The pandemic has left families cooped up at home with fewer routine activities on their plates and more time to dream about the happy life to be found in the great outdoors. Hence, travel is on the rise, and every season has become ripe for road tripping.
Coinciding with this fortunate time for travel trailer manufacturers, Los Angeles, California-based Happier Camper has come out with a new trailer for 2021 that it aptly calls the Traveler. The company, which in 2014 first brought to market its other travel trailer offering called the HC1, touts the new Traveler as a tool that’s ideal for adventuring longer (thanks to its larger size than the HC1) with optimal flexibility (courtesy of its reconfigurable design, also shared with the HC1).
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We’re inching closer to a reality where cars can take more control over the sometimes mundane, sometimes dangerous task of ferrying humans around. No, we’re not as close as some manufacturers would have you believe to full self-driving, but the first company to receive official recognition of Level 3 driver-assistance capabilities (in this case from the Japanese government) now has a vehicle on sale: the Honda Legend Hybrid EX Honda Sensing Elite, a sedan formerly sold abroad as the Acura RLX.
The most cutting-edge driver-assistance systems we’re currently familiar with are what the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) designates Level 2. These setups require a driver to fully monitor and be engaged with the driving task, ready to step in and regain control of the vehicle when needed. Level 3, by this definition, says in certain situations the driver does not need to fully monitor the vehicle at all times, but still must be available [...]
UPDATE 3/2/2021: A Nissan spokesperson revealed to MotorTrend that “approximately 50,000 vehicles” are affected by the front passenger crash score issue, and all were sold in North America. Nissan has also updated their statement on the matter, which is as follows:
Nissan is committed to vehicle safety and is pleased with the 2021 Nissan Rogue’s overall 4-star NCAP safety rating. All 2021 Rogue vehicles fully comply with federal safety standards.
Nissan is aware of the two-star NCAP rating for front-passenger safety for 2021 Rogue vehicles assembled at Nissan’s Kyushu, Japan, manufacturing facility prior to Jan. 28, 2021. Nissan applied an update to the front passenger restraint system on all 2021 Rogue vehicles assembled at Nissan’s Smyrna, Tennessee plant, and all vehicles produced after Jan. 28 at the Kyushu plant. Therefore the two-star front-passenger safety rating only applies to the vehicles produced at the Kyushu plant prior to Jan. 28.
To ensure customer confidence and satisfaction, [...]
When Donald Trump was elected president four years ago, MotorTrend wrote a critical analysis of what the Trump administration would mean for our way of transport. Republican-leaning readers dared me to deliberate this issue in a similarly critical manner the next time a Democrat resided in the Oval Office. I shall not disappoint.
“Corvette Joe” Biden is president of the United States, and like all new CEOs of America, he has a list of goals, including how he wants Americans to get around the country. But just like George H.W. Bush being mystified by a supermarket scanner, Biden’s four-decade Beltway residency and Amtrak commute has made him ill-equipped to navigate the realities of transportation’s future. And progressive Democrats are riding shotgun, one gaudy initiative at a time.
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Biden is expected to reverse Trump’s emissions and fuel economy regulation relaxations, reinstating stricter Obama-era standards, and has expressed support for the 16 states that follow the [...]
We’ve known the tall-hatch Chevrolet Bolt EV—winner of our 2017 Car of the Year calipers—was getting an SUV sibling for some time now. As details of the 2022 Bolt EUV began to emerge, the MotorTrend internal Slack channels lit up with questions: Why’d Chevy make the two vehicles look so similar? Why is the new one named like a trim level? How does Chevy expect showroom sales personnel to steer buyers into one or the other of these plug-in twinsies instead of a cheaper (perhaps more profitable) gasser of similar size and configuration on the same lot? (Should buyers even consider that choice?) And finally, how is it that the 6.3-inch-longer model features less cargo space? Might a two-hour drive in a high-spec version of the new Chevrolet Bolt EUV answer these questions?
How Does the Bolt EUV Fit Into the E-SUV Landscape?
Stretching the Bolt EV’s wheelbase by 2.9 inches added 3.1 inches of [...]
