Collaborate Disseminate
With cars being essentially CAN buses on wheels, it’s no wonder that there’s a lot of juicy information about the car’s status zipping about on these buses. The main question …read more Continue reading Volvo C30 Custom Gauge And CAN Bus Reverse Engineering
These days, many new cars come with some variant of an “auto-stop” feature. This shuts down the car’s engine at stop lights and in other similar situations in order to …read more Continue reading Defeat Your Car’s Autostop Feature With A Little SwitchBot
The EA Falcon took Ford’s popular Australian sedan line into the 1990s, even if it gave way to the EB Falcon by the end of 1991. Few would call it …read more Continue reading ’90s Ford Gets Shift Paddles And A Digital Dash Upgrade
The simple caulking gun is really useful when you’re working on some bathroom repairs or squirting construction adhesives about the place. However, with a few simple mods, it can become …read more Continue reading Caulking Gun Becomes Useful Press Tool for Fuel Line Fittings
Electric vehicles are now commonplace on our roads, and charging infrastructure is being built out across the world to serve them. It’s the electric equivalent of the gas station, and …read more Continue reading EV Charging Connectors Come In Many Shapes and Sizes
Electric vehicles (EVs) are something of a hot topic, and most of the hacks we’ve featured regarding them center on conversions from Internal Combustion to Electric. These are all fine, …read more Continue reading DIY Arduino Based EV Charger Saves Money, Looks Pro
Electric vehicles are slowly but surely snatching market share from their combustion-engined forbearers. However, range and charging speed remain major sticking points for customers, and are a prime selling point …read more Continue reading The State of Play In Solid State Batteries
Internal combustion engines have often been described (quite correctly) as air pumps, and because of this nature, they tend to respond very well to more air. Why? Because more air …read more Continue reading Car Hacker Hacks Lawn Care Carb Into Hot Rod Car
[Ross] has a 2008 Toyota Tacoma. Like many late model cars, each tire contains a direct tire pressure monitoring sensor or TPMS that wirelessly sends data about the tire status …read more Continue reading SDR Listens in to Your Tires
Tesla vehicles have a charging port that is under a cover that only opens on command from a charging station. Well, maybe not only. [IfNotPike] reports that he was able …read more Continue reading Just in Case You Want to Charge Your Neighbor’s Tesla