Michigan’s $2.36B Gotion Battery Plant Promised 2,350 Jobs. Four Years Later, It’s 270 Acres of Farmland and a Settlement
Four years ago, central Michigan was promised a $2.36 billion battery-component plant and 2,350 jobs....
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VW Lost the Scout Direct-Sales Fight Over the Word “Affiliate,” Asked a California Judge for a Do-Over, and Got a Firm No
A federal judge refused to let Volkswagen and Scout reopen a dealer suit, and the dispute turns on a shared…
A Missouri Suburb Allegedly Towed 150+ Cars From Driveways and Backyards With No Warrant or Hearing. Now It’s Getting Sued
If your car has expired tags and sits behind your house, University City, Missouri, has...
All It Took to Get Into Florida’s Driver Records Was One Plant City Police Login on a Personal Device, State Says
One Plant City police employee kept a login on a personal device. According to the...
Rack Up 16 School-Zone Camera Tickets in a Year and NYC Can Put a Speed Limiter on Your Car Starting in 2027
Sixteen. That’s how many school-zone camera tickets a car owner can collect in 12 months...
Indy Cop With a 2018 OWI Conviction Was Allegedly Drunk in His Marked Cruiser. Now He Has No Police Powers
Chaise Watkins, a 31-year-old Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officer, was arrested just after midnight on Oct....
Musk Likes a Tesla-SpaceX Merger. Then He Admitted It Needs a Majority of ALL Tesla Shares, Not Just Votes Cast
Elon Musk has a habit of announcing how the story ends before anyone has written...
Alleged Cartel Car Pipeline: 13 Charged in El Paso, and 11 Are U.S. Citizens
Federal prosecutors charged 13 people in El Paso with moving stolen vehicles to Mexico. Eleven are U.S. citizens, and every…
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...
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…