4 Possible Reasons Why Your Car is Overheating This Summer - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com

4 Possible Reasons Why Your Car is Overheating This Summer - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com

Ford's plan to make commutes more efficient, optimize EVs

by Damon Lavrinc

Android developers across the world have descended on San Francisco for this week's Google I/O conference, and Ford is getting in on the action with its announcement to utilize Google's new Prediction API to increase efficiency and decrease commute times.

The Prediction API has a range of location-based uses, but Ford's plan involves tapping into your driving habits, gathering historical commute and errand data, and then optimize your route depending on traffic, weather and a host of other information.

Cutting down commute times and increasing fuel efficiency are at the top of the list, but it's obvious Ford is primarily planning to use the tech for its future all-electric and plug-in hybrid-driving vehicles. By determining drive routes ahead of time, storing that information in the cloud and directing drivers to the most efficient roads, Ford can eliminate some of the range anxiety EV drivers have to contend with.

Tomorrow, a group of Ford researchers will be showing off concept version of the system at Google I/O, complete with a prototype use case that involves the driver opting in for the service (Ford is adamant that personal information security is of the utmost importance) and then utilizing the Google Prediction service to determine the most efficient route. The vehicle would ask the driver, "Good morning. Are you going to work?" and if the driver responds, "Yes," the system will choose a route that's optimized for the powertrain. This could also include EV-only zones, something that's being experimented with throughout Europe.

We'll have more on Ford's implementation of the Predictive API tomorrow...

Cars And Parts: How to Get Free Car Tuneup Parts at 23,000 Miles From Uncle Sam



Ignition System



In this article, “How to get free car tuneup parts at 23,000 miles from Uncle Sam” I will tell you from over 25 years working as a ASE certified auto repair technician how important this information will be to you. When you are dealing with cars and parts we all know how much the auto repair guys love to make a quick buck selling their tuneup related services. What I mean by tuneup related services are the extra items they will tell you that you need done before you break down on that lonely stretch of highways out there. (I love all the scare tactics they use.) When you go in for your first tuneup before 24,000 miles these are the items below that are a big hit with auto repair shops selling and pushing tuneup related services:



Cars and Parts

Spark Plug Wires- Parts and Labor

Ignition Coil or Coil Packs- Parts and Labor

Fuel Injection Services- Parts and Labor

Oxygen Sensors and Catalytic Converters

Exhaust Gas Recirculation System Parts
Evaporation Emission Control PartsPCV Valve
Fuel Injection System Parts

Early Fuel Evaporation System Parts

Fuel Metering System Parts
Air Induction System Parts

What you should know when it comes to cars and parts is all of these control systems parts and labor are under Uncle Sam’s Federal Emission Warranty coverage. If your car or truck has not yet hit the 24,000k in mileage or two years which ever comes first mark you are covered. This is how to get free car or truck tuneup parts at 23,000 miles or 2 years from our Uncle Sam. So basically if your new car or truck is missing, cutting out under acceleration, smoking from the tail pipe, or you failed an emissions test you are entitled to free car tuneup parts.

The reason why I wrote this, How To” article is because some auto repair shops will tell you that these parts are needed in order for your car or truck to run right. In my last article, “Exhaust News Catalytic Converters Covered…”, I mentioned that your power control module and your catalytic converter are covered for an additional 8years/80,000 miles from Uncle Sam also. The whole reason why Uncle Sam is footing the bill is because the EPA wants and to maintain cleaner air. A bad running car for what ever the reason is for running that way has to be fixed and for free of charge.

So in summary, if you are getting your first tune up before the warranty expires around 2 years or 23,999 miles or if your car is acting like it needs a tuneup get your car in right away for your free car tuneup parts from Uncle Sam. Don’t pay the auto repair shop guys! Take their check list of the car parts you need to your local new car dealership and let them put a claim in for you. This information can be found at the, Environmental Protection Agencies website here.

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Article by The Autodude