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...
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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Ontario repealed automated speed enforcement through a red-tape bill and wrote itself protection from being sued.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...
Capital Automotive Takes Back Full Control of 49 Dealership Properties
There’s a decent chance the building where you signed your last car loan isn’t owned...
Tesla’s Next Roadster Finally Has a Reveal Date. Here’s What’s Real, What’s Patent, and What’s Pure Hype.
Tesla’s second-generation Roadster has spent so long as a reservation page that owners of the...
Tesla’s Grok AI Is About to Start Texting for You — Here’s What the Manual Already Confirms
Buried in the fine print of the Tesla Model Y manual is a small addition...
McLaren’s Family-Sized Gamble: What Woking Has Confirmed, and What’s Still Just Rumor
The McLaren SUV story has picked up some very specific luggage lately: a 2028 arrival,...
Today in Automotive History: GM Was Founded on September 16, 1908 — On a Bet Henry Ford Refused to Copy
On September 16, 1908, a Flint carriage salesman who once called automobiles “noisy, smelly, and...
A Judge Just Rejected Porsche’s Bid to Dodge Its Taycan Battery Fire Lawsuit
Porsche wanted this one to disappear quietly into arbitration. It didn’t work out that way....
Legacy Tesla Owners in California Have Days Left to Claim Supercharger Fee Money
If you bought a Tesla in California back when the Supercharger network was a free...
The Cybertruck’s Federal Recall File Is a Masterclass in Why Factories Beat Prototypes
Elon Musk has been saying a version of the same thing for six years, and...
Hyundai’s 2028 Self-Driving Plan Hinges on a Level That Doesn’t Officially Exist
Hyundai Motor Group spent a day at 42dot’s headquarters in Gyeonggi Province explaining how it...
China’s Draft Law Would Fine Automakers, Not Drivers, for Self-Driving Violations
Beijing just answered the question every automaker building self-driving cars has been dodging: when the...