Tag Archives: Vehicles

MR.Cole_PhotographerGetty Images The FCC approved a rule change in mid-November that allows the previously closed vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) communication channel to be opened for unlicensed (Wi-Fi) use. Although the V2X band has been used in experimental and pilot programs, virtually no vehicles on public roads are capable of using it at …

You’ve probably seen bikes or cargo boxes hanging off a trailer hitch, but what if you could put ’em all back there? Meet Yakima’s Exo System. Yakima said it was inspired by overlanding vehicles such as Mercedes G-wagens or Jeeps, and if you get everything that’s part of the system, …

October’s issue includes our annual 20 Questions feature. You can find this and 19 other questions–and answers–there. Nearly every new vehicle rated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) earns high marks in head-on and side crash tests. Even the body-on-frame …

In which we were more than a little surprised to discover that elsewhere in the world, an auto show happened. Check out the 14 most interesting cars and concepts from Beijing, and then check out what else went down this week. Dollars and Sense TransUnion’s latest report on the financial …

When President Trump took his Sunday afternoon SUV tour of the Walter Reed neighborhood streetscape, the word “hermetically” suddenly began popping up everywhere. As in, it would appear to be a bad thing to subject non-COVID-19-infected people (say, Secret Service agents) to be riding in a hermetically sealed vehicle with …

Hyundai/Kia will recall 591,000 vehicles in the United States over a brake-fluid leak that could cause an engine fire. The recall will include 2013–2015 Kia Optima sedans and Hyundai Santa Fe SUVs plus 2014–2015 Kia Sorento SUVs. There have been 15 reports of engine fires in Hyundai and eight in …

Smith Collection/GadoGetty Images On average, your average new sedan depreciates 39 percent in its first three years. Trucks go down 34 percent. But electric vehicles drop an astonishing 52 percent, according to iSeeCars, which evaluated values of cars coming off lease. The outlier is the Tesla Model 3—both compared to …

Marc UrbanoCar and Driver From the September 2020 issue of Car and Driver. There are a number of factors that make an EV’s EPA range unachievable in real-world driving at the highway speeds where range matters most. For starters, EVs can benefit from the EPA test’s speed fluctuations via regenerative …

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is considering a recall on about a million vehicles equipped with its 2.4-liter Tigershark engine, which may be producing excess tailpipe emissions, as the Detroit Free Press first reported today. This issue is unrelated to recent lawsuits claiming that same engine burns oil at an abnormal …