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Apple Is Patenting an Autonomous Navigation System That Learns

Apple Is Patenting an Autonomous Navigation System That Learns

Getty Images Apple's nav tech, as described in a patent dated October 22, can use the cloud to improve self-driving routes.The system sounds similar to what Tesla once called "fleet learning."C/D called a self-driving Apple car one of our 25 Cars Worth Waiting For in 2 [...]

Drunk Driving Could Start to End Forever as Soon as 2024, Government Says

Drunk Driving Could Start to End Forever as Soon as 2024, Government Says

rolfoGetty Images Every day, 30 people die in accidents related to drunk driving in the United States, according to NHTSA data.Newly introduced federal legislation in the Senate would require all new passenger vehicles to have passive alcohol-detection systems by 2024.These [...]

UAW Workers Ratify New Contract with General Motors; Strike Is Over

UAW Workers Ratify New Contract with General Motors; Strike Is Over

bill puglianogetty images after five weeks, the strike by nearly 50,000 united auto workers employees against general motors appears to be over.the vote officially ended at 4:00 p.m. friday, and workers could be back on the job as soon as saturday.automotive news estimates [...]

Heres How Dog Mode Works on the Tesla Model 3

Heres How Dog Mode Works on the Tesla Model 3

We recently leased a Model 3 to use for a 40,000-mile long-term test.We're utilizing all of the cool features that Teslas provide, and one of our favorites is the climate-control option called Dog mode.The idea for Dog mode actually came from someone tweeting at Tesla CEO Elon Musk requesting a clim [...]

2018 Was Deadliest Year for Cyclists in 30 Years, Says NHTSA Report

2018 Was Deadliest Year for Cyclists in 30 Years, Says NHTSA Report

Bernd Kelichhaus / EyeEmGetty Images A new report recently released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows that the number of vehicle-related cyclist and pedestrian fatalities in the U.S. increased in 2018 from the year before, despite a total [...]

Dual-Motor Nissan Leaf Prototype Has AWD, 500 LB-FT of Torque

Dual-Motor Nissan Leaf Prototype Has AWD, 500 LB-FT of Torque

nissan this nissan leaf test mule shows off a new powertrain setup with dual electric motors.one motor in the front and one in the rear make for all-wheel drive, 304 horsepower, and 502 lb-ft of torque in total.while it's just a test mule at this point, we expect to se [...]

Toyotas New Mirai Could Run on a Single Cows Poop for a Year

Toyotas New Mirai Could Run on a Single Cows Poop for a Year

toyota toyota has revealed its second-generation mirai, a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle coming in 2021, at the tokyo auto show.toyota's chief technology officer says the mirai's tech allows it to run on nothing but the the hydrogen sourced from one cow' [...]

Jaguar Vision GT Enters the Gran Turismo Sport Video-Game World

Jaguar Vision GT Enters the Gran Turismo Sport Video-Game World

jaguar land rover all video-game cars are technically zero-emission, but jaguar just unveiled its first ever virtual all-electric sports car, the vision gt.the ev uses the sound of the jaguar d-type race-spec 3.8-liter engine from le mans in 1957, because why not? players c [...]

Sen. Schumer Proposes Huge Gas-for-Electric-Car Trade-In Program

Sen. Schumer Proposes Huge Gas-for-Electric-Car Trade-In Program

Sen. Chuck Schumer via Facebook In a move that appears diametrically opposed to the Trump administration's automotive and environmental policies, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-New York) proposes a massive incentive program to get Americans into electric cars. Schumer's pr [...]