Like food, music, or literature, every country puts its own spin on cars. While European and Japanese firms are known for emphasizing handling, the traditional American approach has been all about power. Contents Plymouth Barracuda (1964) Pontiac GTO (1964) Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 (1967) AMC AMX (1968) Dodge Charger (second generation, 1968) Ford Mustang GT (second…
There’s a lot about new technology that people take for granted. When we get into our cars, we rarely stop to think about who invented the USB port (Ajay Bhatt) or Bluetooth (Dr. Jaap Haartsen); we just use them. And we really don’t often wonder about the development processes for the tech that we use…
Although many of us believed we would have our own personal flying cars by the year 2017, that certainly hasn’t turned out to be the case. However, in the next couple of years, autonomous cars will become a regular part of our day-to-day experience. Instead of taking the wheels ourselves, fleets of self-driving cars will soon shuffle…
Jeff Zurschmeide/Digital Trends The dangers of winter driving are well known, but the season of ice and snow delivers more than just slippery roads and salt to rust your car away. The same ice that cracks your windshield also destroys the roads you use every day. When the snow melts, you’re left with gaping craters of…
You can’t read much about new cars without hearing about the impending revolution in autonomous driving. But before we jump into that brave new world, there’s still a lot of work to be done. In fact, the scale of the work yet to do absolutely overwhelms the hype that’s going around. Campaign promises Earlier this…
Mentor Automotive tests their software in cars like these, including active noise cancellation technology. Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released a policy statement about self-driving cars. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx boiled it all down to this: “The self-driving car raises more possibilities and more…