Car tech: enhancing in-cabin comfort and safety cars

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  The best Wi-Fi dash cams
  In this day and age, people would arguably be more afraid of an EMP bomb than a nuclear one. So reliant are we on Wi-Fi and electronics that if they...
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  Dash cam review: Nextbase 522GW vs 622GW
  Nextbase produces superb top-end dash cams. Its more affordable range has to work very hard to compete with all the budget options out there – plenty of which offer impressive...
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  Audio options for road trips and camper vans
  Let’s begin by defining exactly what we mean. You’re right, cars and vehicles possess stereo systems, and increasingly good ones. But on a road trip, you tend to want to...
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  Power banks are awesome, eh? They’re instant sources of energy, designed to assist in a desperate situation. Is there anything more desperate than your car breaking down in the misery...
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  Handpresso Auto Capsule Portable Coffee Maker review: Roadside cafe in your car
  Coffee is simultaneously very cheap and also incredibly expensive. Buy a bag of it for your home and you’ll make 60 coffees for a couple of quid, head to a...
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  The morning after: should you trust a home alcohol breath test?
  How do you know when you’re safe to drive the day after having a few? After all, one-fifth of all drink-driving convictions are for the morning after. It’s certainly not...
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  The best radar detectors for cars 2025: a motoring expert's choices
  Radar detectors can be useful in everyday life. For one thing, nobody wants to be fined for speeding, but even the most conscientious driver can let their concentration slip and...
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  The best mirror dash cams
  A novel take on dash cams, mirror dashcams clip over an existing rear-view mirror and serve as a forward and rear-facing dashcam to cover both ends of your car. A...
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  Thinkware Q800 Pro review: spy in the cab is expensive but clever
  The novelty of dashcams is beginning to wear off a bit, and now they’re as popular an accessory as aftermarket alarms and central locking kits were in the ‘80s. Unlike...
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  The best wireless car chargers
  The modern marvel of wireless phone charging can now easily be introduced into your car easily and safely with the a wireless car charger. Smartphones are an essential part of...
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  The best racing games for kids
  Car fan or non-car fan, everyone finds racing games great fun. That’s never going to change. For younger players, there is a swarm of car and racing games available that...
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  The best car films
  To us, car films encompass any piece of cinema where cars play a central role. That sounds blindingly obvious, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they are films about cars. Scroll...
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  Best driving games to get out while staying in
  Enthusiastic drivers, and those too young to drive, can find the open road thanks to the immense power of consoles and computers these days. Gone are the days of giant...
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  The best car-based TV shows to stream right now
  If you like nothing better sometimes than settling down in front of the tv to binge-watch your favourite show. Whether it be war documentaries, house renovations or those edgy nordic...
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  The best head-up displays
  A head-up display (HUD) is a small projector that beams important details onto your car’s windscreen, like your current speed. The logic behind a HUD is known as the eyes-on-the-road-benefit....
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  Thinkware Q1000 review: brand’s latest needs help to phone home
  If ever a reminder was needed that a dash cam can provide considerable peace of mind, just before writing this review a schoolkid shot out of a crossroads right across...
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  Doogee S98 review: Rugged ringer
  In the year 10 B.I. (Before iPhone), the smartphone market was emerging from the primordial soup of personal digital assistants, cellphones and ‘gadgets’; there were hundreds of alternatives with keyboards,...
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  Thinkware U1000 Review: 4K Computer
  If you’ve ever experienced the misfortune of a car accident or come frighteningly close, it’s likely you later found yourself wondering who was really at fault. Blame is cast easily...
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  Garmin Instinct 2 Dezl Edition Rugged GPS Smartwatch review: running on diesel
  Smartwatches have exploded in popularity in the last few years. Fueled by the success of the Apple Watch and sporty FitBit it seems everyone is getting involved in the smartwatch...
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  Dash cam brand comparison: Nextbase and Vantrue
  There are two camps that make up the dash cam market and they are not determined by price. Rather, there are the dash cam manufacturers that develop and research their...