LONDON — The full Top Gear lineup has been announced and people are not sure what to make of it. There are loads of people set to appear on the show for starters – seven presenters, including the mysterious Stig, the only one that’s stayed in the job from the old format. See also: An…
Gasoline is cheap again, and high-riding, truck-based SUVs are making a resurgence. The latest in the large SUV revival is the 2017 Nissan Armada. With its big V8 engine, truck frame and boxy body, it’s here to do battle against boring, car-based crossover SUVs. At the Chicago Auto Show Tuesday evening, Nissan pulled the covers…
This is not your typical Craigslist car ad. Rob Comeau, a film maker from Newmarket, Ontario, has tried to sell his 2010 Nissan Altima on Craigslist and Kijiji for over a year with no serious offers See also: Now This Is How You Sell a Used Car To change his luck, Rob enlisted his friend,…
Tesla Motors’ earnings weren’t spectacular, but it set a solid date for unveiling the Model 3: March 31st. However, we likely won’t see all of it — maybe as little as the exterior design. And there’s good reason for that. By Elon Musk’s estimation, Model 3 deliveries won’t begin until the end of 2017. See…
And Americans thought they had big tires. Meet the Sherp all-terrain vehicle (ATV): The Russian truck that’s so tough it can drive straight through a forest, crushing everything in its path, and even ford a frozen river — without even flinching. See also: Hold on, grandpa. The world’s fastest mobility scooter just did 107 mph.…
Google says it doesn’t want to be a car manufacturer. But it never said anything about being a truck-maker. See also: Google is testing wireless charging for its self-driving cars, report says As first reported by Quartz, a recent patent awarded to Google for an “autonomous delivery platform” hints it might have other aspirations for…
Chevy finally has the track package for the all-new Camaro you’ve been waiting for. It’s called the 1LE. And while that moniker won’t grab your attention, it more than makes up for it with performance prowess. See also: Faraday Future’s 1,000-horsepower concept car should make Tesla very, very nervous Image: Chevrolet In fact, the additional…
As smart and self-driving vehicles gain more momentum, the technologies around detection systems improve and become more reliable. And as humans who occasionally cross streets, who wouldn’t want improved pedestrian detection? First picked up by Phys.org, engineers at the University of California, San Diego have been working on the CompACT detection system for vehicles, which…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has ruled that Google’s self-driving systems legally qualify as a driver under federal law. See also: Google is testing wireless charging for its self-driving cars, report says The NHTSA stated in a letter to Google on Feb. 4 that it will “interpret ‘driver’ in the context of Google’s described…
The Tesla Model 3 won’t be the first mass-market, long-range electric vehicle to hit the market. That prize goes to the Chevy Bolt. However, the Model 3 could be the least expensive. See also: Faraday Future’s 1,000-horsepower concept car should make Tesla very, very nervous Technically, the Model 3 could cost as little as $22,100…