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Tornado-Damaged Plant Is Building Ford, Ram, Toyota Truck Transfer Cases Again

Tornado-Damaged Plant Is Building Ford, Ram, Toyota Truck Transfer Cases Again

ford a tornado that hit a borgwarner factory in seneca, south carolina, on april 13 could have repercussions for future truck production by ford, ram, and toyota. the plant makes the transfer cases for four-wheel-drive versions of the f-150 and super duty, ram pickup, and toyo [...]

Best Cars for Teens under $10,000: Window Shop with Car and Driver

Best Cars for Teens under $10,000: Window Shop with Car and Driver

for our latest episode of window shop with us, we're honoring the state of georgia, which announced last week that road tests were no longer a requirement to get a driver's license. so with teen drivers being a hot topic of conversation these days, we set out to find the best cars for new teenage drive [...]

2021 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Gets Touch-Sensitive Steering Wheel

2021 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Gets Touch-Sensitive Steering Wheel

mercedes-benz the 2021 mercedes-benz e-class will feature three new steering wheels with all-new touch-sensitive technology. the rims of the steering wheels have a two-zone sensor that can detect if the driver's hands are on the wheel. expect to see the new e-class and me [...]

VW Design Chief Talks Digital Design and Electric Vehicles

VW Design Chief Talks Digital Design and Electric Vehicles

volkswagen volkswagen group’s head of design, klaus bischoff, shared volkswagen's digital design process with car and driver in an online conference.even with the move to computers, clay models are still an important part of the creation of a new car, bischoff said. [...]

How to Watch Lamborghini Huracán RWD Evo Spyders Debut Live on Your Phone

How to Watch Lamborghini Huracán RWD Evo Spyders Debut Live on Your Phone

lamborghini lamborghini invites the public to a new-product launch in augmented reality, saying this is the first time a carmaker has debuted a new model this way; all you need to watch is a newish iphone or ipad.once you've joined the ar experience, you can pretend the n [...]

Ford, 3M Ship First Respirators to Health-Care Workers

Ford, 3M Ship First Respirators to Health-Care Workers

ford ford and 3m announced in mid-april that their jointly designed papr, a form of personal protective equipment used by medical professionals, was starting production at a ford plant in michigan.an announcement of the collaboration was originally made in late marc [...]

Car-Crash Deaths Drop In U.S. for Third Year in a Row

Car-Crash Deaths Drop In U.S. for Third Year in a Row

marco_piuntigetty images an estimated 36,120 people died in motor-vehicle traffic crashes in the united states last year, a drop of about 1.2 percent, according to new data from the national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa).this keeps a trend going that started in [...]

2022 Volvo XC90 Will Get Autonomous Highway Pilot Hardware with Lidar

2022 Volvo XC90 Will Get Autonomous Highway Pilot Hardware with Lidar

volvo volvo is putting luminar lidar hardware as an option on all second-generation vehicles built on its scalable product architecture (spa), starting with the 2022 xc90. the lidar sensor will give the vehicles the hardware it needs for full self-driving, according to the aut [...]

2021 Audi A4 and A5 Add Horsepower, Standard AWD

2021 Audi A4 and A5 Add Horsepower, Standard AWD

audi audi is giving the 2021 a4 and a5 get a power boost, a new 12-volt hybrid system, and a bit of equipment rejiggering.the base engine now makes 201 horsepower, and the upgrade engine now makes 261 hp, both increases of 13 hp.the 2021 a4 starts at $40,095 and the a5 starts [...]