…

We all see big rigs cruising the streets just about every time we get onto a highway. You may have never thought about how much fuel these big trucks consume when they are fully loaded, but the Department of Energy and owners of the trucks sure have.…

I like to drive, and being forced to buy an automated vehicle at some point in the future wouldn’t sit well with me. However, having a vehicle that could drive me where I want to go, when I feel like giving up control would be awesome.…

Frosted and chipped windshields could soon be a thing of the past. Invented by former Nanotechnology Engineering students from the University of Waterloo, NeverFrost is a spray-on coating that reduces frost on windshields by up to 90%.…

Sometimes it can be easy to go over the speed limit without realizing it. This is especially true for drivers who don’t pay that much attention to signs along the road.…