This installment of the Roadkill Extra engine-building series gets a bit theoretical: What is compression ratio, how does it affect engine performance, and how can it be altered? But it’s also very practical, as David Freiburger explains every detail you need to understand in order to use a compression-ratio calculator. Tune in and tune up!
Month: June 2022
Manufacturers from Tesla to Volkswagen are pursuing self-driving cars. Ferrari is having none of it. The Italian supercar maker recently hosted a couple of artificial intelligence experts who wanted to pitch why Ferrari should embrace autonomous driving. CEO Benedetto Vigna instead invited them to take a spin in a Ferrari on the company’s Fiorano racetrack.
11:28 AM ET Ferrari has confirmed that the engine that failed for Charles Leclerc at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix is “beyond repair”, raising the prospect of a grid penalty in the near future. Leclerc retired from Baku’s June 12 race while in a promising position to challenge the Red Bull drivers for victory. He also
Toyota Motor Corp. is once again hinting that its major push into electric vehicles will include a new utility inspired by the Compact Cruiser EV concept shown in December. The company released a slew of new details and images of the latest iteration last week. Toyota, a relative latecomer to the EV market, is committing
WASHINGTON — Despite caveats in NHTSA’s first-ever release of data on crashes linked to advanced driver-assistance systems and automated-driving systems, safety experts say the effort is still a useful step toward greater transparency. The nation’s top highway safety agency last week said it received reports of nearly 400 crashes involving driver-assist systems and 130 crashes
In this article 9866-HK Nio’s ES7 sports utility vehicle adds another competitor to Tesla’s Model X and Model Y in China. Nio Nio on Wednesday launched the ES7 sports utility vehicle as competition with Tesla intensifies in China. The ES7 adds another competitor to Tesla’s Model Y and Model X in China as the competition in the electric SUV space ramps up. Nio
Out of Spec Reviews has been spending its time testing the all-new Ford F-150 Lightning and Rivian R1T of late. Kyle Conner just picked up his own R1T, and the channels have been putting the Lightning to the test for some time now. In this recent video, Kyle and Jordan head out on a perfect
The mid-size Colorado started the move toward increasingly serious off-roaders at Chevrolet and now the Silverado 1500 lineup is getting in on the act. On Thursday, Chevy teased, with a video, that the Silverado 1500 ZR2 Bison is coming this summer. This comes just months after Chevy released the 2022 Silverado 1500 ZR2 as a
BERLIN — Audi has filed a lawsuit in a Munich court against Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio over an alleged infringement of the Volkswagen Group subsidiary’s trademark rights, German newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Thursday. Audi believes that Nio’s decision to name two of its models ES6 and ES8 infringes on Audi’s trademark for its S6
6:30 PM ET The Australian Grand Prix will stay in Melbourne until at least 2035 after a 10-year agreement was announced by Formula 1. The new deal begins in 2025 and will also see Formula 2 and Formula 3 join the race weekend schedule for the first time from 2023. The 2022 Grand Prix saw
What kind of vehicle is the 2022 Audi E-Tron GT? What does it compare to? The Audi E-Tron GT is a sleek electric vehicle that doubles as a grand tourer and a performance car. It competes against a range of luxury electrics such as the Porsche Taycan, Tesla Model S, and the forthcoming BMW i4.
Two men in Rochester, New York, have been arrested following a chaotic car chase that ended right in front of the house of a resident with a Ring security camera. Video from the camera that was shared on Reddit by user Saiits shows what appears to be a Nissan SUV rounding a corner at a
Getty Images The sight of a car limping along on a near-flat tyre, or a roadside wheel change are still common. So is the expense of replacing tyres that have worn out prematurely, perhaps because the driver may not have been checking the pressure as regularly as they should. Sometimes it’s difficult not to feel
WASHINGTON — As the federal government moves forward with a plan to build a nationwide charging network for electric vehicles, it’s “off to the races” for states looking to soothe consumer range anxiety. “This is not going to be the federal government going and buying chargers and putting them in the ground,” Michael Berube, a
John Kuolt is certain of what he’s not doing as founder and CEO of the year-old UP.Labs. He’s not building a startup incubator, nor a studio, and definitely not an accelerator program. What exactly is he doing? “We’ve been trying to figure out how to best describe it,” he said, mulling his choice of words
Fg Trade | Istock | Getty Images For consumers in search of an affordable new car, there’s little relief on the horizon. The monthly costs to finance a vehicle purchase have hit record highs. Consumers face monthly payments averaging $656 for a new car, financed at 5.1% over 70.5 months (nearly six years), according to
By Maria Merano Posted on June 16, 2022 Elon Musk shared his goal to reach 1 billion Twitter users during an all hands virtual meeting with workers on Thursday, June 16. According to Yahoo Finance tech editor Dan Howley, Twitter currently has 229 million daily active users, which the social media platform calls daily monetizable active users.
The Morgan 3 Wheeler was one of the biggest performance car surprises of the last decade. Resurrecting the concept of the trikes that made it famous before WWII with a modern V-twin motorcycle engine, Morgan figured it would sell a few hundred units, but ended up shifting more than 2,500 between 2011 and 2021 when
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