Consumer Reports test drives around 50 new vehicles annually at its facility in Connecticut each year. And each year, the cars get better at driving themselves … at least a little. Semi-automated ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) began performing tougher new side impact crash testing last year designed to better replicate real-world situations involving impacts from SUVs and ...

Each new level of assistance and autonomy adds new requirements and problems, some of which don’t have viable solutions today. Chipmakers and test/validation companies are helping lead the effort to ...

When you bought your car, you were probably made aware of its Euro NCAP rating. The star-rating system accurately represents each model’s level of safety, and despite its European-sounding name, it ...

A decade ago, a car getting an automatic start/stop system was news, but these days, they've been almost entirely forgotten outside of a small group of weirdos who can't let it go. Unfortunately for ...

Automakers produce vehicles with standard driver-assistance and safety features that can sometimes feel unnecessary. The auto start-stop feature does benefit a specific type of driver in certain ...

Google’s Android Auto started off with a bang in 2014. The app promised that your car’s infotainment system could communicate with your phone, and vice versa. Finally, you could make your car’s ...