To really put an automobile through its paces, you have to cover a lot of ground. Good thing the Consumer Reports Auto Test Center sprawls across 327 acres in rural Connecticut, where we push the cars ...
The Tesla Cybertruck, Toyota 4Runner, and Volvo EX30 were the cars Consumer Reports testers disliked most in 2025. The Volvo ...
Your car’s battery might seem like a “set it and forget it” part, but when it fails, it can leave you stranded, potentially costing you hundreds of dollars in tow fees or a visit to the mechanic to ...
On a stretch of painstakingly maintained asphalt in rural Connecticut, Ryan Pszczolkowski lined up a Rivian electric pickup truck at the start of a long straightaway. After a beat, he floored it. The ...
There once was a time when the most sophisticated electronic testing instrument for automobiles was the dwell meter. Well, needless to say—that was then. Today’s vehicles are rapidly become more ...
An optical measuring system from AICON 3D Systems, called EngineWatch, acquires engine movements in six degrees of freedom and can be used during a test drive and in a test station. Replacing ...
Each new level of assistance and autonomy adds new requirements and problems, some of which don’t have viable solutions today. Chipmakers and test/validation companies are helping lead the effort to ...
The cyclic nature of automotive manufacturing and the industry's extreme throughput pressures demand that you develop comprehensive test programs quickly. Although there is no magic spell that ...