--- title: Best Automotive posts of 2025 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Automotive posts of 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/tags/automotive/best-of/2025 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/tags/automotive/best-of/2025 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Automotive posts of 2025 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Automotive posts of 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Automotive — 2025 1. 1 [](/posts/car-brands-running-curl-skp8nntlb "car brands running curl") Article daniel.haxx.se · 1y car brands running curl Curl now runs in cars from 47 major automotive brands including Tesla, BMW, Toyota, and Mercedes, representing several hundred million vehicles. Despite this widespread adoption in the automotive industry, none of these companies sponsor or financially support the curl project, highlighting challenges in open source sustainability where critical infrastructure is used freely without contributing back to its development. 56 8 2. 2 [](/posts/xkcd-check-engine-ljqddpemp "xkcd: Check Engine") Article xkcd · 1y xkcd: Check Engine An xkcd webcomic that humorously explores the frustrating experience of dealing with car check engine lights and automotive diagnostics. The comic likely draws parallels between debugging code and troubleshooting car problems, highlighting the universal developer experience of cryptic error messages and unclear diagnostic information. 24 3. 3 [](/posts/self-driving-is-finally-happening-h5n16yt6b "Self-driving is finally happening") Article David Heinemeier Hansson · 1y Self-driving is finally happening Tesla's Full Self Driving (FSD) technology has made significant improvements, with the author experiencing a 30-minute drive where the driver never touched the steering wheel or pedals. The fluidity and reliability of the system has dramatically improved compared to previous versions, marking a shift from experimental technology to credible near-term reality without requiring LiDAR sensors. 18 1 [See all Automotive archives](/tags/automotive/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/tags/automotive/best-of/2025#page","url":"https://daily.dev/tags/automotive/best-of/2025","name":"Best Automotive Posts of 2025","description":"The most upvoted Automotive posts of 2025, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/tags/automotive/best-of/2025#items","numberOfItems":3,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/car-brands-running-curl-skp8nntlb","name":"car brands running curl"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/xkcd-check-engine-ljqddpemp","name":"xkcd: Check Engine"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/self-driving-is-finally-happening-h5n16yt6b","name":"Self-driving is finally happening"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tags","item":"https://daily.dev/tags"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Automotive","item":"https://daily.dev/tags/automotive"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/tags/automotive/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"2025"}]}]} ```