Advanced systems Traffic congestion tends to preclude the use of such things high beam headlights and cruise control. But there have been a few opportunities of late to use both, and discovered that Kia does advanced systems differently. The results are both welcome and unwelcome. Auto headlight dimming First up, high beams. It turns out …
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Kia video page separated from Hyundai, Genesis
Kia video page We have been adding tables of contents to our manufacturer video pages, and when we got to the Hyundai, Kia and Genesis page it was clear that a Kia video page needed to stand alone. These pages and videos exist to provide help for drivers who experience the loss of battery power …
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Cybercab production may include some added hardware
Cybercab production Two days ago, I posted on the upcoming Tesla Cybercab asking primarily about liability. I also alluded to some hearsay that Cybercab production could not begin because they did not yet have regulatory approval. I was told that this came from a CNBC interview, but it turns out that there was discussion by …
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High speed range fail in the Kia Niro
Range fail So I had a roughly highway 100-mile drive to make with just about 200 miles of range and of I went without paying much attention. Then I noticed what was going to be a total range fail. That is, I was in no way going to get the 200 miles the car promised …
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Cybercab — who covers liability?
Liability We posted a few days ago about Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s claims that the company would begin production of the self driving Cybercab in the second quarter of 2026. And we completely forgot about this — who cover’s liability? If there is no driver and the expectations are that the vehicle will go station …
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Toyota symbols review adds only four new entries
Toyota symbols A full 2026 review of Toyota symbols found on instrument panels adds but four new entries. Plus, only one new symbol was added to our database. That one caught us by surprise as well, since some Toyota models were already using another symbol version for the same system. It is a stabilizer disconnect …
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Jeep re-absorbs Wagoneer prompting several site changes
Wagoneer Jeep has ended its three-year quest to separate the Wagoneer model in order to create a new, high end lineup. The company ended this quest a year ago, and we’ve been frankly slow to adjust the website. We now have removed the Wagoneer symbols page, doing a complete scan of both the Jeep and …
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