The U.S. Government Needs Your Help To Decide If Cameras Should Be Allowed To Replace Mirrors

The U.S. government is seeking input from the public so it can decide if cameras should be allowed to replace mirrors in our cars, . Specifically, notes, the feds want research, because they’ve got a number of concerns about this whole camera-instead-of-mirror concept. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No....

Apr 22, 2026

Here's How Much Vehicle Emissions Have Increased In Your City

At the heart of how Americans get around is a paradox: the vehicles we use keep getting more efficient, but the emissions from those vehicles have gone way up. So has population, you might say. And you’d be right! But even on a per-person basis, emissions from driving keep...

Apr 22, 2026

Watch A McLaren Senna Absolutely Thunder Through A Record-Setting Lap At VIR

To make sure Car and Driver set a “representative” lap in the Senna, McLaren brought pro driver Andre D’Cruze to the magazine’s “Lightning Lap” event. Yet it was the magazine’s testing director K.C. Colwell that set For reference, a Porsche 911 GT2 RS—the previous record holder—was 2.9 seconds slower,...

Apr 22, 2026

SUVs Are Gulping All The Gas Fuel Efficient Cars Are Saving

One of the more lamentable trends over the last several decades has been SUVs, pick-up trucks and crossovers becoming the default option for many car-buyers. We at Jalopnik because smaller cars tend to be more fun, not to mention more affordable, and Americans are often guilty of buying more...

Apr 22, 2026

Why Studded Winter Tires Aren't Always The Best

It’s still autumn, but that just means it’s time to start your winter car prep now. To avoid getting caught with the wrong tires in the first snowstorm of the season, here’s your annual reminder to think about investing in a set of . But what kind of winter...

Apr 22, 2026

Here's A Cool Cutaway Explaining Engine Knock And Fuel Octane

If you’re scratching your head wondering which number gasoline to put in your car, don’t overthink it. Just Google the manufacturer’s recommendation and run with that. If you’re curious about what those numbers mean in a practical sense, check out this video. Car YouTuber ChrisFix seems to be branching out...

Apr 22, 2026

Worst Case Scenario For Older Teslas Coming To Fruition As Some Won't Charge And Screen Stops Working: Report

As evidenced by the army of bot-like social media accounts that yell at anyone who dare criticizes Elon Musk or Tesla, many people love their Teslas. But, the caveat there is most people love their new Teslas. The vast majority of Teslas on the road today are less than...

Apr 22, 2026

Tax The Hell Out Of Frequent Flyers

Flying, , is one of the more vexing climate-related problems facing transportation. There are no good answers for cleaning up aviation except to fly a whole lot less, reversing the massive growth in the aviation industry over the last several decades that is projected to continue for several decades...

Apr 22, 2026

Finally, An Electric Crate Motor You Can Drop Into Your Old Car

The idea of converting classic cars to EVs has been around a while, and a number of companies, including some , have been retrofitting old, classic cars with all-new EV drivetrains. Individual tinkerers have been doing this as well, but it’s not as easy as you’d hope. Dealing with...

Apr 22, 2026

Ford's EV Charging Network Sounds Nice But It's No Tesla-KIller

Ford , but so far they have not made any. That is going to change soon—including with a “Mustang-inspired crossover” which I’m not sure anyone asked for but whatever—and Ford is getting ready for it by forming a bunch of “partnerships” over how their customers can charge said yet-to-exist...

Apr 22, 2026

'I Wonder What They Are Hiding:' Lyft Drivers Can No Longer See How Much Riders Paid For Each Trip

At the beginning of October, Lyft rolled out a mandatory app update for its drivers. After installing the update, drivers noticed they could no longer see how much the rider paid for any given trip. It’s yet another move that potentially undercuts Lyft’s (and Uber’s) legal logic that classifies...

Apr 22, 2026

Hearing The Koenigsegg Regera Beat A Bugatti Record Without Changing Gears Is So Unsettling

Last month, the beat Koenigsegg’s previous record time for accelerating from 0 kph to 400 kph and braking back to 0, which had beaten the time the set back in 2017. Now there’s more evidence that not only did they not fake it, but it also sounded super weird....

Apr 22, 2026

Hyundai's New Cruise Control Adapts To Your Driving Style

has decided to push the boundaries of autonomy with its new Machine Learning-based Smart Cruise Control technology. Just when you think self-driving cars aren’t personable enough for you, now that autonomous vehicles will learn how to drive just like you! The technology—referred to as SCC-ML—blends artificial intelligence with Hyundai’s...

Apr 22, 2026

Google And Facebook Are Reading Your License Plates

For years I’ve gone back and forth on photos on the internet. License plates are already publicly-viewable things, so what’s the point in obscuring them, right? Well, now I think there actually is a good reason to obscure your license plates in photos because it appears that Google and...

Apr 22, 2026

Saudi Women's Driving School Documents The Lives Of The Kingdom's First Female Drivers

It’s rare that we have enough foresight to determine which moments in time will prove to be historical turning points for societal change. But when the kingdom of allowed women to begin driving in June of 2018, just about everyone could tell that it would be a moment that redefined...

Apr 22, 2026