Technology/Autonomous Vehicles

In the automotive world, some engines become legends: Chevy’s small-block, Ferrari and Lamborghini’s V12s, Chrysler's Hemi, Mazda’s rotary… Porsche's naturally-aspirated flat-six is among them; since 1964, this arrangement (and it’s unusual placement at the back of the car) has been part of the brand’s aura. While the first iterations struggled …

The most stressful part of pulling a trailer is when you have to back it into a tight space. While those with lots of experience won’t balk at the task, most people will have to start over a few times to get it perfect, which can increase their stress level …

It seems that a known problem is rearing its head at Jeep: the first Renegades that came off the line seem to have trouble with their nine-speed automatic gearbox. In a recent interview, FCA’s CEO Sergio Marchionne announced that the small Jeep had unexpected problems with its automatic transmission, and …

Since the start of Google’s testing of autonomous vehicles back in 2009, their robot-driven cars have travelled more than a million kilometres on Californian roads. The State’s government implemented some laws concerning this technology in 2012 and then regulated autonomous vehicles some more in 2014. One of these regulations forces …

At Vienna’s Motor Symposium, Audi unveiled the latest version of their 2-litre four-cylinder powerplant. The engine isn’t revolutionary, but it’s nonetheless important to learn about it, since it will eventually be found in a lot of cars produced by the Volkswagen empire. This new engine is surprisingly similar to the …

The autonomous vehicle has made some impressive advances in the last few months. Some manufacturers now install semi-autonomous functions, while others assure us that their cars could drive themselves if it was legally possible… Even the trucking world won’t be spared. Mercedes-Benz recently presented a self-driving tractor truck, and Freightliner …

Those of you who remember the eighties may have bad memories of the words 'Cadillac' and 'diesel'… Especially if they are used in the same sentence. In 1978, a diesel V8 based on the Chevy small-block was introduced with 105 horsepower and 205 pound-feet of torque. Sadly, huge reliability problems …

Right now, the biggest problem that electric vehicles face is production cost: it’s possible to design a car that can go over 400 km on a single charge, but there is no way to make it cost less than $70,000. VW has been trying to make this means of propulsion …

In addition to the recently announced 6.2 upgrade for the Tesla Model S, Elon Musk also talked about an upcoming update which will include a very sought-after piece of technology; with the 7th edition of the operating system, the electric sedan will pretty much drive itself. According to Tesla’s CEO, …

We already know that the upcoming Cadillac CT6 will be a full-size car that will compete against the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Audi A8 and BMW 7 Series. To make sure it will have sufficient power, it seems that Cadillac is moving away from the ancestral tradition of stuffing a big V8 …