BYD Already Has an American Factory. Washington Wrote a Law Around It.
BYD has built buses in California for over a decade. Congress still wrote it out of federal transit money. That…
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Volkswagen Just Wrote Off €6 Billion of Porsche. The 911 Is the Only Porsche Still Growing.
Volkswagen's roughly €6 billion Porsche write-down isn't a verdict on the 911. It's the bill for a China, SUV and…
Walser Brings Ford Back After 20 Years. Ford Had Less Say in It Than You’d Think
Walser's largest acquisition returns Ford to its lineup after 20 years. The bigger story is how little control Ford had…
The Plant That Built Every Modern Dodge Challenger May Soon Build Armored Trucks. Canada Already Paid $222 Million Expecting Jeeps.
Stellantis signed an MOU to sell its idled Brampton Assembly Plant, where the Challenger, Charger and 300 were built, to…
Greg Biffle’s Estate Is Now Facing $40 Million in Claims. His Ex-Wife Just Asked to Freeze the Money.
Nicole Biffle wants $10 million from Greg Biffle's estate over their daughter Emma's death in the Statesville plane crash, and…
Land Rover Blamed a Chip. Its Newest Recall Quietly Changes the Story.
Jaguar Land Rover has added 23,677 vehicles to a safety recall it filed five months...
Tesla’s Semi Plant Opens, Rivian Recalls Nearly 99,000 EVs, and What Else Moved
Tesla's Semi factory opens, Rivian recalls 98,828 EVs over backup cameras, Geely hits four-minute charging, and the BYD question hangs…
Ford Has Paid Nearly $18 Million Over Harassment at Its Chicago Plants. The Lawsuits Are Back.
Ford settled harassment claims at its Chicago Assembly and Stamping plants with the EEOC in 1999 and 2017. In 2026,…
The Nitrous Ban Headed for a House Vote Protects Whipped Cream. Racers Get a 1972 Loophole.
H.R. 7945 would make any consumer product containing nitrous oxide a banned hazardous product 180 days after enactment. The bill…
The Feds Want To Write One Company’s Patented Part Into America’s Next Crash Test Dummy
A new NHTSA notice on the THOR-50M crash test dummy proposes specifying a patented Humanetics spine, while a rival Kistler…
Today in Automotive History: September 23, 2020 — The Order Behind California’s 2035 Gas Car Ban
On Sept. 23, 2020, Newsom signed the order behind the California gas car ban. It never banned a gas car,…
A Waymo Spotted a Rifle, Pulled Itself Over, and Called SFPD on Its Own Riders
Waymo spotted a firearm in one of its driverless cars, stopped it and called police. The cameras, the hotline and…
Ford’s 50-Year-Old Spanish Plant Just Became Geely’s Way Around an 18.8% Tariff
Forget the horsepower number for a second. The most important thing about Geely’s new off-road...
GM’s Newest Transmission Lawsuit Is Way Smaller Than The Last One, And That’s Entirely On Purpose
Two truck owners just sued General Motors over the same transmission complaint owners have been...
California Redesigned Its License Plates. The Math Didn’t Change At All.
California is switching to a three-numbers-three-letters-one-number plate sequence. The math is identical to the old format, which tells you the…