BYD’s Profit Jumped 30% While Sales Fell — Turns Out That Was the Plan
BYD wants the world to read this week’s earnings as an export success story. Look...
September 1, 2026
Xiaomi’s European Launch Plan: What Its New Global Site Reveals and Hides
Chinese brands have been announcing European arrivals for about five years now, and the announcements...
JLR Is Building Its Most Important SUV Ever in America — Inside a Factory It Doesn’t Even Own
Jaguar Land Rover just told investors it’s bringing Defender production to the United States. Most...
Nissan Says Business Is Growing — Its Own Spreadsheet Says Sales Just Crashed 16.5%
Nissan put out a press release this week with a headline built for good news:...
Tesla’s New ‘Chip Facility’ in Austin Is Bigger Than the Pentagon — Texas Says It Cost Just $50,000
Somewhere east of Austin, Tesla has filed paperwork for a semiconductor building with more floor...
Chevy Camaro as a Teen’s First Car: What the Crash and Claims Data Show
Every spring the safety establishment publishes its list of vehicles it thinks a 16-year-old should...
A Minnesota Dealer Faked ‘Certified’ Used Cars for Years — Then Told the State He’s Too Broke to Pay Victims Back
Fridley, Minnesota, isn’t exactly the used-car capital of the world. But a small independent lot...
An Atlanta Woman Stole $10 Million From Amazon for a Lamborghini — But the Dodge Durango Is the Real Story
Federal prosecutors in Atlanta released a forfeiture list this week that reads like a fever...
Ford’s F-150 V8 Has Had a Drinking Problem Since 2018 — And It Never Once Triggered a Recall
A federal judge in Michigan just let a class-action lawsuit over oil-hungry F-150s keep moving...
Clark Howard Just Killed His Famous Car-Repair Rule — And Blamed the Wrong Culprit
For the better part of two decades, if a mechanic’s estimate crossed half of what...
Ascend Elements Got ‘Fined’ $7.5 Million by the DOJ — But Never Paid a Single Dime
Ascend Elements finally has a face to go with the wreckage in western Kentucky. Last...
Venezuela Oil Deal and Gas Prices: What Drivers Should Expect at the Pump
If you drive anything, you’ve noticed the damage. The EIA’s most recent weekly survey put...
Werner Trucking’s 1,400-Veteran Pledge to the White House Isn’t Even Its Biggest — That Was 2018
Werner Enterprises stood next to representatives of the White House on July 30 and pledged...
VW Supervisory Board Showdown: Four Plants, One Veto, and a Telling Word Change
Volkswagen’s supervisory board is expected to sit down this Friday, September 4, to vote on...
Ford Recalls 148,663 Mustangs Over a Wire That Can Kill the Engine and the Headlights at Once. The Fix Isn’t Coming Until March.
Somewhere in the engine bay of a 2024-2026 Ford Mustang sits a small bolted ground...