Automotive Technology

Winter Survival Guide for Drivers: Prepping Your Car for Winter

  Winter Survival Guide for Drivers: Prepping Your Car for Winter By Chantel Wakefield 10/16/2023 4:00pm Quick Tips About Driving in Winter Weather If you live in a region with harsh cold and heavy snowfall in the winter, it’s essential to prepare your car for the season. Snowy weather conditions can bring new hazards and challenges […]

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How To Store a Car Long-Term: Everything You Need To Know

  How To Store a Car Long-Term: Everything You Need To Know By Austin Morris 07/05/2023 4:00pm Quick Facts About Car Storage Storing a car raises many questions for those who need to do the task. Some drivers never need car storage and don’t think twice about leaving a vehicle for an extended period. But extended

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Do Fuel Injectors Need to be Flushed?

  Do Fuel Injectors Need to be Flushed? By KBB Editors 02/11/2019 3:57pm Is the fuel-injection cleaning sold by many independent garages and dealerships a sound investment in your vehicle, or a marginally beneficial service pushed on consumers to fatten profits? Fuel-injection service is part of a bigger trend in automotive maintenance that includes such procedures

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Snow Tires Guide: Everything You Need To Know

  Snow Tires Guide: Everything You Need To Know By Sean Tucker 02/06/2023 4:00pm   Snow Tires Quick Tips The phrase “where the rubber meets the road” describes the moment you put a theory to the test. It’s particularly appropriate when winter driving gets serious and snow tires become necessary. Your car may be a 3,000-plus-pound

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Are Winter Tires Worth the Cost?

  Are Winter Tires Worth the Cost? By Renee Valdes 09/19/2023 1:51pm Many drivers have the misconception that a winter tire’s sole benefit over an all-season tire is better traction in the snow. Think again. Tests conducted by Canada’s Traffic Injury Research Foundation showed that winter tires provide superior traction, braking, and cornering in all cold weather driving

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Hybrid vs. Electric Cars: Why Hybrids Make More Sense

  Hybrid vs. Electric Cars: Why Hybrids Make More Sense By Russ Heaps 10/19/2023 5:00pm Quick Facts about Hybrids and Electric Vehicles Electric vehicles (EVs) have become a political football. Consequently, initiating any dialog on the benefits versus the consequences of EVs spirals into a polarized political debate. However, although EVs may well be the long-term

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9 Tips for Driving and Charging an EV in Hot Weather

  9 Tips for Driving and Charging an EV in Hot Weather By Chantel Wakefield 04/28/2023 4:00pm Electric Car Hot Weather Tips You can use electric cars in any temperature, but current and potential EV owners need to understand how hot weather affects performance and battery range. As with cold weather driving and charging in the winter,

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Study: EPA-Certified Range Figures for EVs Unreliable

  Study: EPA-Certified Range Figures for EVs Unreliable By Sean Tucker 04/24/2023 7:56am Measuring the fuel economy and range of a gas-powered vehicle is, by now, a simple, solved engineering problem. Measuring the range of an electric vehicle (EV) is not. A new study suggests that the ranges and fuel economy equivalent figures published by the

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Hidden Costs of Owning an Electric Car

  Hidden Costs of Owning an Electric Car By Russ Heaps 06/29/2023 3:00pm   Quick Facts About Hidden Costs of Electric Car Ownership If you’re considering a new car, you’ve probably found all the hype about electric vehicles (EVs) difficult to ignore. Today, we aren’t addressing the pros and cons of buying and owning an EV

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Does It Cost More for Electric Car Insurance?

  Does It Cost More for Electric Car Insurance? By Chantel Wakefield 05/10/2023 4:00pm   Quick Tips on Electric Cars Insurance Costs There’s more to owning an electric vehicle than just skipping trips to the gas station. Among the many factors to consider are operating costs (which can be lower) and insurance (which can be higher). Are

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