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The Buick Engine That Helped Launch The SR-71 Blackbird
The SR-71 Blackbird couldn't get into the air on its own. For its turbines to get up to speed, it needed some extra assistance from a Buick V8.
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Tesla Allegedly Misled Thousands Of South Korean Customers About 'Full Self-Driving'
Currently, just 20% of Teslas registered in South Korea can legally use FSD because they're built in the U.S., while the rest are made in China.
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Flock Won't Take No For An Answer, Keeps Cameras In Service After Communities Cancel Contracts
Police departments are resorting to unplugging or removing the cameras themselves when Flock ignores requests to take down the surveillance equipment.
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Hackers Figured Out How Flock Camera Systems Actually Work By Pulling One Apart
Flock camera systems are controversial to say the least, but hackers have now pulled them apart to unveil their deepest and darkest secrets.
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Bad Flock Info Leads Police To Tow Wrong Car, Then Towing Company Totals It
It was bad enough when the police followed a bum steer from a Flock camera to a woman's home at 2 a.m. and towed her car. Then the towing company wrecked it.
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Semi-Truck Fleets Looking To Fight High Diesel Prices Have A New Aerodynamic Aid
With diesel prices still hovering well above $6 per gallon, this simple 30-lb fuel economy hack seems like a no-brainer for any long-haul fleet.
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The BMW X3 M50 Just Got An Extra 44 HP For 2027
BMW will add enough horsepower to its X3 M50 that it will be in shouting distance of its chief competitor. And that's not all the automaker has changed.
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Audi's New Digital Matrix Lights Project Turn Signals Onto The Road And Won't Blind Other Cars
The Q9 and SQ9 are the first Audis programmed to meet the recently updated U.S. headlight requirements, while still providing functional matrix headlights.
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Ford's Sub-$30,000 Fathom EV Will Power Your Home Without Requiring An Expensive Inverter Install
The Fathom will also come be able to charge your battery while the electricity is cheap and then automatically switch to powering the home once rates rise.
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Airplanes Got ABS Brakes In The '40s — Production Cars Didn't Get Them Until The 1960s
There's some debate as to which production vehicle had ABS first, but there's no arguing over how important anti-lock brakes are as a modern safety feature.
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Why China's GAC Tried Developing A 4-Cylinder Engine That Ran On Ammonia
Ammonia might be famous for its smell, but some car makers are developing engines that run on the stuff. The question is, why would you want to?
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Trabant Finally Got A 4-Cylinder Engine Just As East Germans Could Buy Western Cars
Trabant dominated the roads of East Germany back when the Berlin Wall was up. But it wouldn't even last for a year by the time its engine got four cylinders.
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Rivian And Volvo Make The Only Large SUVs To Get IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Ratings In 2026
Most large SUVs missed the IIHS' highest safety honor in 2026. Take a closer look at two electric luxury models that made the cut and what sets them apart.
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The First Car To Get Four-Wheel Hydraulic Brakes Was A Duesenberg
Duesenberg brought four-wheel hydraulic brakes to production cars in the 1920s, but its racing success and the innovations that preceded it add to the story.
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Flatbed Vs Wheel-Lift Tow Trucks: What Are The Differences?
When you're stranded and have to make that dreaded call to get your car towed, does it really matter what type of tow truck arrives? It does, and here's why.
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Data Center Builder Puts Construction Workers In Barge Previously Used To Detain Migrants, Welcome To Late-Stage Capitalism
Building data centers requires lots of human workers, but with nowhere for them to live, some companies are turning to barges aimed at migrant detention.
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Ford Maverick Owners Report Trucks Randomly Starting With No Driver Inside
Without any explanation, owners are finding their Ford Mavericks up and running, and the internet has all kinds of theories as to why this is happening.
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MapQuest Includes Flock Camera Locations Now
MapQuest has joined the resistance as a spunky upstart among the giants like Google and Apple that pushed it out of the spotlight in the first place.
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Teslas Have A Halloween Mode Now, Here's What It Does
If you think Teslas are too gimmicky, wait until you hear about Halloween Mode. It's rolling out now with update 2026.38.3, and it's as goofy as it sounds.
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Why Manual Cars Switched To Hydraulic Clutches Instead Of Cable Clutches
Hydraulic clutches changed how manual cars feel behind the wheel, but their advantages over traditional cable systems come with a few tradeoffs worth knowing.
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Why Cars With Cylinder Deactivation Can Experience More Mechanical Problems
More than four decades after its invention, cylinder deactivation tech remains a polarizing fuel-efficiency measure for all the serious issues it can invite.
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Car Repair Costs Have Risen Twice As Fast As Inflation
It's getting prohibitively expensive to buy a new car these days, but fixing your old one isn't getting any cheaper either.
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U.S. Army Tests Bold New In-Flight Peeing Technology For Helicopter Pilots
Hopefully, should the need ever come, the enemy will find themselves facing pilots that are well hydrated and well relieved.
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Worldwide Boom In Solar Power Might Just Bring Hope To Your Coal-Black Heart
The global increase in solar power is rapidly shifting the economics of making a green transition on the power grid, which aids a shift to electric vehicles.
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7 Of The Most Powerful 8-Cylinder Engines Ever Made
Small four-cylinders, quirky five-cylinder engines, smooth inline-sixes, and massive V16s all have their place, but the V8 will always be the sweet spot.
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A Year After The iPhone Debuted, Motorola Announced A New Honest-To-Goodness Car Phone
Motorola tried to bring back the car phone with this feature-packed product. But it never caught on, thanks, most likely, to the iPhone's debut a year earlier.
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Google Maps Will Now Display Your Vehicle As A McLaren Formula 1 Race Car
The navigation app can't tell you to "box, box, box" just yet, but for a limited time, you can make your driving avatar a little orange race car.
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