Automotive News and Updates

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  Techsplanation: All-Wheel Drive Posted Jan 20th 2012 at 6:00AM by AOL Autos Staff

  All-wheel-drive vehicles have systems in which the engine drives all four wheels at the same time, as opposed to just the front wheels in most cars. ...

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  Techsplanation: Modern Automatic Transmissions Posted Jan 19th 2012 at 1:20PM by AOL Autos Staff

  Automatic transmissions in today's vehicles are very different from the "slushboxes" of years past. In fact, in many new cars and trucks, automatic ...

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  Techsplanation: Direct Injection Posted Jan 19th 2012 at 11:30AM by AOL Autos Staff

  Gasoline direct injection is one of those technologies that make you think, "Why the heck didn't they figure this out sooner?" It's a simple fix to ...

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  Techsplanation: Gas-Electric Hybrid Posted Jan 18th 2012 at 9:30PM by AOL Autos Staff

  A hybrid is a car or truck that has both an internal-combustion gasoline engine and an electric motor to drive its wheels. These two work together to ...

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