Brian Cooley is CNET's Editor at large and has been with the brand since 1995. He currently focuses on electrification of vehicles but also follows the big trends in smart home, digital healthcare, 5G ...

Front license plates are a tough detail to accommodate in any vehicle design, especially one as rigidly retro as the regal 2021 Ford Bronco. In retrospect, it should have been obvious why Ford didn’t ...

If you live in any of the 32 states that require a front license plate, you probably think the license-plate frame that the dealer stuck on the front of your '08-later Challenger looked pretty lame.

Nobody likes front license plates, but unfortunately for most new car buyers, they are a necessity (at least in most regions). Fortunately, Chevrolet has designed the front bumper of the new C8 ...

Naturally, the police don't like this, because it makes both manual and automatic tracking more difficult. Plus, they insist that if your car has a front plate bracket, you're still required to put ...

While I was doing my quick design breakdown of the new 2022 Subaru BRZ there was a detail that I didn't pay much attention to, but after looking at the car a bit more and seeing this referenced in the ...

Q: I have not had a front license plate in over 50 years and have gotten only two fix-it tickets. One by a walking officer on the street. I was not even in the car. Cost me $10. The other got me out ...