The Service Bay Pays Your Dealer’s Bills. AutoNation Just Warned It’s Slowing Down.
AutoNation's stock fell 10.5% after a cautious investor talk. The real story is the service bay that earns half of…
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Autobell’s Data Breach Settlement Isn’t About Your Car. It’s About Who Dried It.
The 2024 Autobell Car Wash breach reached 52,714 people, more than 17 times its workforce. The real story is what…
Tesla’s Optimus Robot Factory Depends on Car-Parts Suppliers, and the Math Is Brutal
Word coming out of China’s supply chain this week is that Tesla’s humanoid robot team...
California Opens Its Highways to Heavy Autonomous Trucks, but the Million-Mile Test Has Only Begun
Before anyone pictures a driverless Peterbilt barreling down I-5 at 3 a.m., a correction: robot...
Today in Automotive History: September 24, 1948 — Honda Is Founded With 1 Million Yen and a Bicycle Engine
Honda was founded on Sept. 24, 1948, with 1 million yen and a bicycle engine. The company born that day…
Staged Car Crash Bill: What H.R. 10269 Would Actually Change
There’s a con that plays out on highways and in parking lots: a car pulls...
Toyota’s ELEY Factory Robot: Wheels, Shoulder Blades and Soft Arms
Toyota wants a robot on the assembly line that is soft enough to bump into...
VW Atlas, Tiguan and Audi Q3 Recall: Corroded Rack Bolt Can Crack Steering Housing
A steering rack is held to the front subframe by a couple of bolts. Owners...
GM’s 8.3L Duramax “Mongoose” Targets Ford’s Power Stroke: What We Know
GM has spent years watching Ford make the biggest torque number in the heavy-duty pickup...
Today in Automotive History: September 22, 1985 – The Plaza Accord That Moved Japan’s Car Plants to America
On September 22, 1985, five finance ministers walked into New York’s Plaza Hotel and agreed...
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...
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Ontario repealed automated speed enforcement through a red-tape bill and wrote itself protection from being sued.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…
Nissan Says It Wants a Million Cars a Year From Japan. It Said That in 2015, Too.
Nissan’s Japanese reorganisation revives a one-million-unit target it first announced in 2015, at the same plant, on the same export…
BMW X5, X6, X7 Owners Sue Over Front Differential Fluid That Was Never Supposed to Need Changing
Automakers love the word “lifetime” because it sounds like a promise and works as an...
Tesla’s Latest FSD Update Will Grab the Wheel Mid-Crash, Whether You Want It To or Not
Tesla has spent years telling owners that Full Self-Driving is something you switch on. With...