Marc Favreau

The author has 30+ years of automotive experience and has assembled the most extensive collection of symbols and warning lights anywhere (over 1,000!) and can help you open and start any keyless start car with a dead key fob battery. BA, St. Joseph's, ME: MS, RPI, NY

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New YASA electric motor promises more power from less mass

YASA-axial-motor

YASA electric motor It turns out that the YASA axial flux electric motor has been in development for about 20 years, but a video just found its way into my algorithm. Likely as a result of the attention we gave to the solid-state battery and Donut motor from Verge Motorcycles in the last few weeks. …

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Fiat symbols review results in five additions

Fiat symbols A review of Fiat symbols for 2026 sees five warning symbols and indicators added to the Fiat symbols page. It now holds nearly 100 total entries. Generally when we review a manufacturer, a number of symbols need to made and added to our database. With Fiat, all of the additions pre-existed, that is, …

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Motor fuel prices dip in December

BTS fuel price chart

Motor fuel prices In its release of monthly motor fuel prices the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported a price dip in December 2025. The average price for regular motor gasoline was $2.89 per gallon; down 5.1% from November 2025 and down 4.1% from December 2024. Regional changes were striking. Average gasoline prices in the …

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Fiat revue brings surprises

2026 Fiat Topolino

Fiat revue After the time spent going over the dozen or so Chevrolet models, we thought we’d take our foot off the gas (accelerator) with a Fiat revue. This actually led to a few surprises. So, getting the our work out of the way, the 500e back-up open and start processes have not changed. The …

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Back-up open and start page gets major overhaul

Old manufacturer list

Back-up open and start We’ve just completed a major overhaul of the back-up open and start and page, opting to use the manufacturer logo alongside links to the separate open and start sub-pages. Back-up open and start processes are made necessary by the loss of battery power in key fobs, a common occurrence in today’s …

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Latest Niro re-charge produces only a small range gain

Niro range

Range gain A week of generally warmer weather and a re-charge added only a modest amount of range gain in the Kia Niro. A new recharge saw range rise to only 218 miles, vs the 214 miles we saw about 10 days ago. That number is extrapolated from the 95% charge and resulting 207 miles …

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A full 23 new entries added to Chevrolet symbols list

Chevrolet symbols A full review of 2026 Chevrolet symbols adds 23 new indicators to the database for the company’s models. Nine of the entries are brand new and they now number nearly 130 in total! Included in the additions is the discovery that Chevrolet uses three different sets of three lane departure warnings and indicators …

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