No matter how much carmakers try to convince buyers of the opposite, electric vehicles are fundamentally different than gas cars. Not only because there's a different propulsion system, but also ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A government study says accidents in which drivers mistakenly hit the gas instead of the brake tend to involve older female drivers in parking lots. One of the most striking and ...

When my dad taught me and my siblings to drive back in the day, it wasn’t in our ’72 Impala family sedan with an automatic transmission but in his barebones ’69 Beetle commuter car with a four-speed ...

Progress is often something that requires learning and adjustment. When the world switched from straight-cut gears to modern synchromesh transmissions, drivers had to eliminate the habit of double ...

Electric cars are similar to combustion-powered cars in some ways, but very different in others. One key difference is an electric car’s regenerative braking system, which uses the electric motor to ...

One-pedal driving is a technology used on some EVs and plug-in hybrids so instead of using the brake pedal to stop, a driver need only let off the accelerator and the regenerative braking system will ...

If you've ever driven a Tesla, the first time probably went something like this: Everything's going fine until you need to gently slow down. You lift off the accelerator pedal, and wham! You nearly ...

Nikesh Kooverjee has been contributing to the automotive sphere for 11 years. His previous roles include Digital Editor at CAR South Africa and associate editor at CarBuzz. He has always had a strong ...