https://youtu.be/cECsj2Bznig The Global Vehicle Target is the new standard for testing autonomous driving and crash test systems. To cameras and radar, it looks like a car: but if you hit it, it'll... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 846 views • 4:33

How much fuel does engine idling use? Does idling waste fuel? How much fuel does it take to start a car? Do engine start-stop systems save gas? The truth about engine start stop systems.

posted by bobknight33 6 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 618 views • 7:15

YouTube description: The Japanese Car Company is a corporate behemoth - but it's done much more than just give us Corollas or Land Cruisers. It's changed the way the world makes products. Here's how. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 1,729 views • 4:52

The Lamborghini Miura is regarded by many to be the world’s first supercar. It set the car world on fire with its groundbreaking mid-engine layout, monster performance, and looks that could kill. Join... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 6 years 4 months 1 week ago • 94 views • 12:42

We talked to the co-founder of Tesla, JB Straubel, about why giant batteries are crucial to the future of power grids everywhere. Batteries are becoming more useful at powering bigger things like bikes,... continue reading

posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 4 months 1 week ago • 498 views • 6:15

Police in West Midlands, UK have released footage of criminals stealing a car by relaying a signal from the key inside the home, to the car in the driveway. Source: CNNMoney I've always wondered... continue reading

posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 961 views • 1:30

US Car Number 1, the Ferdinand Magellan, sits in the Gold Coast Railway Museum in Miami. It's 120 tonnes of bulletproof, armoured railcar: a train carriage designed to move the President of the United... continue reading

posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 398 views • 4:59

YouTube description: Researchers out of the Camera Culture Group at the MIT Media Lab have developed a novel imaging system that can gauge the distance of objects shrouded by fog so thick that human... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 1,189 views • 2:59

A point I forgot to mention in the video - The car pictured in the thumbnail was La Jamais Contente. All electric, and the first vehicle to go over 100 km/h (62 mph) in 1899! (coldfusion's yt comment)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 weeks ago • 158 views • 8:44

In which Derek drives a replica of the first internal combustion engine car patented by Karl Benz in 1886 and talks about how cars have improved since then (claims about Nazi speed records on public roads... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month ago • 476 views • 9:14

Whenever I hear the term "cleanse" it reminds me of that used car salesman and his late night ads selling a colon cleanse to remove faked impacted fecal matter.

posted by nanrod 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 562 views • 4:36

"When coming to a lane closure, getting over early into that long line may not always be the best way to get through." From https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/rude-drivers-who-merge-at-the-last-second-are-doin.html... continue reading

posted by ant 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 160 views • 1:28

Believe it or not, off-roading is actually illegal in Iceland - they'll lock you up. There is an exception, though, in the form of the outrageous Icelandic Formula Offroad Championship. Strapped into home-built... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 249 views • 7:24

YouTube: We live in an era of self driving cars, autonomous drones, deep learning algorithms, computers that beat humans at chess and go, and so on. So it’s natural to ask, will artificial superintelligence... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 297 views • 4:14

YouTube description: The Park-Car was invented by Brooks Walker in the 1930s and patented in the 1950s. The car included a fifth wheel that allowed it to rotate in and out of parking spaces, as well... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 503 views • 1:31

This horn is SO courteous my car was granted Canadian citizenship yesterday.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 2,186 views • 5:51

YouTube description: Oslo is the Tesla capital of the world. I spent a day in Oslo before traveling to Svalbard, and noticed that there were Teslas everywhere. Upon further investigation, I learned... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 785 views • 7:10

This French PSA is going viral. Fake car noise is blared at jaywalkers in a crosswalk, simulating a car screeching towards them at speed with it's brakes locked. The reactions are priceless, and caught... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 7 months ago • 1,452 views • 1:55

YouTube: You probably know where to pump the cheapest gas and how to get price comparisons online in seconds for headphones and cars. But how would you find the best deal on an M.R.I. or a knee replacement?... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 82 views • 6:09

YT: How to do an oil change for your car! The car being worked on in this video is a 2013 Nissan Juke. The steps are pretty much the same though regardless of your own car model.

posted by iaui 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 218 views • 4:03