The Rivian R1S electric SUV doesn't have an external spare wheel, but a recently surfaced patent filing indicates the automaker is considering one for future models, and it could also serve as a ...

If Rivian has proven anything in recent years it is the fact that it is always looking for intriguing ways to innovate and add extra functionality to its vehicles. The most obvious example of this is ...

Britain has reinvented the wheel. Well, at least how to attach one. The Automobile Association (The United Kingdom’s answer to AAA) is currently road testing a universal spare wheel/tire combo that ...

A Rivian R1T owner reports the factory jack failed during use, causing the vehicle to drop while being lifted under ...

We have a Cupra Formentor V2. We had an incident on a Sunday night with a tyre puncture. Our break down recovery service ...

Changing a flat tire is something most of us have done at least once, and it usually involves nothing more than putting the spare wheel on and driving off. Unfortunately, modern cars come with a donut ...

In most passenger cars, there is a recessed storage space in the trunk for a spare wheel-mounted tire, a jack and a lug wrench. Traditionally produced in stamped steel, and more recently in aluminum, ...

Can you change a car tire? If you own a fairly modern car, chances are it doesn’t matter, because you don’t have a spare anyway. Car makers are ditching the spare in order to save weight, to more ...

Nobody wants to wind up with a flat tire because replacing it could prove somewhat annoying and frustrating. Plus, finding and removing the spare tire can sometimes be a challenge, as in the case of ...

Latest figures from the RAC point to a huge rise in the number of callouts to cars with no spare wheel that are left stranded by punctures. It says a “dramatic decline” in the number of cars fitted ...