Articles & Commentaries

Its Time for the Industry to Adopt Over the Air Updates

OTA Updates Ever since Tesla introduced the idea of over the air (OTA) software updates with its Model S sedan,…

6 years ago

Stress Can, Will, and Does Put Drivers in Danger

Stress Dangers In our last post, we discussed the gap in the knowledge of automotive technology in first responders, as…

6 years ago

Why Are All My Windows Down??

Who Opened the Windows? Here, we discuss a feature found in cars from a number of manufacturers that catches people…

6 years ago

Recall GM Coupes Before Someone Else Dies!

An Actual Death Trap Yet another cringe worthy headline showed up on Twitter recently (September 2018). A man trapped in…

6 years ago

Warning Light Image Fails

A New Image Please! We are going to have a little fun here, pretty much at my expense. We have…

6 years ago

Dangers Inherent to Keyless or Push-button Start Cars

Keyless Start Dangers The New York Times recently (August 2018) published an article about a problem inherent with keyless start…

6 years ago

More Electronics Makes for More Useless Symbols

More Useless Symbols We want to dive a little deeper into what is one of our main concerns here at…

6 years ago

General Motors Gets Kudos for Landfill-free Facilities

Bravo GM We want to take a moment to give a car maker a pat on the back. Landfill-free Facilities…

7 years ago

A Plea to NHTSA to Simplify Nomenclature

Simplify, Simplify, Simplify! On February 14, 2018, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Deputy Administrator Heidi King testified before the House…

7 years ago

Electric Cars, Autonomous Cars – They’re Just Cars!

An EV Is Just a Car I have been pondering some items related to electric cars and autonomous cars, and…

7 years ago