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It’s time to be brutally honest about that. It’s a lie we tell ourselves. Worse, it’s a dangerous lie. As the roads get more crowded, the threat level goes up. In my opinion, it’s idiotic to argue against things like lane-departure warning because “the idiots will ignore it”. First, that’s a stupid blanket statement. If you’ve ever driven a car with the seat buzzers, you know that this is a crap argument. It’s bloody hard to ignore. Second, as I mentioned before, we all screw up. Yes, some people will ignore the warnings. But most won’t. And, I predict, the warnings will make people more aware of their own failings. If your car tells you that you need to pay attention, most people will heed that warning if only to reduce the annoyance factor. That will yield a net improvement in overall safety.

In the past, an engine manufacturer’s responsibility stopped at the flywheel. Today, an increasing number of engine OEMs are paying as much attention to the drivetrain as they are to the engine itself. And this includes, in many cases, electrified and hybrid drive trains.

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"The hydraulic clutch system with secondary clutch actuator part numbers 37200131 and 37200131A on the subject motorcycles may exhibit an internal leak of fluid past the secondary clutch actuator piston/seal," NHTSA documents read.

Chevrolet was co-founded on Nov. 3, 1911, by William C. Durant and Louis Chevrolet in Flint, Michigan. Durant was a businessman and in the late 1800s he partnered and invested $2,000 in the Flint Road Cart Company, which eventually became the Durant-Dort Carriage Company. Durant turned it into a $2 million business in no time. By the early 1900s he owned the largest horse-drawn vehicle company in the United States. In 1904 Durant had also created the General Motors Company.

"The brake fluid was completely drained on my 2014 F-150 super crew 3.5 ecoboost truck. While this meets a recall for the vehicle year and engine type, my VIN was not included. The vehicle only has 46000 miles and the brakes were completely shot. Very scary situation and could have ended horribly. Luckily I got it to a Ford dealer. Issue is a leak in the master cylinder and brake booster. I was in motion and the brakes stopped working. I pushed the brakes to the floor and slowly rolled to a stop and would have continued without a parking curb stopping my progress. Thankfully I was not on a highway but in a parking lot when this happened." – July 6, 2018 46k miles

I really do wonder if some of the people calling us skeptics “Luddites” in a knee jerk fashion have much experience with these systems they’re advocating for. If I try one of these systems that works great, I’ll say so and maybe I’ll change my mind. Currently however, it feels like we’re in the equivalent of motorized seat belts when it comes to these systems. Good intentions, but they are intrusive (downright dangerous in some cases).

Kiloutou has bought five Iveco natural gas trucks for its equipment delivery fleet and said it will add a further 10 vehicles in 2019.

Even if you can’t really rule out a part just because it’s been recently repaired, the stack of receipts still helps with the diagnostic process, much like how medical records help a doctor determine what’s wrong with someone.

Most cars have Bluetooth, yet how many people do you see still holding their phone like a pizza, yakking into it like a Muppet as they drive? I won’t disagree about anything passive, seatbelts are passive at this point and if you don’t wear one for whatever reason, that’s on you. I won’t disagree about blind spot monitoring, but how can you have that and not rear view cameras or the associated cross-path detection that many have with the system?

Deutz cited three main reasons to invest in electrified drivelines, all tied to the company’s goal of becoming “CO2 neutral.” This include:

But with an EPA-rated 150 miles of range, the Leaf is now outclassed by the likes of the Chevrolet Bolt EV, Tesla Model 3, and upcoming Hyundai Kona EV. So Nissan is working on a longer-range version with an even larger battery pack. Charging-station manufacturers will have to match the pace of developments like this in order to avoid obsolescence.