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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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The Car Is Off. So Why Is the Cooling Fan Still Shouting Under the Hood?

The key has left the ignition. The doors are locked. From beneath the hood comes the unmistakable roar of a large electric fan apparently unaware that the journey ended. Waiting beside the car for

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Bugatti’s CEO Thinks the Rich Will Keep Buying Gas Cars And the $4.5M Tourbillon Proves His Point

Electric cars have made huge power figures almost routine, but Bugatti thinks the most expensive cars will follow a different path. Mate Rimac, the 38-year-old CEO of Bugatti, says wealthy buyers stil

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Acura Built an NSX-Worthy Sports Car, Then Said You Can’t Buy It

Acura has built a sports car that looks ready to steal the spotlight from the NSX, then immediately told us we can’t buy it. That may be the most frustrating part of the Nexera Vision, a dramati

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Your Headlights Dip and Rise at Startup Because They Are Quietly Checking Themselves

Park some cars facing a garage door at night and start the engine. Before the wheels have moved an inch, the headlights perform a small piece of theater. The beams dip toward the ground, rise again

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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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This Tiny BMW-Backed EV Could Finish Your Commute With More Energy Than It Started

Solar panels on cars have always sounded like a great idea, although the reality has usually been less impressive. A few extra miles from sitting in the sun is nice, but hardly enough to change how yo

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Your Automatic Car Moves Without the Accelerator, and It Is Usually Doing Exactly What It Should

Shift an automatic car into Drive, release the brake and it begins moving without a touch of the accelerator. The movement is usually gentle. Just enough to edge forward in traffic, ease into a par

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Your EV Can Be Fully Charged and Still Be Defeated by Its Smallest Battery

An electric car is sitting in the driveway with 200 miles of range showing in the app. The large battery beneath the floor contains enough energy to move two tons of metal across an entire county.

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Why Your Car Switches On the Air Conditioning When You Ask for Heat

It is a cold morning. The windshield is cloudy, the cabin feels like a refrigerator, and the defrost button has just been pressed with all the optimism available before coffee. Then the A/C light come

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