Lucid reveals details of DreamDrive advanced driver-assist system, designed to offer semi-autonomous features and upgrades via OTA updates. The automaker’s system will include driver attention monitoring to make sure drivers keep their eyes on the road and hands on the steering wheel, pointing to Level 2 capability. Lucid says it is working on Level 3 […]
Democratic presidents have tried but failed to enact climate change legislation since the Clinton administration. During a year of record and deadly droughts, wildfires, storms and floods that scientists say are worsened by climate change, Democrats had hoped to finally garner enough political support to enact a strong climate law, even as scientific reports say […]
My daily commute consists of more than two hours a day via commuter rail and walking, while I also run two or three times a week for 30 minutes to an hour each session. Music, podcasts, and audio books are playing during these times and for long term comfort and size, earbuds are my preferred […]
Overview The diminutive 2022 Hyundai Venue might look like it’d fit a piggy bank, but it definitely won’t break the bank. That’s because the Venue is one of the cheapest crossovers sold in America. Don’t confuse its bargain pricing for a lack of desirable features or a cut-rate interior. On the contrary, every Venue has […]
The group’s design, secret until now, recently received provisional patent protection. That burst of innovation — and the pace of improvement at Fortescue and elsewhere — is one of many factors bolstering Dr. Forrest’s optimism. He believes Fortescue can take advantage of technologies that have come down in price (around solar and batteries, for example) […]
Apple wants your iPhone to be connected 24/7, and it has put a whole bunch of features into iOS that do that. Problem with this is, these settings can put a serious dent in your cellular data plan, which either means that you end up being kicked to a lower-speed tier by your provider, or […]
Ford has released details for the 2022 Mustang Mach-E. It receives updates to its battery pack, pricing, colors, and equipment. The 2022 Mach-E is available to order now, but deliveries won’t start until February 2022. The Ford Mustang Mach-E, our EV of the Year award winner, is receiving a few updates for 2022. Along with […]
WASHINGTON — Some House and Senate Democrats, smarting from a move by Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, to kill a major element of President Biden’s climate plan, are switching to Plan B: a tax on carbon dioxide pollution. A carbon tax, in which polluting industries would pay a fee for every ton […]
The “abysmal” state of security for industrial control systems (ICSs) is putting critical services at serious risk, new research finds. You only need to look at the chaos caused by a ransomware attack launched against Colonial Pipeline this year — leading to panic buying and fuel shortages across part of the US — to see […]
Overview The 2022 Honda Insight is the spiritual successor to the Civic hybrid. With a similar size and shape as Honda’s compact sedan but an efficient gas-electric powertrain under the hood, the Insight is like a Civic that’s quieter at low speeds and and delivers better mpg. Many of the Civic’s best aspects are present […]