Apart from being environmentally friendly and technologically advanced, most fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles offer many features that make driving much easier than it once used to be. One ...

Nikesh Kooverjee has been contributing to the automotive sphere for 11 years. His previous roles include Digital Editor at CAR South Africa and associate editor at CarBuzz. He has always had a strong ...

Progress is often something that requires learning and adjustment. When the world switched from straight-cut gears to modern synchromesh transmissions, drivers had to eliminate the habit of double ...

Electric cars are similar to combustion-powered cars in some ways, but very different in others. One key difference is an electric car’s regenerative braking system, which uses the electric motor to ...

If you've ever driven a Tesla, the first time probably went something like this: Everything's going fine until you need to gently slow down. You lift off the accelerator pedal, and wham! You nearly ...

When my dad taught me and my siblings to drive back in the day, it wasn’t in our ’72 Impala family sedan with an automatic transmission but in his barebones ’69 Beetle commuter car with a four-speed ...

Welcome to SHIFT Basics, a collection of tips, explainers, guides, and advice to keep you up to speed with mobility tech. In the early days of motoring, cars didn’t have the standardized three pedals, ...

One-pedal driving is rather like the experience of owning an electric car: it can be hard to appreciate until you've spend time doing it. The phrase "one-pedal driving" refers to the ability of some ...

No matter how much carmakers try to convince buyers of the opposite, electric vehicles are fundamentally different than gas cars. Not only because there's a different propulsion system, but also ...

This came up on the Car Pro Show last Saturday when I remarked that I loved one-pedal driving in my electric BMW and in every electric vehicle I've ever reviewed. Todd didn't know what I was talking ...