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.…
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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…
Beijing Never Banned the Gas Car. It Just Stopped Issuing the License Plates.
VW and Toyota are slashing prices on combustion cars in China. In Beijing, only 20,000 combustion plates will be issued…
Ford’s F-150 Fuel Tank Recall Already Happened Once. It Just Involved One Truck.
The current recall is documented in detail elsewhere on this site. On September 9, Ford...
The Fed Hasn’t Cut Rates Once This Year. Car Loans Got Cheaper Anyway.
The Federal Reserve meets again this week to decide, for the seventh time in 2026,...
America’s Answer to the Chinese Kill Switch Has a Weight Limit. Buses Are Above It.
The U.S. connected vehicle rule stops at 10,001 pounds. The bus Norway tested weighs more than three times that.
Recycled Carbon Fiber Is Forecast to Nearly Double by 2033 — BMW Just Cut It From the Car That Made It Famous
BMW’s new i3 started rolling out of Plant Munich last month, and it carries a...
Spain Just Issued Its First Robotaxi Permit — But There’s Still a Human Driving It
Spain’s traffic authority just handed WeRide, Uber, and a fleet-operations company called AVOMO the country’s...
Rain Sensors Used to Be a Comfort Feature. Now They’re Rewriting What a Windshield Costs to Replace
A new market analysis says the global rain sensor business will nearly double by 2035,...
Stellantis Says the World Splits in Two. Its Own Paperwork Shows Exactly Where the Line Falls.
Antonio Filosa didn’t say anything unusual when he told stock analysts on September 10 that...
Ford’s Record China Exports Aren’t Growth. They’re a Hedge Against China Itself
Jim Farley flew to China this week to shake hands with the partner Ford has...
202,000 Jeeps Just Got Recalled Because Their Tire-Pressure Light Might Be Lying to You
Every dashboard has one light drivers train themselves to ignore. It’s usually the tire-pressure icon,...