James May Has a Solution for Motorcycle Theft
James May, former Top Gear co-host and current presenter for The Grand Tour, wrote a compelling piece for DriveTribe as a solution for motorcycle theft. May’s proposal is that "we must deal with the...
View ArticleUber Launches Canadian Artificial Intelligence Operation Amid Waymo Lawsuit
As it continues to fight a legal battle against Waymo over self-driving car tech, Uber is devoting more research into artificial intelligence to improve the software that controls its autonomous cars....
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Can The Auto Parts Retailers Fight Amazon By Offering Lifetime Guarantees?
Every once in a while I get a low-mileage older European car that can get finicky if I order cheap parts for it. So what do I do? I shop on Google. Check out Amazon and Ebay, and then often times I...
View ArticleWhat Cars Would You Buy for $6,000?
This week, it's the affordable eBay challenge. Can you satisfy all your automotive needs for $6,000? We think you can. Put links to your picks in the comments below.
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America's Secret Space Plane Lands After 2 Years in Orbit
We at The Drive have waxed poetically about America's lack of a reusable space craft (among other issues) from time to time, but to be honest, we've been waxing in vain. The United States government...
View ArticleNissan Has a New Strategy to Sell the Titan Pickup
Ah, the Nissan Titan. One of the few non-American pickup trucks to go toe-to-toe with the Big Three—the Ford F-150, Chevy Silverado, and Ram Truck—that lead the industry by a long shot. Fully...
View ArticleHonda Civic Type R Starting at $40,107 in the UK, Available in July
Honda UK has announced pricing and release information on the eagerly-anticipated Civic Type R today. The fastest front-wheel-drive production car around the Nurburgring will cost British buyers at...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Says Self-Driving Cars Could Hurt Auto Insurers
Could self-driving cars put an end to automotive insurance companies as we know them? That may be a future you could happily live with...unless you're Warren Buffett. At Berskhire Hathaway's annual...
View ArticleHere's Why You Shouldn't Use Winter Tires in the Summer
If there's one underappreciated aspect to getting the most out your car's capabilities, it's having the right tires. Think about it—every other factor that we think of as determining the way a car...
View ArticleJust What Exactly Is Uber Freight?
Following its buyout of self-driving truck startup Otto, Uber has been relatively silent on the whole autonomous freight shipping front—maybe the massive lawsuit it's been battling with Alphabet's...
View ArticleVolkswagen Wants to Challenge Tesla for Electric Car Supremacy
Five years after the first Model S sedans were delivered, established automakers are finally readying responses to Tesla. Luxury brands like Audi, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche are preparing...
View ArticleHow to Get a 10 Percent Discount on a 2017 Chevrolet Corvette
A month after offering a deal that effectively gave Corvette buyers the $8,000 Z07 package for free, Chevrolet is again giving more financial incentive for people still on the fence about buying what...
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USAF Reaper Drones Can Finally Drop GPS Guided Joint Direct Attack Munitions
After nearly a decade of service, the U.S. Air Force’s MQ-9 Reapers now have the ability to drop the service's most ubiquitous GPS-guided bombs. The upgrade significantly increases the drone’s...
View ArticleWatch How Turbochargers Are Made
Watching things get made can be a greatly rewarding process. You might learn something about the the device that you were unaware of. Watching the assembly process can also help when you have to fix...
View ArticleJeep Wrangler Tries, Fails to Block In Badly Parked Nissan 300ZX
Sometimes, the only way to fight dickery is with dickery. For example, when coming across a car occupying multiple spaces in a parking lot—especially a car of the luxury or sports variety—there's no...
View ArticleFormula 1 Legend Gilles Villeneuve Died 35 Years Ago Today
On May 8, 1982, during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix at Circuit Zolder, the Scuderia Ferrari 126C2 of Gilles Villeneuve and the March 821 of Jochen Mass collided. The two drivers were on a...
View ArticleIt Looks Like KTM is Working on an Electric Duke
Based on some new spy shots, it looks like KTM could be the next entry in electric street bikes. What appears to be a KTM 390 Duke with an awkward looking electric battery and motor was spotted in the...
View ArticleTesla Explains Why It Sometimes Limits Supercharger Charging Speeds
After complaints of slower-than-expected charging rates at Superchargers began to populate Tesla forums, the electric car maker confirmed that it has been purposely limiting charge rates for cars that...
View ArticleChevy's "Real People" Ads Too Memorable to Get Rid Of, Says Chevy
It looks like our friend Mahk will be busy with focus groups for the next little while. In a Q&A with Automotive News titled "Why Chevy's 'Real People' ads are still running," Chevrolet US vice...
View ArticleAre Large Cars Safer Than Small Cars? Not Necessarily, Study Finds
For decades, people have maintained the belief that when it comes to automobiles, bigger may not be better, but it is safer. In the event of an accident, this line of reasoning goes, it's best to be...
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