Collaborate Disseminate
Camper shells are a time-honored piece of truck gear, but with modern trucks having increasingly vestigial beds, the length of your overnight abode has increasingly shrunk as well. To combat …read more Continue reading Want a Truck with a Short Bed and a Long Camper Shell?
While electric vehicles (EVs) are generally less likely to catch fire than their internal combustion counterparts, it does still happen, and firefighters need to be ready. Accordingly, the UL Research …read more Continue reading UL Investigates the Best Way to Fight EV Fires
Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) has been hailed as one of the greatest advantages of electrifying transportation, but has so far remained mostly in the lab. Hoping to move things forward, the National …read more Continue reading NEMA Releases Standard for Vehicle-to-Grid Applications
Vehicle alternators are interesting beasts. Produced on a massive scale, these electric machines are available for a minimum of cost and contain all kinds of great parts: some power electronics …read more Continue reading Bosch Starter Motor Freed From Mercedes Prison
From a practical standpoint, [John] may be correct that his recent creation is the “world’s worst digital dash”, but we’re still oddly enamored with the idea of using a Nintendo …read more Continue reading A Game Boy Speedometer, Just Because You Can
In a stunning example of the Bader Meinhoff effect, we’ve recently heard several times this week about events like the “carbage run.” That is, a motoring event where you can …read more Continue reading Self Driving Like it’s 1993
The modern web has become difficult to navigate without ad blocking software. Ford now has a patent that would bring the ads we hate to your vehicle’s infotainment system. [via …read more Continue reading Will You Need Ad Block for Your Car?
Some of the neatest products are made from the byproducts of other industries. Take petroleum jelly, for example. Its inventor, Robert Chesebrough, a chemist from New York, came upon his …read more Continue reading Boss Byproducts: Fordites Are Pieces of American History
Remote-controlled cars can get incredibly fast and complex (and expensive) the farther into the hobby you get. So much so that a lot of things that are missing from the …read more Continue reading RC Car Gets Force Feedback Steering
You’ve probably seen street performers or family members making giant bubbles at some point in your life. But what if you could go ever bigger…even approaching a bubble of infinite …read more Continue reading Car Becomes a Massive Bubble Machine