If there’s one thing we learned from endless episodes of MTV Cribs back in the day, it’s that athletes, rock stars, and A-list celebrities are all bonded by a common interest: a love and passion for fast and expensive cars. While everyone is likely familiar with expensive cars from the likes of Porsche and Rolls Royce, there exists …
Earlier this year, Apple launched the AirTag tracker, and the device became quite popular with users. Like Tile trackers, AirTags can help you locate any objects that you tag them with. Unlike Tile, Apple uses the hundreds of millions of iPhones in the wild to locate any lost or stolen devices. The AirTags ping nearby …
If your car is sitting due to the coronavirus pandemic, its health might be a concern. Letting your car sit for weeks or months at a time can have devastating effects, and leave you with costly repairs down the road. Drive your car weekly if possible, even if it’s just for a few blocks, and …
As carmakers continue to pack their newest models with all manner of “smart” technology, researchers are concerned that connected vehicles will become an increasingly irresistible target for hackers. A new study by scientists with the Georgia Institute of Technology and Multiscale Systems, Inc., suggests that if hackers find serious vulnerabilities in internet-connected cars they could …
For most people, dreaming about owning a Lamborghini is about as close as they’ll realistically get to having one in their driveway. Supercars are pricey and not terribly practical, but that doesn’t make them any less desirable, so physicist Sterling Backus decided to leverage the power to science to make his dream a reality. Backus …
Electric vehicles might very well be the future, with nearly ever major automaker at least dabbling in fully electric cars and some of them betting big on the end of gas-guzzling cars entirely, but we’re not there yet. An automotive revolution takes time, and people tend to look back on classic cars and trucks with …
A 0-to-60 mph time of under three seconds is something that all but the most wealthy supercar owners are ever likely to enjoy. A 0-to-100 mph time of just over five seconds? Well now we’re in territory that few production automobiles have ever dared tread, but it’s all in a day’s work for RC enthusiasts …
With crossovers and SUVs dominating auto sales these days it’s clear that many people just don’t think a traditional sedan has enough room for all their… stuff. Speaking broadly, cars are pretty much the same size as they used to be. Hulking beasts from many decades ago were replaced by compact models, but now the …
In the 1950s it seems like everyone thought we’d have flying cars by the year 2000. That didn’t exactly happen, but there’s still plenty of crazy dual-purpose vehicles you can waste your money on these days. Take this insane custom “hydrocar,” for instance. It took roughly a decade to build, and you can now own …
Over the last decade, electric vehicles have gone from the butt of a bad joke to some of the highest-performance production cars that money can buy. But the old guard isn’t going to go out without a bang, or in the case of Fiat Chrysler’s latest vehicle, an enormous gas bill. The company unveiled a …
