The Drive Behind the Industry
Dongfeng’s new 2.0-liter hybrid engine reaches 45.5% thermal efficiency, marking a major step forward in combustion tech. China continues to push hard on hybrid powertrain development. Dongfeng has announced that…
“I kept driving and…” More than a few of us are driving around in a vehicle that’s got a light or two that we’ve been ignoring. It could be a…
“It’s Florida roads, right?” There are certain places that always seem to have some kind of construction going on, inevitably resulting in random nails, screws, and debris ending up on…
“O’Reilly would’ve never.” A woman who pulled into an AutoZone expecting an employee to come out and interpret her check engine light says the worker walked back inside and left…
“I guarantee they’d turn around and…” You’d think a car with fewer miles on it than most people put on in a year wouldn’t need a new transmission. But one…
‘This is a hassle.’ A woman drives a Honda Civic that runs on natural gas. She is in the middle of demonstrating how she fills it up at a Clean…
“I don’t trust it.” One of the biggest reasons new car buyers hesitate to switch from traditional fuel-powered vehicles to fully electric cars is range anxiety. While battery capacities have…
“What you have to do is trick your car…” Modern cars can do it all: monitor blind spots, recognize key fobs from across a parking lot, and call for help…
“My truck used to do the same.” A Southern California Chevrolet owner brought her 2014 Silverado 1500 into a repair shop with a customer complaint slip that read “feels skippy…
“They test drove it.” When facing a mid-four-figure repair bill, most people grit their teeth, hand over the credit card, and tell themselves at least the problem is finally fixed.…