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Speed Limits Are Going Up Across The US. So Are Fatal Crashes

It’s been just over a year since North Dakota raised the maximum speed limit on select highways to 80 miles per hour, making it one of several states to do so over the past decade. Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and other…

Why EVs Lose So Much Range In Cold Weather

If you've ever started an EV on a freezing morning and wondered where all those missing miles went, you're not imagining it. Electric vehicles can lose a substantial amount of driving range in cold weather, sometimes enough to make a…

The Only State That Still Won’t Let You Pump Your Own Gas, For Some Reason

If you pull into a gas station in most of America, you already know the routine: park beside the pump, swipe your card, grab the nozzle, and fill up. But cross into New Jersey, and that familiar process suddenly becomes…

How Does CarMax Determine Your Trade-In Value?

If you've ever taken a car to CarMax and wondered how the company arrived at its trade-in number, there's more going on than simply plugging the vehicle's year and mileage into a calculator. CarMax says its appraisal process considers the…

The Old-School Way Of Starting Your Manual Transmission Car If The Battery Is Dead

A dead car battery usually means reaching for jumper cables or a portable jump starter. But if you're driving a manual-transmission car, there's another trick that drivers have used for decades: the bump start. Instead of using the battery to…

The Car Features You Paid For But Probably Never Use

Modern cars can come loaded with so much technology that owners may need many days, if not weeks, to get acquainted with them all. Some of the tech genuinely makes driving easier, safer, or more comfortable, while other features can…

Lightning McQueen's #95 Is Actually A Hidden Pixar Easter Egg

Lightning McQueen's red paint, yellow lightning bolt, and unmistakable #95 are some of the most recognizable details in the Disney-Pixar Cars franchise. But that number isn't just a random racing number picked because it looks good on a stock car.…