Porsche Center-Lock Recall Grows: Lead and Bismuth Blamed for Cracking Wheel Parts
Two years ago, Porsche told about 1,851 owners of 2024 911 and 718 models to...
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Tesla Owner Says He Couldn’t Find the Door Release After a Head-On Crash and Fire, Then NHTSA Denied His Petition and Promised a Rulemaking
NHTSA denied a defect petition on the 2022 Tesla Model 3 mechanical door release, citing one complaint and a safety…
VW Didn’t Give a Deputy a Carjacked Atlas’s Location Because a Free Trial Expired, Mother Alleges, and Now a Chicago Judge Has Let Her Suit Proceed
A federal judge in Chicago denied motions to dismiss a suit alleging Volkswagen withheld a carjacked Atlas’s location from a…
GEICO Cancelled Rideshare Drivers Mid-Policy and Skipped Salvage Notices on Totaled Cars, New Jersey Says
New Jersey’s GEICO order also cites midterm cancellations of rideshare drivers and missing salvage notices on totaled cars.
Volvo Cars Lost SEK 5.6 Billion in a Quarter. Volvo Group Made SEK 14.7 Billion. Same Badge, Separate Wallets
Same Friday morning, same iron-mark badge, opposite results. Volvo Cars posted a SEK 5.6 billion...
Android Head Units Were Infected Through Their Own Updater, Kaspersky Says
Kaspersky says malware reached DoFun Android head units through their own update app, aiming to build a proxy botnet. Here…
Washington Deputies Said Friday They Hadn’t Yet Spoken to the 16-Year-Old in an Everett E-Scooter Crash That Left a 5-Year-Old With Life-Threatening Injuries
Snohomish County deputies are investigating a Center Road crash that hurt two children on one e-scooter. Washington law sorts scooters…
Los Angeles Switches On Speed Cameras at $4,450 a Month Apiece, Then Gives Drivers 60 Days of Warnings Before $50 Tickets Start
Los Angeles began switching on its first speed cameras Monday, and for the first 60...
Bigger Buttons Won’t Fix Car Touchscreens, UW Driving Research Shows
Carmakers spent a decade insisting that a slab of glass works just as well as...
Honda’s Driver Data Went for 26 Cents a Car. The Report Built From It Is Still Yours to Request
Verisk paid Honda $25,920 for data from 97,000 cars. Here is where that driving history went and how to request…
CARS Act Returns: Congress Eyes a Federal Car-Theft Bureau as Thefts Fall
Rep. Josh Gottheimer has put his car-theft bill back on the table. On October 22,...
LKQ’s Europe Margin Halved in a Year, and the CEO Left Before the Earnings Call
LKQ said on October 23 that its European segment earned an EBITDA margin of between...
Audi’s $4 Billion Georgia Plant Is Sized for 200,000 Cars. Audi Sold 164,942 in America Last Year
Audi’s planned Georgia plant is built for up to 200,000 vehicles a year, more than its entire 2025 U.S. volume,…
Lawmaker: 190+ Chinese Connected Cars Can Enter South Korean Bases. No Rule Says They Can’t.
South Korea’s military has a vehicle-access problem it apparently never wrote a rule for. Representative...
Ford Is Recalling 102,159 Trucks Over Sticking Speedometers. No Federal Safety Standard Says a Speedometer Must Be Accurate.
Ford will replace the analog instrument cluster in 102,159 F-150 and Super Duty trucks, though it estimates only 1% are…