The 2026 Honda Passport TrailSport was designed to be the most rugged SUV the brand has ever sold, but one part can easily break … on purpose. Along with its all-terrain tires and skid plates an...
General Motors has devised a way to make it easier to bring a wheelchair along in a small car. The automaker has filed a patent application for a “System For Boarding A Wheelchair On A Vehicle&#...
The Jeep Wrangler and Gladiator may soon seat seven, but only when they’re parked. Stellantis has applied for a patent on a clever grille guard it debuted at the Easter Jeep Safari last year. It...
Marko Ramius would have been a good spokesperson for this! Stellantis has applied for a patent on a Vehicle Underwater Detection System that could make it safer to drive its vehicles through water. Je...
Stellantis’ electric vehicle plans are about to shift into gear. The first Jeep, Ram and Dodge EVs will be hitting showrooms in the coming months packed with power, but a new patent reveals that...
When Ford CEO Jim Farley said the brand’s next-generation electric pickup looks like a “Millennium Falcon with a back porch attached,” he may have really meant it about the porch. Fo...
Ford kicked off the ongoing pickup truck tailgate wars in 2008 with the introduction of the first tailgate step. The feature included a pop-out step and handle for climbing into the bed. Since then we...
Ford CEO Jim Farley has a vision for the company’s future self-driving cars. “When I was at Toyota and I sold my Prius, that HOV sticker [which granted access to hybrids with just a driver...
Power up! Up top, that is. Ford has been issued a patent for an electric vehicle backup battery installed in an unusual place. The patent is for a roof rack-mounted battery pack that could extend the ...