Rivian Just Gave R1 and R2 the Same Brain. Halloween Will Prove It.
Every October, Rivian’s trucks start acting possessed. Light bars pulse red, Camp Mode fills with...
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Recycled Carbon Fiber Is Growing Fast. New Carbon Fiber Is Growing Faster.
A new forecast puts recycled carbon fiber at $427 million by 2031. Virgin fiber is compounding faster, almost none of…
The Traffic Stop Failed. Dash Cam Footage Built the 107-MPH Case Anyway.
A Pierce County deputy could not complete the traffic stop. A search warrant and the driver’s own windshield camera produced…
A Teen Hit 123 MPH in a Corvette. Chevrolet Already Built the Fix — and Buried It in a Menu.
CHP says a teen hit 123 mph in a Corvette. The overlooked story is that Chevrolet already ships a factory…
Tesla Signed Its Own Permission Slip for the Pedal-Free Cybercab. Regulators Just Asked to See It.
A driverless Tesla Cybercab with no steering wheel and no brake pedal has been picking...
There’s a Wedge of Plastic in Your Windshield Whose Entire Job Is to Fool Your Eyes
A modern windshield is a restraint component, an optical instrument and a sensor mount. One layer inside it is deliberately…
Hansae Mobility Is Dropping $93 Million in Chesterfield. Michigan’s Measly $625,000 Grant Has Nothing to Do With It.
Hansae Mobility's $93.2 million move to Chesterfield Township isn't chasing a $625,000 state grant. It's beating an auto-parts tariff offset…
Copart Just Dropped $1.9 Billion on ACV. It Didn’t Pay for the Auctions.
Copart announced a $1.9 billion deal for ACV Auctions on the same day it reported a flat fiscal year. The…
Volkswagen Built the World’s Most Efficient EV Out of Hatchback Parts, Then Explained Why You’ll Never Own One
Volkswagen set a 0.158 drag record with ID. Polo hardware and found 40 percent more efficiency without a bigger battery.…
China Set a Real Deadline for Self-Driving Cars. America’s Still Handing Out Permission Slips One at a Time.
Nine Chinese ministries just set a 2030 deadline for autonomous vehicles, backed by a mandatory safety standard. Ten weeks earlier,…
Trump Says Chinese Automakers Can Build Here. The Rule Blocking Them Has Nothing to Do With Factories.
A Commerce Department rule bars China-owned automakers from selling connected vehicles in the U.S. no matter where they are assembled.…
Tesla Has 80,000 Superchargers and Still Doesn’t Have the Ones Its Own Robotaxis Need
Tesla’s Supercharger network was sized around how people charge. A driverless fleet does not behave like a person — and…
Buyer Alert: 201,976 Jeep Grand Cherokee, Wagoneer, and Grand Wagoneer SUVs Recalled Over a Tire-Pressure Warning That May Never Light Up
Stellantis is recalling 201,976 Jeep Grand Cherokee, Wagoneer, and related SUVs over software that can disable the tire-pressure warning. Here's…
Your Engine Was Designed Around an Oil America Barely Makes. Now the Bill Is Due.
Costco is rationing motor oil and charging $5.80 a quart, but the cause is not crude prices. It is API…
Hand a Dealer Your Supercar and the Law Lets Him Sell It, Even If That’s a Crime
A New York owner nearly lost a Lamborghini and $200,000 in a dealer upgrade scheme. The rule that almost cost…