Your Morning Drive: Polestar’s US Exit, Recall Season, and the Affordable Truck Wars
Grab the coffee and get caught up. Here’s what’s worth knowing in the car world...
Shawn Henry
Hyundai Recalls 96,310 Tucsons Over a Dashboard That Might Reboot Mid-Drive
There’s a specific kind of automotive anxiety reserved for the moment an instrument cluster goes...
UK Drivers Can Reportedly Be Fined $145 for Idling With the AC On During a Record Heatwave
As large parts of England and Wales bake under a record-breaking 104°F (40°C) heatwave, hot...
A Stolen Truck, Three Towns, and Five Crashes: Monroe County’s Chase Caught From Every Angle
The reason this particular chase stands out isn’t the stolen truck itself. It’s that nearly...
Kia’s Telluride Windshield Lawsuit Just Survived Its Sixth Year in Court
Kia tried to make a class action lawsuit over cracking Telluride windshields go away, and...
Is Volkswagen’s Meltdown the Worst Crisis in Automotive History? Here’s the Case for and Against
Volkswagen has survived existential moments before. The most obvious comparison is the Dieselgate emissions scandal,...
California Wants an Off-Switch for Car Tracking. The Industry Is Threatening to Walk Instead
A Feature Built for Convenience, Weaponized for Stalking Modern vehicles are effectively rolling surveillance devices,...
The ‘Stolen’ Koenigsegg One:1 Everyone Panicked Over Was Never Actually Stolen
A Rare Hypercar, a Viral Rumor, and a Far Less Dramatic Truth For months, the...
He Wrapped His Cars in Trump Flags, Turned Down $50K, and Now Wants $100K in Court
A Neighborhood Flag Dispute Became a Federal Free-Speech Fight A Long Island man turned his...
Instead of Writing a Bad Review, This Rivian Owner Spray-Painted His Truck and Built a Website
When a Bad Review Isn’t Enough Most frustrated car owners write a scathing review, fire...
Toyota’s Tundra V6 Recall Won’t Replace Every Bad Engine, and Owners Aren’t Having It
A Software Check, Not a Guaranteed Swap If you bought a Toyota specifically because you...
This Week’s Wildest Car Stories: A $25K EV Reality Check and a NASCAR Champion Winning a Lottery From Beyond the Grave
It was a genuinely strange week across the auto world, spanning a reality check on...
Why Thieves Are Stripping Ford Trucks Down to Cinder Blocks Overnight
The Nightmare Waiting in the Driveway Across the country, a growing number of Ford owners...
Freed From Jail, He Allegedly Stole a Car From the Courthouse Parking Lot Within Minutes
A Second Chase, Days After the First Most people released from jail try to keep...
A Waymo Blew Past Cones, Cops, and Common Sense on Highway 101 — Then Kept Driving
Waymo has recalled the software running on nearly 4,000 of its robotaxis after regulators tied...