Chrome bumpers made a quick exit from the automotive scene in the late '80s. In their place are elaborate, but flimsy, plastic covers hiding stamped-steel impact beams with a wide swath of Styrofoam ...

Q: Lets say we have 250nm coming from the gearbox to a standard 2wd diff. The diff now doubles the torque to 500nm and evenly distributes the torque to both axles (i.e. 250nm per axle). With AWD ...

Forget the old hot‑water trick — here’s a smarter way to pop a dent out of a plastic bumper right at home. Using controlled heat and a little pressure, you can bring the bumper back to shape without ...

Maybe you've been there, trying to drive your car into a corner too quickly or simply putting it in Reverse and cringing at the crunch. The resulting damage used to mean a quick trip to the auto-parts ...

Philip has written widely across a range of current technologies and how they affect societies, the economies in which they live, and the lives of people using this tech. He has a particular interest ...

Plasnomic, a global initiative focused on setting standards for plastic repair in collision shops, has launched what it describes as an ...

Plasnomic has announced what it calls an industry-first testing and validation program to define OEM-aligned standards in ...