Hyundai and Kia Are Building Their Own Steel Mill. It Won’t Ship a Sheet Until 2029.
Hyundai and Kia don’t make steel. They buy it, like every other automaker, from mills...
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Zoox Can Legally Build 2,500 Robotaxis a Year. It Still Can’t Charge You a Dime for a Ride in San Francisco.
Zoox holds two of California’s four robotaxi permits, and neither one allows it to take your money. The free rides…
Tesla Just Set Up Shop in Vietnam. The Country’s Biggest Charging Network Won’t Let It Plug In.
Vietnam has spent the past eighteen months assembling one of the most generous electric-vehicle tax...
California’s New Plate-Flipper Law Fines the Builder $1,000. The Driver Still Pays $250.
Somewhere in the fine print of a new California law is a detail that got...
Toyota’s Electric Hilux Can’t Tow Half of What a Diesel Hilux Can. Toyota Built It Anyway.
The electric Toyota Hilux tows less than half what the diesel tows and carries 600 fewer pounds. That gap is…
The 2025 Ram 1500’s Real Problem Isn’t the Engine — It’s the Software Deciding You’re Parked.
Picture this: you’re idling at a red light in stop-and-go traffic, or easing your truck...
Rivian Just Gave R1 and R2 the Same Brain. Halloween Will Prove It.
Every October, Rivian’s trucks start acting possessed. Light bars pulse red, Camp Mode fills with...
A Defender Pickup Is the One Land Rover Britain Can’t Afford to Build
JLR's US ambition is roughly three and a half times bigger than Britain's entire 100,000-vehicle tariff quota — and a…
Honda’s Rare-Earth-Free Magnet Bet Is Real. It’s Also the Smallest Check on the Table.
Honda did not just invest in a magnet company this month. It joined a line...
Stellantis Says It’s Turning the Corner. Its Own Numbers Tell a Thinner Story.
Stellantis wants the takeaway from its second-quarter numbers to be simple: the company is turning...
South Korea Just Rehearsed a Hacked Steering Wheel. The U.S. Never Wrote the Playbook.
Nobody’s steering wheel actually moved on September 15. That was the point. Inside Hyundai’s Advanced...
Recycled Carbon Fiber Is Growing Fast. New Carbon Fiber Is Growing Faster.
A new forecast puts recycled carbon fiber at $427 million by 2031. Virgin fiber is compounding faster, almost none of…
Toyota’s New Patent Isn’t Really About Photos. It’s About Reading Your Health Records First.
Forget the photo. The interesting part of Toyota’s newest patent filing isn’t that a car...
Ontario Wrote a Liability Shield When It Killed Speed Cameras. It Covers Contracts, Not Kids.
Ontario repealed automated speed enforcement through a red-tape bill and wrote itself protection from being sued. The protection it drafted…
The Traffic Stop Failed. Dash Cam Footage Built the 107-MPH Case Anyway.
A Pierce County deputy could not complete the traffic stop. A search warrant and the driver’s own windshield camera produced…