Serving Manatee and Sarasota Counties
Serving Manatee and Sarasota Counties
Ralph’s Transmissions is capable of handling transmission repair of all kinds.
A diagnostic inspection from Ralph’s Transmissions can help you avoid more costly repairs.
Ralph’s Transmissions can help you create a plan for fleet maintenance.
Differentials problems will be diagnosed accurately and solved completely.
In the eighteenth century, the idea of a car would have sounded like an absolute impossibility. Now in the twenty first century, cars themselves are everywhere, but we find ourselves grappling with the idea that self-driving cars are actually a legitimate possibility. It seems that everyday a new company is announcing its plans to release a self-driving car in the next five years. Are you ready for this change?
Volvo Joints the Self-Driving Ranks
Volvo Car Group is working to build and sell a car that can pilot itself down highways. The company will begin testing cars next year in Sweden, London, and China, and hopes for a 2021 release date. But Volvo still needs collaborators, unlike BMW, which is working with Intel Corp. and Mobileye NV. Volvo may know a thing or two about building quality vehicles, but they need help tackling the software and cloud services needed to develop a self-driving car.
One of the amazing things about driving a car is that you don’t necessarily need to understand all of its inner workings in order to successfully navigate from Point A to Point B. While it’s certainly helpful to know and appreciate why your car can speed up, slow down, stop, and turn, that knowledge doesn’t dictate whether you can accelerate. With the right mechanic and new handy friends, you never need to read a car manual. But wouldn’t it be neat to be able to spout off some information about the transmission of your car? Here’s the simple version of what you need to know, and who knows, it might come in handy one day. 
If trying to contribute to a conversation about a car’s differential just causes you to scratch your head in bewilderment, you definitely aren’t alone! Car experts have long been trying to help drivers understand the inner workings of a car’s differential, but it isn’t nearly as commonly known as the brakes or exhaust. Here is a brief summary of everything you should know to finally join in on that differentials conversation.