Monday, January 6, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for January 6, 2020

Jan 06, 2020

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6 electric vehicles we're watching in 2020

The short list of important electric vehicles to pay attention to this year.

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Somebody created a Dodge Challenger SRT Demon droptop

The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is a vehicle built with one purpose in mind: going fast down a drag strip. Weight is the enemy when it comes to acceleration, and one surefire way to add weight to a car is to make it into a convertible. However, that's…

2020 Honda Civic Sport Touring Manual First Drive | No compromises but price

One of the common laments among modern-day car enthusiasts is that the companies that still offer manual transmissions on cars only put them on the stripped-out versions or otherwise compromised performance cars. For example, the current-generation H…

Ford will buy first two bipedal robots for commercial vehicle research

Last spring, we told you about Ford's partnership with an Oregon-based company that is developing a two-legged, walking work robot that unfurls from the back of a delivery van, kind of like the battle droids in "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace." Now, F…

Ford patent describes four-wheel steering for F-Series trucks

Lots of cars have employed four-wheel steering over the years, but it's not currently available on any of the vehicles that you'd think could really benefit from increased low-speed maneuverability: fullsize pickup trucks. General Motors dabbled in t…

Lamborghini Huracan Evo Rear-Wheel Drive promises lots of oversteer

The debut of the Lamborghini Huracán EVO Rear-Wheel Drive can be seen as a propitious start to the Gregorian New Year, or a starburst finale for the Chinese Year of the Rat – either take works. Coming 12 months after the reveal of its all-wheel-drive…

Fisker introduces the $37,499 Ocean EV crossover ahead of CES 2020

Fisker unveiled an electric crossover named Ocean during a private event held before the model's official debut at CES 2020. Due out in 2022, the Ocean will compete in the same growing segment of the market as the upcoming Tesla Model Y and the recen…

Bosch creates a sun visor that automatically blocks the sun

German supplier Bosch traveled to CES 2020 to introduce an artificial intelligence-powered sun visor called Virtual Visor. It's a major update to a part that has barely evolved in the history of the car. The Virtual Visor takes the form of a rectang…

Mercedes-Benz recalls 750,000 cars for sunroofs that can fly off

Mercedes-Benz is recalling nearly 750,000 cars because the vehicles' sunroofs could potentially detach and fly off, causing road hazards. A full list of affected models can be found here in PDF form . The cars include the Mercedes-Benz's C-Class, E-C…

This wonderful 1989 Mercedes-Benz 560 SEC AMG Widebody is up for auction

Long before its purchase by Mercedes and subsequent hyphenation, AMG was an independent company doing some very wild stuff, even by late 1980s standards. This 1989 Mercedes-Benz 560 SEC AMG Widebody was on the cusp of madness, with a heavily breathed…