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Rubber Is Naturally Pale, So Why Did the Automotive World Make Every Tire Black?

A bright red car, a metallic blue car and a taxi painted the color of a highlighter will normally leave the factory with exactly the same footwear. Black tires. The color seems so inevitable

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Your Seat Belt Works Everywhere Except the Steep Driveway. Gravity May Be the Reason

A seat belt can work perfectly all week, then refuse to move on the one morning when the car happens to be parked nose-down on a steep driveway. Pull gently and nothing happens. Give it a firmer tu

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The Tire Shop Finished the Job, but Your Wheel Nuts May Need One More Check

The tires are new, the wheels are back on and the invoice is folded into the glovebox. Before handing over the keys, the technician mentions one final detail: come back after a short period of driving

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White Smoke on a Cold Morning May Be Harmless. After Warm-Up, the Story Changes

A cold engine starts, and a pale cloud rolls out of the exhaust. The sight is particularly dramatic on a winter morning, when the plume hangs behind the car as though the engine has chosen a new caree

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That Little Lurch After Selecting Park Is Your Car Asking for the Parking Brake

Park on a slope, move the shifter to P, take a foot off the brake, and most automatic cars will perform a small, familiar shuffle. The body rolls a fraction of an inch, stops with a muted clunk, then

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Self-Driving Cars Keep Getting Confused Around Emergency Scenes, and NHTSA Has Finally Had Enough

A self-driving car getting confused in a parking lot is annoying. A self-driving car getting confused near a fire truck, police cruiser, or ambulance is something else entirely. That is

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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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These Transmissions Refuse to Die Even After Hundreds of Thousands of Miles

Some transmissions are basically automotive cockroaches. Not glamorous. Not exciting. But somehow impossible to kill. Meanwhile, other gearboxes seem to explode emotionally the second yo

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Mansory Made the Zeekr 9X Even Wilder Than It Already Was

The Zeekr 9X was already a lot. Fast, heavy on tech, and properly plush inside. Mansory took one look and went all in anyway. Up front, it’s impossible to miss. The grille leans hard into tha

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These Are the Gas Station Stops Drivers Swear Make Road Trips Better

There's something about road trip snacks that just hits different. Whether it's a bag of sunflower seeds or that legendary $1.50 Costco hot dog, everyone's got their go-to. Nobody's pr

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