Toyota Ate a $9 Billion Tariff Bill. Now the Fight Moves to the Showroom.
Toyota's filings show a 1.38 trillion-yen tariff hit and a North American loss despite rising sales. That is why the…
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The EV Maintenance Discount Is Real. It Works Out to About $20 a Month.
AAA's 2026 Your Driving Costs data puts the EV maintenance advantage at about $248 a year. Energy, insurance and depreciation…
Volkswagen Has Marked Down Porsche by €9 Billion in a Year. The 1% Forecast Is Just the Receipt.
Volkswagen’s 1 percent profit forecast is really about a €6 billion Porsche goodwill write-down, its second in a year, and…
Prosecutors Say a Drugged Driver Killed Two People on an LA Bus. Three More Died Covering the Crash, and She Isn’t Charged for Those. Yet.
Bailee Lynn Rios faces two second-degree murder counts in the Chatsworth Metro bus crash. Whether she's charged for the three…
The Steering Bolt Broke on Another Continent. Volkswagen Recalled 208,724 American SUVs Anyway.
Volkswagen is recalling 208,724 Atlas, Tiguan and Audi Q3 SUVs over a steering rack bolt that can corrode and snap.…
Flock Can Build the Cameras. It Can’t Build the Roadside.
Florida and Texas did not ban plate-reading cameras. They pulled the roadside permits and public money Flock depends on, and…
A Model Y Hit a Wall on I-90. The Lawsuit’s Real Target Is Tesla’s Service Bay.
A Washington driver says his 2022 Model Y lost stability on a wet I-90 after two warranty visits for its…
1,043 Radiators, Declared at $5.54 Each. The Parts Weren’t Fake — the Importer Was.
CBP seized 1,043 automotive radiators in Norfolk that were imported on a stolen American identity and declared at $5.54 each.…
He Imported 44 Fake Honda Airbags. The Trademark Is What Made It A Federal Crime.
Twenty counterfeit Honda airbags reached the United States labeled as desktop night lights. The federal case that followed rests on…
California Just Made CARB’s Silence Mean Yes on Aftermarket Parts
Governor Gavin Newsom signed three car bills on September 16. Two of them got a...
Ford, Jeep, And Toyota Are All Recalling Cars, And Tesla Just Picked Up Another Federal Probe
Four automakers made recall or safety news over the past two days, and one of...
Honda Civic Owners Keep Getting Stuck In Their Own Seat Belts And Nobody Has Called A Recall
Most people can tell you when their oil change is due before they could tell...
Ford Is Recalling 2,711 Broncos Because A Supplier Skipped One Boring Little Step
Ford’s newest Bronco recall covers 2,711 trucks. That’s a rounding error next to the 565,691...
California Will Yank Your Registration Over a Loud Exhaust Ticket. Yes, Really.
A one-day Orange County crackdown produced 18 loud exhaust citations. The real story is what happens to those tickets after…
Watch: A Tesla Floated Away in New Haven’s Flash Flood. The Real Warning Comes Weeks Later.
Weight is supposed to be an advantage in bad weather. More mass generally means more...