On Thursday, the Department of Transportation announced it has approved the design for the first advanced female crash-test dummy, named THOR-05F. The agency hopes the new dummy will help show how air ...

WASHINGTON — For the first time ever, American car companies will soon be required to test vehicle safety using dummies that are representative of women. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on ...

There's no escaping that recalls are part of automobile ownership today — almost 30 million vehicles were affected in 2024. And 2025 has continued the trend, with a particularly bad year for Ford. So ...

Drivers will need to purchase new tires every few years to avoid flats, blowouts and achieve peak performance. There are tricks and methods to tell where your tire is in its lifecycle and if it needs ...

Welcome, and congratulations. You’ve lived long enough to see the age of flying cars—privately owned, solo-piloted aircraft, free to operate in unrestricted airspace, much as automobiles can take to ...

If you are shopping for a new or used car, USA TODAY Cars offers these tips to make the most of your test drive. First, said Matt Smith, head of Consumer Insights for car shopping site CarGurus, ...

It’s no secret that today’s cars are designed with far more safety in mind than the ones our parents grew up with, but the difference becomes striking when the two are go head-to-head. German testing ...

The new-for-2026 Cadillac Formula 1 team is set to go testing later this year—but it won’t be with a car that it has itself produced. Cadillac will join Formula 1 next season as the 11th team and ...

He’s not getting Gaines with that lift. Outspoken swimmer Riley Gaines is the latest to mock mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani for his “Mamscrawny” gym fail — sharing a video of her benching way more ...

UPDATE: The new federal tax guidelines in President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which was signed into law on July 4, 2025, will eliminate the $4,000 electric vehicle tax credit effective ...

Credit where credit is due: in a massive, 32-car multinational independent test, Tesla’s Autopilot ADAS came out on top, the new affordable Tesla turns out to be a corner-cutting Model Y, and one of ...