General
Preparing Your Car for a Hurricane: An Emergency Checklist
Quick Facts About Prepping Your Vehicle for a Hurricane Getting ahead of scheduled service and maintenance should be part of…
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Advice
Electronic Stability Control: Everything You Need To Know
Quick Facts About Electronic Stability Control Electronic stability control, or ESC, is an automatic system in your car designed to…
Advice
The Safest New Cars of 2024
Why publish a list of our picks for the best new cars that are the safest? Aren’t all cars safe…
General
Most Child Booster Seats Ace Safety Test
The vast majority of new booster seats introduced to the market last year — 47 out of 54 — earned…
General
Washington Post Challenges Tesla on Autopilot
The electronic user manual accessible in every Tesla states that its Autopilot driver assistance system is “intended for use on…
Electric Vehicle
Report: EVs Less Likely to Catch Fire Than Gas-Powered Cars
Novelty can mislead you. The media tends to report on rare and new things because things that are common and…
Fullsize Pickup Truck
Large Pickups Stumble in Rear-Seat Crash Tests
Full-size pickups underperformed in a new crash test that evaluates safety for rear-seat passengers. Only one of the four trucks…
General
Ford Tops Consumer Reports Hands-Free Driving Tests
Automakers are not as close to self-driving cars as their hype would have you believe. Still, many offer advanced driver…
General
Government: Traffic Deaths Down in First Half of 2023
It’s been a long time since we’ve had positive news to report about traffic accidents. America’s roads have been growing…
General
Recall Alert: Ford Bronco, Transit; Lincoln Aviator, Navigator
Ford and its Lincoln luxury brand have issued a recall affecting about 170,000 SUVs and vans because their rearview cameras…