Ford ‘Fixed’ the Explorer and Aviator’s Collapsing Seats Last Year. It Didn’t, So Now There’s a Sequel
Ford just told federal regulators that almost 388,000 Explorers and Lincoln Aviators have second-row seats...
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Nissan’s Biggest SUVs Have Been Wearing the Wrong Weight Label Since 2011, and Nobody Noticed
Nissan just told federal regulators that 168,149 of its biggest SUVs have been carrying the...
Hyundai And Kia’s Self-Disinfecting Cars Aren’t Really About Germs. They’re About Cars No One’s Left To Clean.
Hyundai and Kia just told the world they’re building UV lights into car interiors to...
Cadillac’s All-Electric Future Is Dead. Long Live the XT6 Nobody Asked to See Again.
Mary Barra didn’t announce new Cadillacs on GM’s second-quarter earnings call this week. She announced...
Georgia’s Gas Prices Are Rising Faster Than the Rest of the Country. Blame the Pipeline, Not the Persian Gulf.
Georgia drivers didn’t just see gas prices climb last week. They saw them climb at...
California Rewrote Its EV Rebate Just for Rivian. Rivian’s Sales There Cratered Anyway.
California just did something automakers almost never get from a state government: it rewrote the...
Polestar Just Stopped Fighting Its US Ban. Its 32 Dealers Didn’t Get A Vote
Polestar didn’t lose its fight to stay in America this week. It lost that fight...
America’s Car-Mart Has Plenty Of Customers. It’s Running Out Of Money To Sell Them Cars
America’s Car-Mart still has customers. What it lacks is the short-term financing needed to buy their cars and make their…
California’s New Insurance Bill Will Let Your Car Snitch on You — This Time With Paperwork
For twenty years, California has been the one state in the country where your auto...
Norway Found a Remote Kill Switch in a Chinese Bus. Your Car Has One Too.
Last summer, engineers working for Oslo’s public transit agency drove two electric buses into an...
Honda’s Best-Selling EV Just Died. Turns Out It Was Never Really Honda’s Car
Honda confirmed this week that the Prologue will not see a 2027 model year. Production...
Volkswagen Wants to Axe Half Its Lineup. It Just Spent Three Years Building the Half It’s About to Kill
Volkswagen had a rough Friday. Group deliveries fell 8.6% in the second quarter to just...
Ford’s New Remote Kill Switch Isn’t Really About Stopping Car Thieves. It’s About Owning The Off Switch.
Ford wants you picturing a thief. Someone jimmies open your F-150, leaves your own key...
Nissan Blames Crossovers For Killing The Altima. A Collapsed Honda Merger Is The Real Reason
Nissan wants you to believe the Altima is dying because America fell out of love...
Flock Killed Its Scream-Detecting Microphones. The License-Plate Dragnet Bolted Next to Them Is Doing Just Fine
Flock Safety wants credit for backing off something creepy. Fair enough. It earned some. The...