Category: Articles & Commentaries

Discussions on topics of interest to drivers concerning things they may not understand about their vehicles as well as articles on the future of the auto industry.

Opel symbols page update is finished

Speed limiter

Opel Symbols Our Opel symbols page update is now complete, an update that added 15 warning lights, symbols and/or indicators. The page now holds over 140 images. Of the additions, only 5 are actually new to our collection. The company uses many of the same symbols employed by sister company Vauxhall. Not surprisingly, Opel is …

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Tesla symbols page has now been re-ordered by color

Tesla Symbols While we finish up the update of the Opel symbols page, we took a time out to re-order our Tesla symbols page by color. A full 44 of our 49 symbols pages, or 90%, have now been re-set. Cybertruck has been released since we last updated the Tesla page and both the Model …

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Semi-adaptive cruise control indicator

Semi-adaptive cruise We are in the process of updating our Opel dashboard symbols page, and ran across an odd item: Semi-adaptive Cruise Control. It, of course has a slightly different indicator symbol, because why not, but we had to dig in to understand why it is semi-adaptive. We don’t see a difference, except in the …

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New video on our YouTube channel: Open, Start a Buick Encore with a dead key fob battery

Encore GX back up slot

Open, start a Buick Encore We have added an updated video to our YouTube channel demonstrating how to open, start a Buick Encore with a dead key fob battery. The video adds GX models which we neglected. Further, by 2023 all Encore models are the GX version. The GX hides the key hole behind a …

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The update of our Vauxhall symbols page is finished

Vauxhall Symbols Our Vauxhall symbols page update is now complete, an update that added over 20 warning lights, symbols and/or indicators. The page now holds nearly 150 images. Of the additions, a full 13 are actually new to our collection. And some are a surprise to those of us in North America. Vauxhall is the …

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What’s in a name? Advanced Driver Assistance Systems terminology

Driver assistance system

Driver Assistance Systems In August of 2022, six leading organizations that are committed to consumer safety and education came together to develop the standardized naming conventions for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) technologies. That’s a parking assistance symbol to the right. The recommended naming conventions are simple, specific, and based on system functionality. We have …

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The mystery of regenerative braking

regenerative braking

Regenerative braking Like many of you, my insurance company plays big brother, watching my every driving move. But regenerative braking remains a mystery to the company and to much of the general public. Fortunately, this doesn’t impact my insurance rates, but it troubles me nonetheless. Then I spoke with a friend who is well aware …

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