NHTSA Is Finally Taking Aim at Headlights That Blind You. It Told Congress What Was Wrong in 2007
NHTSA is convening its first negotiated rulemaking on vehicle lighting in more than 25 years. Whether glare gets better depends…
October 13, 2026
Flock Cameras Logged Her Rivian 20 Times Over a $25 Porch Theft. Her Lawsuit Asks Why Nobody Got a Warrant
A Colorado woman wrongly cited on the strength of 20 Flock plate reads is suing the camera company, two towns…
A Lawsuit Says GM Blames Owners’ Low Oil for Dead Duramaxes. GM’s Own Bulletins Show How a Cracked Cooler Can Fake It
A new class action says GM uses low oil to deny Duramax engine claims. GM’s own 2024 and 2025 dealer…
Missouri Gives Tow Yards Your Car’s Title If You Sign. One Tow Boss Skipped the Asking Part and Got 153 Months
Dennis Cleveland used forged owner signatures to get Missouri lien titles on stolen cars. The state’s lien law treats that…
South African Bank Repo’d a Car With No Court Order and Sold It. Now It’s Eating R300,000.
A South African bank repossessed and sold a financed car without a signed surrender or a court order. After the…
The Senate’s China Car Bill Gives Mercedes Until 2030. Its Own Buyback Is Making the Math Worse.
The Senate Commerce Committee's reported connected-vehicle bill gives Mercedes-Benz until model year 2030. After that, its U.S. sales depend on…
A Heathrow Parking Firm Promised a Covered Compound. Customers’ Cars Got a Field.
A Heathrow meet-and-greet firm left customers' cars in a field, on roadsides and in the airport's own short-stay lot. The…
Tulsa Deputy Logged a ‘Traffic Violation’ Before He Saw One, Then Pulled a Month of Plate-Reader Data. A Judge Tossed It.
A federal judge in Tulsa ruled a month-long, warrantless plate-reader search was a Fourth Amendment search. The deputy logged a…
Argentina Signed Off on Toyota’s $1.3 Billion ‘Electrified’ Plant. Toyota Still Hasn’t Said What Goes in It.
Argentina granted Toyota 30 years of tax and customs stability for an unnamed electrified vehicle at Zárate. Toyota's final approval,…
Georgia’s Lift-Kit Law Exempts Basically Every Pickup Since 2011. A Wrongful-Death Suit Wants a Jury to Draw the Line.
Georgia's 2024 suspension law exempts any truck with federally compliant stability control. A Gwinnett wrongful-death suit over a lifted F-150…
L.A.’s Kia and Hyundai Theft Wave Will Last Until at Least 2042, UCLA Says, and It’s Headed for Poorer Neighborhoods
A UCLA study using LAPD data says immobilizer-free Kias and Hyundais will be stolen in Los Angeles until at least…
Cops Pulled Over a Waymo With ‘No Driver, No Hands, No Clue.’ California’s Answer Is a Ticket With No Fine.
Since July 1, California police can write up driverless cars. The notice goes to the company and the DMV, and…