May 21, 2013: Team in Mulhouse, France straps a hydrogen peroxide rocket engine to a mountain bike for speed record. This is what happens when you have engineers living in a country where motorsport is illegal. A Swiss engineer has developed a hydrogen peroxide rocket engine and, along with a team, strapped it to a mountain bike to set a fastest speed record. How fast? Try 263 kph. At this speed, the rid... Read Article

May 17, 2013: ARLINGTON, Va. — The 2014 Subaru Forester is the first vehicle to ace every aspect of the challenging small overlap front crash test conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The Forester, the only one of 13 small SUVs to earn an overall rating of good in the test, and the 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, which earns acceptable, are the latest vehicles to qualify for the In... Read Article

May 14, 2013: OBD reader measures hard acceleration, braking and other variables to calculate insurance discounts. Usage-based insurance is a ten dollar word for "let us spy on you and we will give you a discount." Desjardins Insurance in Ontario seems to be getting into this new fad with Ajusto, which purports savings of up to 25% on premiums and a 5% discount for just signing up. If you are not familiar w... Read Article