Cruise control has become one of the most common convenience features in modern cars. On long highway drives it reduces driver fatigue, helps maintain a constant speed, and lowers the risk of ...

Self-driving cars are becoming increasingly intelligent, but whether they'll ever be ubiquitous and fully capable remains unclear. Tesla notes (for now) that its Full Self Driving Capability is ...

Adaptive cruise control (ACC) is an intelligent form of cruise control that slows down and speeds up automatically to keep pace with the car in front of you. The driver sets the maximum speed -- just ...

In the 1970s, a lengthy Interstate trip could be both tedious and tiring due to those nasty 55 MPH speed limit signs, a part of the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act, signed by President Nixon ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

Going back to its earliest incarnation, cruise control meant tugging on a dash- or floor-mounted mechanical throttle extension cable and giving it a twist to lock it in position. As rudimentary as it ...

With semi-autonomous active safety systems becoming commonplace, more and more vehicles are beginning to offer adaptive cruise control as either optional or standard equipment. You have probably seen ...

Kenworth has made its Predictive Cruise Control standard on the T680, allowing the vehicle to use GPS data to increase fuel efficiency on certain types of terrain. Kenworth has made the Predictive ...

PLYMOUTH, Michigan—Analysts and industry experts can disagree over when the trucking recession will end, but it's the fleets, managers, and owner-operators who have to make ends meet. One way carriers ...