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Imagine streets and highways full of self-driving, a.k.a., autonomous, vehicles loaded with the latest information, navigation and crash-avoidance technology. Should make that next drive to the grocery store as safe as you possibly could imagine, right? Well, not necessarily, according…
In 35 years, we’ll all be driving electric vehicles. So suggests a trio of research chemists who have spent their careers working in the fields of energy and electrochemistry in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. By the year…
Going to the movies is almost as much a part of the holiday season as road trips, family visits, turkey, presents and noisemakers. It’s what there is to do rather than hang around the house after the main event is…
What was big at RoadLoans in October? Things that go bump in the night, and things that go bump … at the door. Fast movers and slow rollers, all made a big showing on our blog this month. Here’s a…
Self-driving vehicles no longer are science fiction. That doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll spot one on a road near you just yet. But it does mean some vehicles could have self-driving, or autonomous-driving, features as soon as 2016. Audi and Cadillac,…
Drivers of convertibles are young and carefree, right? Wrong. At least that’s what findings of a study by Experian Automotive showed. Owners of convertibles apparently are older, more educated and more affluent than the typical American new-car buyers, running counter…