2023 Honda HR-V headlight
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What Are Adaptive Headlights?

Adaptive headlights use camera-guided LEDs that variably activate pixels to illuminate the path ahead without blinding other road users, such as other drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians, rather than simple low/high-beam lamps.

iStock automatic windshield wipers
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What Are Automatic Windshield Wipers?

Often called “rain-sensing wipers,” automatic windshield wipers use infrared sensors to detect moisture on the windshield and then use the sensor input to trigger the appropriate wiper action without driver intervention.

Ford Power Up Amazon Alexa
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What Is Amazon Alexa Auto?

Amazon Alexa Auto is an automotive-specific version of Amazon’s cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI or “ambient intelligence,” as the company calls it) helper program, which allows the driver (or passengers) to activate vehicle functions via voice prompts and to access certain other Alexa functions beyond the automobile.

2023 Nissan Leaf climate controls.
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What Is Automatic Climate Control?

Automatic climate control activates the vehicle’s climate system upon start. Fans blow cooled or heated air through the vents to reach preset temperatures.
This feature is doubly practical during extreme weather when initiated with a vehicle’s remote start function in advance.

Android Auto screen
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What Is Android Auto?

Android Auto is an app or skill (in the case of Android Auto version 10 and later) which can integrate your Google Android OS-powered smartphone into your vehicle’s infotainment system, mirroring the phone’s screen on the car’s multimedia display.

Blind Spot Monitoring
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What Is a Blind-Spot Monitor?

Blind-spot monitoring (BSM) is an active driver aid/safety device with the ability to detect what your eyes may miss, issuing a warning as a vehicle approaches from behind in an adjoining lane.

2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E Bang & Olufsen premium audio.
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What Is Bang & Olufsen Premium Audio? 

Bang & Olufsen Premium Audio is a high-end audio system from an electronics manufacturer whose sound systems are available in modern luxury cars from multiple manufacturers, including Audi, Lamborghini, Bentley, Aston Martin, Ford, and Genesis.