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Why Self-Driving Cars Should Never Have Steering Wheels

The head of Google’s self-driving car ... in self-driving cars: You wouldn’t imagine that in the back of a taxi, we put an extra steering wheel or brake pedal there for the passenger to grab ahold of ... read more

BMW autonomous car cabins to be 'first class'

As a director of BMW's future-focused Designworks division, Annette Baumeister, knows more than most about what the cars of tomorrow will look and feel like, and she says the innovation she's most exc... read more

Why Your Car Hydroplanes, and What to Do When It Happens

In those moments, you are for all intents and purposes a passenger. It's scary. Here's how it happens, how to avoid it, and what to do if your car hydroplanes. Think of ... much deeper than you antici... read more

$150 Electric Power Steering? Junkyard Prius Delivers!

This means that you can retain one-finger power steering while freeing up a little extra horsepower and maybe even ... operation. Think of it like a hydraulic system, it builds maximum pressure and st... read more

You may one day be able to buy a Jaguar…steering wheel

you’d “summon” the actual autonomous car, one that might be owned by a group of people or maybe by a fleet service. You’d attach your own steering wheel if you wanted to drive or to enable your own se... read more

Autonomous Chevy Bolt AV Shown Without Steering Wheel

Do you ... car without a steering wheel can’t have a steering wheel airbag,” Ammann said. “What we can do is put the equivalent of the passenger side airbag on that side as well. So it’s to meet the s... read more

No One at the Wheel: What Will Driverless Cars Do to Real Estate?

John Krafcik, the chief executive officer of Waymo, Google’s robocar company, said much the same thing at Bloomberg’s recent “Sooner Than You Think” conference ... West’s gateway drug to life without ... read more

FIRST DRIVE: BMW X2 M35i — Can a Crossover be a Hot Hatch?

Then we drove it, at last year’s Test Fest, and it surprised us with its nimble handling and precise steering. Despite the heresy of it being a front-wheel ... think BMW believes it’s a track car but ... read more

2020 Pininfarina PF0 Battista

The steering wheel ... a car with 420 horsepower and 520 pound-feet of torque alone! Also, the Battista will probably weigh less than the 4,400-pound Chiron in spite of the electric drivetrain. These ... read more

The 2018 Audi RS4 Avant Is The Clean Cut Performance Wagon Of Your Dreams

But with big old hips, sharp creases along the body and on the hood, and huge, muscle-car-esque wheels ... sucks. Maybe we’ll get an RS Avant model someday, and with the wagon renaissance seemingly ju... read more

McLaren’s new convertible is the exception to racing’s oldest rule

Part of this is because of basic engineering: A car with a roof is more aerodynamic than one without. A roof is also stronger ... a convertible by the second turn,” he says. Maybe he’s just biased, I ... read more

Is the Tesla Model 3 a Good Rally Car? We Drifted Through the Snow to Find Out.

A revving engine, shifting gears, maybe the pop-pop-pop of ... It’s less like a car than a skid-steer-until you unwind the steering and drift your way out of it. Decide what you want to do ... read more