Ford ‘Fixed’ the Explorer and Aviator’s Collapsing Seats Last Year. It Didn’t, So Now There’s a Sequel
Ford just told federal regulators that almost 388,000 Explorers and Lincoln Aviators have second-row seats...
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BYD’s Hungary Factory Faces Audit After Minister Who Signed The Deal Joins The Company
Hungary’s new government has decided it wants a look at the paperwork behind BYD’s Hungarian...
Melbourne Busted a License Plate Knockoff Factory. America’s Toll Cameras Have the Same Blind Spot
A Melbourne crackdown netted 79 arrests and a guy who allegedly mass-produced 875 sets of cloned plates. The real story…
Wisconsin Gives Car Thieves a Legal Escape Hatch From a Felony. A Stolen Cadillac Chase (and a Loose Dog) Show Exactly How to Blow It
Forget the chase for a minute. The most interesting part of what happened outside Madison,...
Nissan’s Biggest SUVs Have Been Wearing the Wrong Weight Label Since 2011, and Nobody Noticed
Nissan just told federal regulators that 168,149 of its biggest SUVs have been carrying the...
A California Junkyard Just Burned Down Again. Congratulations, That’s Seven Since March
Early Sunday morning, a fire tore through an auto wrecking yard on Crows Landing Road...
Hyundai And Kia’s Self-Disinfecting Cars Aren’t Really About Germs. They’re About Cars No One’s Left To Clean.
Hyundai and Kia just told the world they’re building UV lights into car interiors to...
Cadillac’s All-Electric Future Is Dead. Long Live the XT6 Nobody Asked to See Again.
Mary Barra didn’t announce new Cadillacs on GM’s second-quarter earnings call this week. She announced...
Jeep and Ram Just Got New CEOs Who’ve Never Built a Car. That’s the Whole Point.
Look at the résumés of the two men now running Jeep and Ram, and you’ll...
Georgia’s Gas Prices Are Rising Faster Than the Rest of the Country. Blame the Pipeline, Not the Persian Gulf.
Georgia drivers didn’t just see gas prices climb last week. They saw them climb at...
California Rewrote Its EV Rebate Just for Rivian. Rivian’s Sales There Cratered Anyway.
California just did something automakers almost never get from a state government: it rewrote the...
Polestar Just Stopped Fighting Its US Ban. Its 32 Dealers Didn’t Get A Vote
Polestar didn’t lose its fight to stay in America this week. It lost that fight...
How Fake Bills of Sale Sank a $539K Mercedes and Corvette Export Deal in Tampa
Five cars, one paperwork problem: what CBP’s Tampa seizure actually tells you about the export...
Honda Odyssey Airbag Petition: NHTSA Eyes 807,000 Older Minivans
Honda’s minivan is having a rough year in the airbag department, and the newest chapter...
Why Waymo’s Robotaxis Died in the Presidio — And What California Might Do About It
Daniel Lurie spent his first year in office as one of the friendlier big-city mayors...