For crashes where none of those conditions are satisfied, NHTSA has to be notified within 15 days if other conditions are met, including a property damage threshold, as well as if another vehicle was involved. NHTSA is also opening up exemptions for some federal motor vehicle safety standards for US-based manufacturers. “This exemption promotes innovative ..
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That is far closer than F1 has ever been—many longtime fans can remember the days when the gap between first and second on the grid might be more than a second. And the reason is also why overtaking has become harder, despite aerodynamic rules meant to make passing easier. Over the years, F1’s technical rules ..
Time to go for it On lap 14, the actual race broke out as everyone started to push at their actual pace. From single-file slipstreaming to running three-wide in a pack, it still looked like Porsche’s day, until a three-car collision at the turn 11 chicane blocked the track, resulting in a red flag. When ..
What a difference a week makes. This past weekend, Formula 1 went back to Bahrain, the site of this year’s preseason test, for round four of the 2025 season. Last week’s race in Japan sent many to sleep, but that was definitely not the case on Sunday. The overtaking was frenetic, the sparks didn’t set ..
It’s a look Ever since its 21st-century rebirth, Mini has brought a sense of whimsy to its designs, particularly the interior styling. Gone are most of the toggle switches (and the little safety protrusions that accompanied them) on the dashboard, with the exception of one for changing between drive, reverse, and neutral, plus another to ..
The NHTSA has shown no signs of backing down, overseeing three new recalls of Tesla vehicles since Trump took office, most recently ordering 46,000 Cybertrucks to be checked after discovering an exterior panel was prone to falling off because of faulty glue. Of its eight active investigations into Tesla vehicles, five concern Musk’s claims about ..
Nearly everyone questioned as part of the research study would probably be OK with that, as long as it translated to a discount for using the in-car payment system; while this was a motivating factor, the time-savings and efficiency of frictionless in-car payments were the main draw. And a single platform that can pay for ..
Throughout the practice sessions, the orange and black McLarens had the measure of everyone else, with Mercedes’ George Russell looking quite quick, too. But Q3 is where it really counts, and Verstappen’s final lap was one of the all-time greats. Whether you like him or not, the Dutch driver is at a level no one ..
At lower speeds, I found the Silverado EV a little more cumbersome. As noted, it’s a very long vehicle, and you need the more expensive RST version if you want rear-wheel steering, which turns the opposite direction to the front wheels at low speeds, in effect shrinking the 145.7-inch (3,700 mm) wheelbase. You would be ..
Basic functions like adjusting the fan speed of the air conditioning system require taking your attention off of the road to call up the comfort settings on the display, and if you dare to venture further down the rabbit hole to adjust something else, you’ll find an app drawer-style menu filled with ambiguously named icons ..
