Volkswagen’s ‘New’ EV Plan for India Isn’t New. It’s From 2022 — And a $1.4 Billion Tax Bill Might Kill It Again
Volkswagen wants you to know it’s “evaluating” ways to sell more electric cars in India:...
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Advance Auto Parts’ Profit More Than Tripled. Its Actual Business Barely Grew At All.
Advance Auto Parts wants you to believe it turned a corner last quarter. Net income...
Flock’s CEO Compared Banning His Cameras to Banning Cars. His Own Website Proves the Analogy Backwards
Garrett Langley, the CEO of Flock Safety, picked an odd hill to defend this week....
BMW Patented a Trunk Lid That Swallows Your Charging Cable — And That’s Not Even the Interesting Part
Somewhere in Munich, a BMW engineer just solved a problem that has nothing to do...
Black Hat Just Proved Your EV Charger Can Infect Your Car—And Everything Else Nearby
Forget air-gapped security discussions. Forget the naive assumption that physical charging hardware couldn’t be turned...
Volkswagen Wants an American Pickup Truck by 2030 – and Might Need Ford to Dodge a Tariff It Basically Invented
Volkswagen wants to sell you a pickup truck by 2030. Set that fact aside for...
Dunlop Is Warning California About Its New Tire Rule. The Vote Already Happened.
A public comment is supposed to arrive before a vote, not after one. On August...
Volkswagen’s CEO Called It a ‘Mega-Crisis.’ His Own Numbers Say the Real Enemy Is the Org Chart
Oliver Blume did not have to reach for the words “mega-crisis.” Volkswagen already had perfectly...
California Just Bragged About Its Hydrogen Fueling Network. The Feds’ Own Numbers Say Otherwise
Read the California Energy Commission’s press release from August 18 about California hydrogen fueling stations...
Trump Threatens 50% Tariffs on All Cars in 2027, But His Post Never Actually Says Canada
Read Donald Trump’s Monday morning tariff threat closely, and something is missing. He posted that...
A Stolen Porsche Put a Melbourne Flower Farmer in the Hospital. The Anti-Theft Tech Worked Perfectly
The Porsche that crossed onto the wrong side of EastLink and hit Paul Broussard’s van...
A Stolen 1971 Chevelle Came Home After 33 Years. Now Its Owner Has to Prove It Exists
CHP recovered a 1971 Chevelle stolen from San Mateo County in 1993. The registration, insurance and title problems start now.
Houston Won ‘Worst Road Rage City in America.’ Here’s What Your Insurance Won’t Cover.
Houston didn’t win an award this week. It topped a new ranking of the worst...
The White House’s Auto Manufacturing Victory Lap Included a Company That Doesn’t Make Cars
The White House is crediting tariffs for Ford's decision to stop importing the Lincoln Nautilus from China. The tariffs are…
Volkswagen Wanted Tariffs to Keep Out Cheap Chinese EVs. The Cheapest One in Germany Showed Up Wearing Four Rings.
Somewhere inside Volkswagen Group’s tariff lobbying operation, someone owes a colleague an apology. For two...