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Your Tire Pressure Rose on the Highway. Put the Gauge Down Before Letting Air Out

The sticker inside the driver’s door says 35 PSI. After an hour on the highway, the dashboard says 39. Four extra pounds of pressure sounds like a problem. The tires were set correctly that morn

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That Second Floor Mat Is Not Extra Protection. It Can Trap the Accelerator

Winter rubber mats are excellent at catching snow, salt and the gray slush that somehow finds its way into every corner of a car. The temptation is to place them directly over the carpet mats alrea

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Your Speedometer Says 70, but GPS Says 67. Which One Is Lying?

Set the cruise control to 70 mph and glance at the navigation screen. It may insist the car is traveling at 67. Increase the cruise setting to 71. GPS grudgingly moves to 68. The two displays can sp

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Your Dashboard Is Lit. The Back of Your Car Might Be Completely Dark

Picture a gray car on a gray highway just after sunset. From the front, everything looks normal. Its white daytime running lights are glowing, the dashboard is lit, and the driver has no reason to sus

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America Chose the Right Side of the Road Before Cars Even Existed

The United States was already keeping right long before anyone had an engine, a steering wheel, or an argument about who had the right of way at a four-way stop. The habit began with horses

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Car Touchscreens Were Supposed to Make Driving Easier. Now They’re Making Us Look Away for Half a Mile

There was a time when changing the temperature in a car took half a second. You reached down, turned a knob, and somehow civilization survived. Now, in some cars, the same job feels like openin

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Summer Heat Messes With Your Tire Pressure Faster Than Most Drivers Realize

Most people do not think about their tires until one of them does something rude. A warning light comes on. The car starts feeling strange. A road trip gets interrupted. Something looks low.

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An EV Road Trip Can Go Great. It Can Also Go Sideways Faster Than a Gas-Car Driver Expects

A long road trip in a gas car is mostly about endurance.nA long road trip in an EV is about logistics. That is the real difference, and it is a bigger one than a lot of people realize until the

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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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EV Battery Manufacturing Is Dirty. Gas Cars Still Lose Faster Than Most People Think

There is a certain kind of anti-EV argument that refuses to die, no matter how many times the numbers bury it. You have probably heard it. Maybe from a relative, maybe from a Facebook comment s

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