The Monday Recall Report: A Million Jeeps, a Rollaway-Prone Ford, and NHTSA’s Worst Week Yet
NHTSA quietly logs dozens of new recall campaigns most weeks, and almost nobody notices until...
John Lloyd
Thailand’s $4.1 Billion EV Push Isn’t About Electric Cars. It’s About Not Choosing Sides.
Thailand just put $4.1 billion behind electric vehicles. Read the fine print, though, and you’ll...
Polestar Just Got Banned From Selling New Cars in America — Cue the $25,000 Fire Sale
Polestar didn’t get recalled, didn’t get sued into oblivion, and hasn’t gone bankrupt. It just...
Tariffs Are Shrinking, Recalls Are Piling Up, and Uncle Sam Just Handed You Your Wrench Back
Ford’s most recent U.S. sales report, filed with the SEC on July 2, shows second-quarter...
The Toyota-Joby Deal Isn’t About Flying Cars — It’s About Who Can Actually Build Them
Ask anyone building an electric air taxi what actually keeps their program grounded, and the...
The Fine Print Behind ‘Certified Pre-Owned’ That Dealers Hope You Never Read
'Certified Pre-Owned' can be worth the money — or a badge slapped on a car that got a quick once-over…
Manual vs. Automatic: Why an Argument the Spreadsheet Already Settled Refuses to Die
By every spreadsheet metric, the automatic won years ago. So why won't the manual die? Because efficiency was never the…
This 1971 Chevy Pickup Was Stolen for Eight Months. It Was Sitting in a Garage the Whole Time
Classic-truck theft rarely makes the news, which is exactly why so many of them are...
What Your Dashboard Warning Lights Are Actually Trying to Tell You
Your dashboard is trying to talk to you. Here's which warning lights mean 'handle it eventually' and which mean 'pull…
Recall Fatigue Is Real: What to Actually Do When Your Car Gets Recalled
The recall notices keep coming, and after a while they all blur into the same...
The ‘Buy American’ and ‘Buy European’ Pitch Is Getting Harder to Believe When the Platforms Keep Coming From China
Two stories crossed the wire at roughly the same moment this week, and read together...
Porsche CEO Promises the 911 Will Never Go Fully Electric, So Put Down the Pitchforks
If you’ve spent the last couple of years lying awake, sweating over the possibility that...
America’s Cheapest New Car Is Now an Electric Truck, and the Affordable EV Pickup War Is On
For roughly two decades, the American new-car market has been quietly transforming into a luxury...
Cybertruck or F-150 Lightning: Which Electric Truck Actually Fits Your Life in 2026?
The Tesla Cybertruck and Ford F-150 Lightning represent two fundamentally different visions of what an...
Open Car Recalls in the U.S.: The Big Active Safety Campaigns Right Now and What Owners Should Do
Vehicle safety recalls are simply a constant part of owning a car in the United...