Kia Just Spent $649 Million To Build an EV It Has No Intention of Selling You
This week, welding robots inside a Kia plant in Nuevo León, Mexico, started getting reprogrammed....
Stolen American Cars Disappear by the Thousands Every Year. Kenya’s Steering Wheel Law Is Why None of Them Show Up There
Somewhere along the Eastern Seaboard tonight, a shipping container is being sealed with paperwork describing...
Motive Sold Truckers an AI Camera to Keep Them Out of Court. Now the Camera Is the One Being Sued
For the better part of a decade, the sales pitch behind putting an AI camera...
Ford Fixed The F-150’s Oil-Burning V8, Then Quietly Un-Fixed It To Protect Its MPG Numbers
Somewhere in a Ford engineering file is a piston ring. It isn’t exotic, and it...
This Week at The Auto Wire: Full Recap (July 27–31, 2026)
Here’s a full recap of everything The Auto Wire published this week, Monday July 27...
California Is Bragging About Falling Car Theft Numbers. It’s Suspiciously Quiet About Why
The California Highway Patrol wants you to know that vehicle theft fell 25 percent last...
A Private Surveillance Network Built on Tow Trucks Has Scanned 9 Billion License Plates. California Courts Just Said That’s Fine
Somewhere in California right now, a tow truck is rolling down a residential street, and...
Prince Alwaleed’s Lucid Stake Explained: What A 13G Filing Really Means For LCID
A Saudi Prince Bought 5% Of Lucid, And Lucid Didn’t Get A Cent Of It...
Ford Q2 2026 Loss Explained: What The $4.2 Billion In Charges Actually Covers
Ford’s $1.3 Billion Q2 Loss Isn’t The EV Bloodbath It Looks Like Read the headline...
The Auto Wire Readers Get More Entries to Win a 1969 Camaro Z/28 and 1970 Chevelle SS454 — Super Chevy Dream Giveaway Ends 8/4
The Auto Wire has partnered with Dream Giveaway to hand our readers a leg up...
Honda And Nissan Shared Car Software: What A Joint OS Would Really Change
Honda And Nissan Are Circling A Shared Vehicle OS — And Their Architectures Don’t Match...
Ford Wanted to Patent a Car That Locks You Out and Drives Itself to the Junkyard. The Government Said No.
A Ford Bronco did not get bricked in traffic on a Michigan expressway last week....
Hertz Fleet Depreciation Lawsuit: What The DPU Collapse Really Means
Hertz Told Investors The Fleet Was Fixed. Six Weeks Later, The Disposal Lane Said Otherwise...
A Truck Driver Rammed Down Three License Plate Cameras in Rural California. Flock Safety Barely Noticed
Marcus Bee allegedly drove roughly 150 miles from his home in Pismo Beach to a...
Mercedes Recalled 310,000 Cars Over a Rollaway Risk, and the Parking Brake Was Never the Problem
Somewhere in a driveway right now, a Mercedes-Benz is trusting the wrong thing. Not its...