Power windows feel so ordinary today that it is easy to assume they arrived with late twentieth century luxury sedans. In reality, the idea of raising glass with something other than a crank reaches ...

You may not know it, but most American automobile manufacturers phased out hand-operated window cranks on new cars years ago. The last company to finally ditch them entirely was Jeep in September 2024 ...

The advent of power windows was once the kind of luxury amenity that was worth bragging about, but the way we raise and lower them could change completely in the near future—at least, if a new patent ...

The automotive technologies we all enjoy today are evolutions of similar equipment first tested in vintage automobiles. Before LED, HID, and halogen headlights became standard fare, the earliest ...