Hiroshi Okuda’s Real Legacy Isn’t the Prius. It’s Teaching Toyota to Build Where It Sells
Hiroshi Okuda died this week at 93, and most tributes will lead with the Prius....
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Cops Called Him ‘The World’s Worst Businessman.’ His Tesla Fraud Ring Still Made More Sense Than You’d Think
Daytona Beach police arrested two men last week over what they’re calling a multi-state Tesla...
The FTC Just Handed Car Dealers Back Their Favorite Financing Trick — And Called It Colorblind
Somewhere in a dealership finance office this week, a compliance manager who spent the last...
Florida’s Flying-Car Test Track Is the Headline. The Robotaxis Already on I-95 Are the Real Story
Florida’s governor stood in front of a hangar in Auburndale this week and talked about...
Huawei Promised It Would Never Build A Car. It Didn’t Have To – It’s Already Running 25 Of Them
Huawei’s founder has put his signature on a promise, more than once, guaranteeing his company...
California’s New EV Rebate Just Went Live. The Automaker It Was Written For Didn’t Show Up
California flipped the switch today on a new $3,500 discount for first-time electric vehicle buyers,...
Lotus Unveils a Hybrid V8 Supercar to Save the Brand. The Real Story Is the Chinese Factory Running at One-Fifth Capacity
Lotus wants the headline this week to be about a supercar. A new hybrid V8...
A Lotus Got Impounded for Hitting 140 MPH on I-15. The Real Shock Is How Little Engine It Took.
A Lotus got towed off the 15 Freeway near Temecula on Saturday, and the scariest...
An East LA AutoZone Gets Ransacked During Street Takeover. California’s Looting Law Never Even Applied.
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies responded to Olympic and Atlantic twice in about twenty-four hours...
California Legalized 80,000-Pound Driverless Trucks Using a Rule Built for Fixing Typos. The Teamsters Just Called That Bluff.
No self-driving semi has crashed on a California freeway. None has even been allowed to...
Toyota’s Third Blank-Speedometer Recall in a Year Comes With a Two-Tier Fix — Guess Who Loses
Toyota is telling 508,000 Camry owners to bring their car to a dealership so a...
Russia’s Record Car-Import Month Has Two Real Stars: A Country That Builds No Cars, and a Corolla That Won’t Die
Start with the number every outlet will repeat this week: Russia imported nearly 95,000 passenger...
Waymo ‘Recalled’ 4,000 Robotaxis For Blowing Through Construction Zones — And Not One Of Them Stopped Driving
Nearly 4,000 Waymo robotaxis are now the subject of a recall filed with the National...
New Jersey Police Dressed Up As Bushes To Catch Texting Drivers
A police officer in Dunellen, New Jersey spent six hours this week standing inside a...
Washington Yanked 24,000 Truckers Off the Road and Called It a Safety Win. Then It Started Begging Veterans to Replace Them.
Every trucker pulled off the road for a safety violation has to be replaced by...