Tag: cars
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CarPlay and the Age of Frankenstein UI
Rendering certain content on your smartphone, to be integrated with the car’s native user interface, leads to an inconsistent user experience.
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We need to find a way to reduce tire emissions already!
Electric cars with standard tires trade a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions for an increase in fine particulate matter. We need a solution.
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The drag coefficient is not a meaningful metric for car efficiency
Aerodynamic drag is only one factor in a long equation about the absolute driving resistance of a vehicle and overall efficiency depends on a lot of other factors. But even just considering aerodynamic drag, the way we compare cars doesn’t make sense at all.
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Tesla’s Supercharger Fair Use Policy locks out company cars?
Tesla promotes the company usage of their vehicles and Supercharging network on their Marketing website, but prohibits the use of Superchargers for commercial purposes in the fine print.
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Car Emissions Regulations Don’t Make Sense
Let me ask this provocative question: Why is it legal to drive a 30 year old diesel but when your 3year old, much cleaner car doesn’t pass the smog check, you’re not allowed to drive it?
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Electric Car Charging Network Fragmentation
While I appreciate the development of charging infrastructure for electric cars, the development of proprietary networks is unsettling.
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The Thing With SUV Crash Safety.
Unfortunately, it’s true that a heavier car (like an SUV) is often safer, simply because it’s heavier.
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Karma Revero
The updated Karma Revero received the infotainment update it deserved. If features a responsive user interface with probably the most artsy automotive UI design out there.
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Audi A3 Update
A3/S3/RS3/e-tron Q2/SQ2 The third-generation Audi A3 Introduced in 2012 received a major Infotainment Update in 2016, introducing the Audi Virtual Cockpit in the compact class and updating the infotainment functionality.