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Ford's Next Infotainment System Could Use Interior Cameras To Read Your Lips And Facial Expressions If It Can't Hear You Speak
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (1388+ words) Soon, your new Ford might be doing the same thing. According to a patent application filed by the American automaker, it has come up with software that can use interior cameras to read the lips of occupants, in the event…...
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2+ day, 3+ hour ago (25+ words) Singer Will.I.Am Wants To Fix Inner Cities With A Ridiculously Complex $30,000 Trike With Tron Lightcycle Wheels And An AI 'Brain'The Autopian...
Mercedes-Benz Just Recalled A Bunch Of Electric G-Wagens Because The Wheels Might Fall Off
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (375+ words) If I had a nickel for every time an automaker's recalled an electric model over wheel bolts coming loose, I'd have ten cents. Not a whole lot, but it's weird that it happened twice. Mercedes-Benz has recalled a few thousand…...
How America Gave Chinese Carmakers The Opening They've Been Dreaming Of
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (1545+ words) There's something about the sight of this enormous wave of people hoping to get a cheap product while a CEO talks about global uncertainty that felt just a little too on the nose even for The Morning Dump. This makes…...
What Do You Wish Was Being Announced At The New York Auto Show?
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (785+ words) Now, the NYC show isn't really about wacky concept drops (boo), and I bet not even one 2027 model is spec'd with F-86 Sabre-style aero brakes as GM proposed for the Firebird III. So let's consider some more down-to-Earth car desires from the…...
This New York Auto Show Is A Legit Auto Show Again
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (1278+ words) I haven't been to an auto show with so many actual significant reveals, from so many different automakers, with so many journalists in attendance since the pandemic. It's kind of a wonderful feeling, and I'm looking forward to what I'm…...
Here's That Random Selection Of Ads From A 1969 Issue Of 'Popular Science' You Wanted So Badly
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (807+ words) I agreed, but asked what you wanted me to do with it. You told me that you just wanted to see a random selection of ads from the magazine; car-related ads are best, but you could deal with maybe one…...
A Car With A Human Skin-Like Interior Complete With Hair And Moles Was Made For A Good Reason But Holy Crap Is It Unsettling
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (406+ words) Yes, a car interior slathered in human skin! It's as good as it sounds! The skin can also redden and, significantly, get sunburned. Because'that's the real point of this car, not making you want to stop being a corporeal being…...
Five Decades Ago, A NASA Engineer Made Trucking 25 Percent More Efficient By Turning The Truck Into A Bar Of Soap
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (1519+ words) As you'd reasonably expect, these trucks also had a voracious thirst for fuel. It was common for the big rigs of much of the 20th century to score only five miles per gallon. However, this worked out because fuel was cheap....
The British Automaker That Was Recently Dead Last In Reliability Is Now One Of The Most Dependable Brands, Says JD Power
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (1314+ words) But over the past decade and a half or so, something happened with the BMW-owned Mini brand that I'm not sure has ever happened with a British automaker: It got more reliable. Fast-forward to 2026, and Mini ranks among the highest…...