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The car gadgets worth your money — and the specs that prove it
Chargers, dash cams, mounts, cleaning, tyre care and diagnostics — explained from how they actually work, so you can read a spec sheet instead of trusting the box.
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The Tent That Unfolds Over Your Car in 30 Seconds — Then Gives Up at 25 mph
The Lanmodo Pro covers your whole car at the press of a remote — on one suction cup, up to 25 mph…
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Garmin’s $1,200 Driving Coach Will Make You Faster — and Refuses to Work on the Road There
Garmin’s Catalyst 2 talks you through every lap for $1,199.99 — plus a subscription, an internet requirement and four specs Garmin does…
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A $999 Box Lets 325 Cars Steer Themselves — and Federal Investigators Just Opened a File
The comma 4 shrinks openpilot to a fifth the size for $999 — and arrives alongside an NHTSA defect investigation naming five…
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Best 5 Wireless CarPlay Adapters 2026: The $37 Dongle That Beats $70 Rivals
Five wireless CarPlay and Android Auto adapters ranked on measured boot times, stability and heat — plus the compatibility check to run…
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Solar Tint Says It Will Charge Your Car Through the Windows. We Did the Maths.
Transparent photovoltaic film is real science with record numbers behind it. Applied to car glass it is worth one to two kilometres…
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Someone Finally Built a Roomba for Your Car — and There Is a Reason No Real Brand Did
Palm-sized robot vacuums “for car” are all over the marketplaces, sold by brands nobody has heard of. Why every company that actually…
Autonews
What is changing in car tech
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Peugeot Just Revived Two Dead Legends in One Afternoon — and the Hatchback Makes 816 Horsepower
Peugeot brought an 816hp electric 205 T16 tribute and a solid-state RCZ to Paris. One number is three different numbers, and one…
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Japan Is About to Electrify a Motorway — and Your Car Is Not Invited
Honda will test roads that charge EVs while they drive, on a Japanese expressway from fiscal 2027. The target is 150 kW…
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Dacia Spring at €17,900: Europe’s Cheapest EV Just Moved to Slovenia
The second-generation Spring starts at €17,900 and is built in Novo Mesto, not China. The move is about tariffs and subsidy eligibility…
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