Under the Hood: What is Traction Control?

What is traction control? Well, before we get into that, let’s talk about traction itself.

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Why the Four-Cylinder Hybrid is the Best Powertrain in the Jeep Wrangler - The Short List

You can now get a hybridized four-cylinder engine in the Jeep Wrangler. Here’s why it’s THE BEST powertrain available in this legendary off-roader.

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Mazda's Unique Approach to Better Fuel Economy

Automakers around the world are under intense pressure to cut the amount of fuel their vehicles consume and the byproducts expelled from tailpipes. True to form, Mazda is going its own way.

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Could Millennials Save the Sedan in America?

The ongoing demise of sedans in the U.S. is well publicized. It’s also completely overblown.

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How Does Subaru AWD Work?

When roadways get snowy or crusted with ice, you’re probably going to wish you had a Subaru.

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Drivers Will Need to Trust Self-Driving Cars: Supplier

Self-driving cars will require greater connectivity, computing power and overall capability than what’s available in today’s vehicles. But they might need even more than that: trust. 

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Nissan Offering More Powerful, Longer-Range Leaf

Nissan debuted a more powerful, longer-range version of its popular Leaf electric hatchback at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

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Gargantuan 49-Inch Screen Coming to Byton M-Byte Crossover

Chinese startup Byton unveiled a new vehicle at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show, well, sort of.

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Self-Driving Capability Coming to Daimler Trucks This Year

Self-driving vehicles are coming. Whether they’re six months away 20 years into the future remains to be seen, but automakers are hard at work on them, including Daimler, which just unveiled a self-driving tractor trailer at CES.

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Hyundai Created a Concept Car That Walks

Resembling some sort of creepy animal (a mechanical cow, perhaps?), the Hyundai Elevate is a concept that can actually walk.

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Video: Does the Porsche Panamera Have the Best Infotainment Tech You Can Buy?

Infamously, Porsche charges extra for every little feature. In spite of this, even entry-level Panamera sedans come standard with one of the best infotainment systems on the market today.

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Infotainment System Winners and Losers - The Short List

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Why Nissan Wants to Keep All Its Latest Tech Affordable

Cadillac’s Super Cruise system is seriously impressive and a major mile-marker on the road to fully autonomous vehicles. But Nissan is not taking the same approach with its upcoming technology.

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New Technology Easily Diagnoses Engine Issues in Seconds

What if you could accurately detect engine problems in just seconds without disassembling a single component? This sounds like the purview of a superhero or clairvoyant, but nearly anyone can do it, no cape or special powers required.

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Toyota/Lexus Beef Up Safety and Driver Assistance Technology

To keep pace with rivals, engineers have been hard at work improving the Toyota Safety Sense (TSS) suite of advanced driver assistance technologies. Scheduled to launch around the middle of next year, the second-generation of this system sports new features and additional refinements.

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