Hyundai announced the formation of its new New Horizons Studio on Monday dedicated to hyper-capable “Ultimate Mobility Vehicles.” These vehicles combine wheeled travel and robotics to travel over even the harshest off-road terrain. So far, the concepts also look like giant human-carrying Boston Dynamics dogs. It’s the stuff of science […]
Day: October 2, 2020
Watch a Hydraulic Press Show What It Really Takes to Make Jack Stands Collapse
Tested first without a safety key in place, the stand withstood about 12,300 pounds before slowly buckling. Strangely, the stand failed more rapidly with the pin installed, though admittedly not before resisting some 18,600 pounds of force—more than 50 percent more than its pin-less brother. A tube-style stand made from […]
COTA Will Host NASCAR Tripleheader of Cup, Xfinity, and Trucks Series in May 2021
Since Circuit of the Americas opened in 2012, the track has hosted every discipline of motorsport from Formula 1 to motorcycles and rallycross, but never stock cars. Even Australia’s Supercars Championship made a visit in 2013, raising questions why NASCAR couldn’t do what the Aussies did. But it can, and […]
How To Polish A Car
The Drive and its partners may earn a commission if you purchase a product through one of our links. Read more. Believe it or not, there are people that actually enjoy detailing their cars. People that delight in the process and who enjoy spending the time to polish every surface […]
How the Porsche 959 and 918 Supercars Became Ultimate Test Beds for Go-Fast Tech
Even the 959’s engine was far more modern than the regular 911’s aircooled engine, featuring watercooled heads and sequential turbos that produced more torque at lower revs to avoid having so much turbo lag. The early 911 Turbo had such brutal turbo lag that it was called the “Widowmaker,” and […]