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Poor Road Conditions are Costing You Money

October 25, 2012 - It’s Thursday, you are on your commute home from work and you’re tired from a long day. You decide that traffic is especially bad this evening so you are going to outsmart everyone by maneuvering your way through the lesser known local routes. You take a left onto a residential street—it…

Steer-by-Wire to Replace Power Steering?

October 24, 2012 - Over the past couple of weeks I have talked a lot about the future of cars. My emphasis has been more conceptual, as I have attempted to peer into the distant future of car technology. Today, I thought it might be refreshing to focus on something a little more…brass tacks. While…

Car Trouble? Try Rebooting.

October 23, 2012 - As cars and computer technology begin to converge, it is becoming more difficult to draw a clear line between the two. You can’t drive your Dell to the grocery store, but you can listen to music, access the internet, and get real-time driving directions in your car. Newer cars have so…

When to Pull Over For Emergency Vehicles?

October 19, 2012 - We all know we are supposed to pull over when there is an emergency vehicle directly behind us. We also know that this is not good news. But when are we obligated to pull to the side of the road when a policeman is not looking to write us a ticket?…

The Line Between Safety and Surveillance

October 18, 2012 - As the technology related to car safety advances, some ethical issues have arisen regarding the use of the information that is being recorded by newer cars. Cars have been tracking data while you drive since the 90s, but the type of information being recorded has changed over the years. More and…

What is a Cylinder Head?

October 16, 2012 - A cylinder head is the cover of a cylinder in internal combustions engines. A cylinder head sits on top of your engine’s cylinder block. By enclosing the top of the cylinders it forms combustion chambers. Cylinder heads play a major factor in generating horsepower and torque. The cylinder head is what…

Top Car Colors of 2012

With a mild amount of caution for potentially over generalizing, I think it is fair to say the color a person’s car provides a little insight into their personality. I’m not saying that all people who drive black cars are similar, but they probably share something in common beyond just a paint job. As a…

Car Sales Go Mobile

October 12, 2012 - Buying a car is a pretty big deal. Before you stop reading, let me acknowledge that I understand that that is not the most profound sentiment you’ve heard this week. But seriously, buying a car is a HUGE deal. For most of us it means making a large down payment, either…

Hypermiling Pushes the Limits

As gas prices continue to soar in California, it seems like a great time to talk about the widespread phenomenon known as “hypermiling”. Hypermiling is a term that was created to describe the measures drivers take to try and improve their gas mileage. In fact, the word was voted the best new word of 2008…

The Bloodhound Project: Building the Fastest Car in the World

This Wednesday, the Bloodhound Project successfully tested one of the rockets that will be powering their supersonic car. The rocket ran at half capacity for 20 seconds in a bomb-proof hangar in Newquay Airport, Cornwall, England. The team of 5 REME (Royal Electric and Mechanical Engineers) experts has set out to build a car that…