Right to Repair Just Won in Congress. Don’t Celebrate Yet.
On May 21, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 48 to 1 to advance...
2026
Hyundai May Push Its Georgia Factory to 800,000 Cars a Year — Here’s the Real Math
Announced factory capacity is one of the softest numbers in this business. It’s a plan,...
Why New Car Prices Climbed to $49,855 — It Wasn’t Really the Sticker
Every month a headline number lands, everyone recoils at how close new cars are to...
Mazda Patented a Fix for the Rotary Engine’s Dirtiest Secret. The RX-7 Crowd Should Pump the Brakes
Every time Mazda files a patent with the word “rotary” anywhere near it, the same...
Flock’s CEO Compared Banning His Cameras to Banning Cars. His Own Website Proves the Analogy Backwards
Garrett Langley, the CEO of Flock Safety, picked an odd hill to defend this week....
BMW Patented a Trunk Lid That Swallows Your Charging Cable — And That’s Not Even the Interesting Part
Somewhere in Munich, a BMW engineer just solved a problem that has nothing to do...
Belvidere’s Jeep Cherokee Delayed to 2029 as Stellantis Bets on STLA One
There are two ways to read what Stellantis said about Belvidere on August 14. One...
Black Hat Just Proved Your EV Charger Can Infect Your Car—And Everything Else Nearby
Forget air-gapped security discussions. Forget the naive assumption that physical charging hardware couldn’t be turned...
Waymo Told NHTSA How It Decides School-Zone Speeds. Then It Blacked Out the Answer.
A nine-year-old girl in Santa Monica is fine. She stood up, walked to the curb,...
Volkswagen Wants an American Pickup Truck by 2030 – and Might Need Ford to Dodge a Tariff It Basically Invented
Volkswagen wants to sell you a pickup truck by 2030. Set that fact aside for...
Lexus Australia Boss Wants Car Data Rules as Strict as Safety Standards
Car executives asking to be regulated is not a common sound in nature. It sits...
Dunlop Is Warning California About Its New Tire Rule. The Vote Already Happened.
A public comment is supposed to arrive before a vote, not after one. On August...
Volkswagen’s CEO Called It a ‘Mega-Crisis.’ His Own Numbers Say the Real Enemy Is the Org Chart
Oliver Blume did not have to reach for the words “mega-crisis.” Volkswagen already had perfectly...
California Just Bragged About Its Hydrogen Fueling Network. The Feds’ Own Numbers Say Otherwise
Read the California Energy Commission’s press release from August 18 about California hydrogen fueling stations...
Flock Safety Claims an 11% Drop in Car Theft. Here’s What It Left Out
Flock Safety, the license-plate-reader company, published a blog post on August 24, 2026 headlined “Independent...