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1 month ago | 
cars.usnews.com | Kristen Hall-Geisler |Rachel Shuster |Cody Trotter
Tesla Autopilot has been around longer than you might think. It was first introduced in 2014, when Tesla had a single model on the market, the Model S. It was one of the more full-featured advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) available at the time. Over the past decade, Autopilot has become more sophisticated and has seen several major changes to its hardware. Also over the past decade, ADAS systems offered by almost every manufacturer on almost every new car have caught up to Tesla Autopilot.
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1 month ago | 
cars.usnews.com | Victoria Scott |Kristen Hall-Geisler |Cody Trotter
Lane-departure warning (LDW) and lane-keep assist (LKA) are two technologies that operate on the same principle: generally, you want to keep your car in its lane. That’s why highways have loud rumble strips next to the shoulders, for example. If you start getting tired or distracted and drift out of your lane, it can easily lead to an accident.
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1 month ago | 
cars.usnews.com | Victoria Scott |Kristen Hall-Geisler |Nate Parsons
The proliferation of electric cars on American roads in recent years has brought with it an immense amount of technology and terminology. Many car shoppers are familiar with what a hybrid is (a car that uses both gas and electric power to move), but there are many different types of hybrids underneath that umbrella. A “mild hybrid” design has become commonplace in recent years, especially with luxury automakers.
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2 months ago | 
cars.usnews.com | Kristen Hall-Geisler |Warren Clarke |Nate Parsons
CreditAmerican Honda Motor Co., Inc.|Which Cars Are the Most American? The auto industry has had a rocky 2025 so far, with the addition, and retraction, and addition, and retraction of tariffs on cars and parts manufactured outside the United States. These tariffs are expected to add thousands of dollars to the price of new vehicles, putting a squeeze on both production and consumer demand.
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2 months ago | 
cars.usnews.com | Kristen Hall-Geisler |Warren Clarke |Nate Parsons
Heat pumps are a hot topic these days (pun intended). Many homeowners are opting for this climate-friendlier technology when it comes time to replace or upgrade their home heating systems, but did you know that heat pumps are making their way into cars too? Specifically, they're used in electric vehicles, which don't have an internal combustion engine pouring out excess heat.
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2 months ago | 
cars.usnews.com | Kristen Hall-Geisler |Warren Clarke |Cherise Threewitt
A decade ago, we were promised self-driving cars, and while we're a long way from that dream, we are getting some very sophisticated hands-free systems in more kinds of vehicles. Ford BlueCruise is one such system. It allows drivers to completely remove their hands from the steering wheel under particular circumstances so the car can take over what are usually the most boring parts of a long drive. Key Takeaways BlueCruise is a hands-free driving system that works on most highways.
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2 months ago | 
cars.usnews.com | Kristen Hall-Geisler |WARREN CLARKE |Cody Trotter
A test drive is a test drive is a test drive, right? You find a car you're interested in buying, whether it's new or used, and you take it for a spin to make sure it works and is the right car for you. However, a used car has already lived a life with someone else, and you have no idea what that life was like. It could have been a kind, cushy life with regular oil changes and no accidents, or it could have done some hard living with jackrabbit starts and bare-minimum maintenance.
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Feb 23, 2025 | 
cars.usnews.com | Kristen Hall-Geisler |Warren Clarke |Jim Henry |George Kennedy
It seems like "tariff" is the word of the moment. Early in his second term, President Donald Trump initially implemented 10% tariffs on goods coming in from China, with an additional 10% tariff on Chinese imports coming a few weeks later. Today, he is imposing 25% tariffs on goods imported from Mexico and Canada. The tariffs will remain in place indefinitely at the President's discretion and may increase if other nations retaliate. There are also threats of tariffs on European imports.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
cars.usnews.com | Kristen Hall-Geisler |Warren Clarke |Cherise Threewitt
Modern cars are loaded with sensors, cameras and computer chips wired to work together for greater safety. These systems can perform tasks that help address driver fatigue; for example, they can take over during stop-and-go traffic jams or sense when the vehicle has swerved out of its lane. But some safety features have been in our cars for so long we forget they were at one time new and exciting, like seat belts. Who can remember the last time someone got excited about a seat belt?
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Kristen Hall-Geisler |Mack Hayden
Bearded dragons have triangular heads and flat bodies, and they're covered with soft, spiny scales. Ted Horowitz Photography / Getty ImagesGenerate Key TakeawaysOK, so they don't breathe fire, they don't fly and you can't ride them into battle, but bearded dragons are pretty cool pets. They're chill, they come in different colors and patterns and they get all blissed-out when their heat lamps are perfectly positioned. So what exactly is a bearded dragon?
