EVs are less likely to rear-end other cars thanks to improved frontal collision avoidance tech They are, however, more likely to be rear-ended EVs still take more time and are more expensive to repair ...

Not to worry, Ava. My wife tells me my rear end is completely gone, too. But she’s still sticking with me. The “rear end” is your mechanic’s shorthand for the differential. The differential is ...

Some technology that seems new is usually derived from older technology. The new Ford Coyote engine screams of the vintage 427 SOHC engines of the '60s. Sometimes, technology or design is reused ...

This month we are back at the famous green building that you can see off the Golden State Freeway Cooks Machine Works of Los Angeles. CA. Our friends Jim McCaslin and Paul Thompson took some time from ...

When people see a car flipped over in an accident, they often react with a shudder and assume it’s pretty serious. Similarly, if you consider what happens when two cars hit head-on, you might assume ...

Your rear differential is one of the most unappreciated parts in your car or truck. It does what might be the hardest job of all of those components, multiplying torque from your transmission and ...

For decades the '55-57 Chevrolet rear axle housing was the choice for many hot rods. After all, they were plentiful and since they were all parallel leaf spring applications there were only two small ...

What if the hot rod is not a racecar or mega-horse street flier, but rather a cruiser running in the mid-400-horse range that will never see the track? Building a rear end capable of withstanding 800 ...

The Toyota 4Runner is inching closer to debut, which is set to happen this spring. Before its arrival, Toyota is making the wait easier as the model flaunts its rear end on social media. Toyota ...

On the surface, rear-engine cars make no sense. Having all that weight behind the rear axle is likely to make a car less easy to turn in and more eager to snap into oversteer; counteracting that ...

Rear axle steering. It’s one of those features that has popped up a few times over the years but was usually ahead of its time. Or at least ahead of the complexity required and the engineering cost to ...