SpaceX’s brush with bankruptcy may be fading. CEO Elon Musk shared a video on Friday of the company’s giant Starship flexing the steering system for its engines, a sign its development may be back on ...

A steering wheel does a lot more than just directing your vehicle's nose. It is also 'tells' you if something is wrong ...

Those spy shots of the mid-engine Corvette C8 taken in Colorado in March show one peculiar feature that’s not been noticed: a flat-top steering wheel. With a flat top typically comes a flat bottom, so ...

Have you ever wondered how many early Corvettes are stashed away in corners of garages all over the country? Maybe their owners feel they're too valuable, rare, or fragile to enjoy; perhaps compared ...

There is a war of hyperbolic statements among enthusiasts, waged both in the comment sections of websites and in the texts of articles. Not one of worldly significance or anything that’d affect our ...

There are two main ways we interface with our Chevys: one is through the throttle, and the other is the steering wheel. Tons of thought and effort are put into the throttle side of the equation. After ...

Power steering systems make a huge difference in the maneuverability of a vehicle. Many classic cars that did not feature them were hard to steer and control, especially at low speeds or when ...

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The vice president of technology at a leading software vendor recently told me that he spends a lot of time wondering how open source projects can possibly work. “You take out the internal combustion ...