Lightning strikes car

What Would Happen If Lightning Struck Your Car?

Recently, North Carolina has been experiencing some pretty extreme weather. Hot sunny days and vicious afternoon lightning storms have become a weekly event. So far we’ve received lots of inspiration from the harsh elements, and our newest dose of weather knowledge comes from high in the stratosphere. Lightning is one of the many things in […]

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Beat the Summer Heat and Protect Your Car

Temperatures in the triangle are beginning to climb as we approach the end of June, but Carolina natives know that the worst is still to come. With that heat comes one of the least enjoyable parts of every summer: the hot car. Every time we park our car, we return to a smoldering mobile oven, […]

awd vs 4wd

Breakdown: FWD, RWD, AWD, 4WD

  It’s seemingly self-explanatory. Front-wheel drive powers the front wheels, rear-wheel drives the back wheels, and all-wheel drive powers all the wheels – you get the picture. Still, while the basic differences between wheel drives are evident in the name, many of us may not be clear on their strengths and limitations. In this post […]

Jaguar Land Rover Opens Incubator in Portland

Kudos to Jaguar Land Rover for realizing that an open palm is better than a closed fist. The English automaker is opening a technology incubator where it hopes to work with as many as 120 startups over the next 10 years. It wants to capture that creative, free-wheeling spirit that connects ideas in new ways, […]

Crash Videos Reveal Danger of Mixing Phone Use and Driving

It’s heartbreaking. You can see the other car coming before the teenager can. You can’t warn them. You can’t save them. And neither could the researchers who had to watch these troublesome last seconds before impact. Watch this video. Share it with your kids. And your friends. Don’t forget to tell yourself that you need […]

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