Google recently had, in all likelihood, a worst case scenario happen to one of their self-driving cars. On Feburary 14th, one of the Google SUVs, which roam the streets of southern California, crashed into a city bus. Headlines were made, critics are gleefully calling victories, and Google’s PR is on the defensive. But how big […]

Dieselgate scandal continues to deepen as more details slowly come into focus.  Volkswagen has long claimed that it initially came to know about the widespread cheating its TDI engines when widespread results were made known.  This was despite repeated inquiries from the EPA, going as far back as 2013.  Executive management has stuck to the […]

This year, in an unusually mild October, Canadian journalists covering the entire nation gathered for the annual AJAC test fest.  AJAC is the Automotive Journalist Associate of Canada. AJAC’s test fest is an onslaught of the current models, across all categories, that manufacturers currently have on offer.  Cars, truck, SUVs and luxury vehicles are all […]

Volkswagen has released a new video on YouTube today.  They claim the video shows the proposed fix for their small diesel engines.  1.6L and 2L TDI engines currently break emissions limits in both the EU and North America by a substantial number.  VW claims the hardware, a plastic mesh device, works in tandem with a […]

This is a repost of an article that was originally posted on Examiner.com on November 17, 2015. There has been a lot of negative press about the small and medium sized engines in cars lately. Truth is, diesels can be very dirty. They have long had a reputation of being loud, black smoke belching engines […]