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Everyone Says Pop-Up Headlights Were Banned, but That Is Not What Actually Happened

Few automotive features can make a parked car look as alive as pop-up headlights. Turn the switch and two neat sections of bodywork rise from the hood, pause with theatrical precision and reveal the l

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One Rule Forced American Car Designers to Reuse the Same Headlights for Over 40 Years

Park a 1940s Jeep beside a Chevrolet sedan, an early Volkswagen Beetle and a British roadster, then look closely at their headlights. The surrounding bodies could hardly be more different. The glass c

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A Fight Over European Chicken Created the Subaru BRAT’s Strangest Feature

The Subaru BRAT had a cargo bed, a tailgate and the general proportions of a very small pickup truck. American versions also arrived with two plastic seats bolted into the bed, facing backward and exp

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That Concrete Highway Wall Has a Surprisingly Clever Way of Redirecting a Crashing Car

A concrete barrier beside a highway looks like one of the least forgiving objects a car could encounter. It is heavy, rigid and often positioned only a few feet from traffic moving at serious speed.

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That Spaceship Sound From an Electric Car Is Not the Motor. It Was Put There on Purpose

Electric cars have developed a sound of their own. Not the familiar chug of an engine or the rising growl of an exhaust, but a smooth, slightly eerie hum that seems better suited to a spacecraft glidi

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Can You Actually Sleep at a New York Thruway Rest Stop Without Getting Towed?

Anyone who has ever hit that wall on a long drive knows the feeling. The music stops helping. Coffee stops helping. Rolling the window down stops helping. At some point, the smartest move is no

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The World's Smartest Self-Driving Cars Have One Tiny Problem. They Keep Trying to Swim.

The Waymo flood recall might be the most awkward story in self-driving right now, and it just got worse. If you live in Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, Houston, or San Antonio, your robotaxi is on pause.

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Self-Driving Cars May Succeed on Tech but Fail in Politics

Battery-electric cars became a political mess well before Elon Musk turned public opinion against his cars by leading the "government efficiency" campaign that sent about 300,000 federal emp

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Truck Drivers Must Prove English Proficiency As Rule Gets Stricter

Here’s the latest in the trucking world: speaking and reading English is back in the spotlights, and it’s more important than ever for CDL drivers. Quick history lesson: since 2001, commer

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Understanding Truck Driver Fatigue and Road Safety Regulations

Ever been on a long road trip and felt your eyelids getting heavy after a few hours behind the wheel? Now imagine doing that for a living, day in and day out, with an 80,000-pound vehicle under your c

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