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Banning Diesel Exports Could Raise Gas Prices. Trump Says So Himself.
A refinery makes up to 1.8 gallons of gasoline for every gallon of diesel. That is why an export ban aimed at $6.50 diesel could land on gas drivers first.
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A Trademark Complaint Filed for Flock Wants This 335,701-Record Camera Map Gone
A researcher mapped 335,701 Flock device records pulled from the company’s own systems. A brand-protection firm that says it acts for Flock now wants the map offline.
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A Stolen BMW Chase Ended on Its Roof in Tombstone. Then the Case Kept Leading to the Circle K
A stolen BMW X5 rolled twice in Tombstone, Arizona. The driver was arrested beside the Circle K, and so was the driver of a vehicle parked in its lot.
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Tesla Doubled Its Ballarat Supercharger Site. About a Week Later, Someone Cut All 20 Cables.
Twenty Supercharger cables were cut at one Ballarat site days after Tesla expanded it. Selling the copper legally in Victoria means showing ID.
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Stuck in Neutral: Inside the Federal Suit Over GM’s Troubled CVTs
John Williams bought a new 2025 Chevrolet Equinox RS from a Sacramento dealer in October 2024 for $36,587.12. Around 7,000 miles, he says, the transmission started shifting roughly and responding late. At about 14,000 miles, still under warranty, the dealer replaced the front axles instead of addressing the transmission and told him the fluid had…
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Stellantis Won a Patent to Drop an Overheating Battery and Drive Away on 12 Volts
A granted FCA US patent drops an electrified vehicle’s high-voltage pack and moves the car away on 12-volt power. The filing says the goal is avoiding a total loss.
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Northeastern Study Catches Connected Cars and Their Apps Feeding Driver Data to Ad Tech
For years, the debate over connected-car privacy has mostly been fought on paper. Someone reads an automaker’s privacy policy, finds the clause that says data “may be shared with third parties,” and everyone shrugs, because that sentence appears in every privacy policy ever written. A team at Northeastern University tried something more useful. They put…
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Two Drivers Stopped in the Middle of I-70 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, and One Grabbed a Tire Iron — Then Both Got the Same Summons
Two drivers stopped in live I-70 lanes in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, and one pulled out what appeared to be a tire iron. Both got a disorderly conduct summons, which carries no license points.
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EPA Built Its Smog Rule Around EVs That Aren’t Coming. Now It Wants Two More Years for Gas Cars
The EPA’s 2024 tailpipe rule counted on electric cars to carry its smog and soot limits. With EV forecasts cut to 8 percent, the agency wants to delay Tier 4 to 2029, and gasoline particulate filters wait with it.
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Watch: Florida Driver Tossed More Than $6,000 From a GMC Sierra in a Pearland, Texas Chase, Then Got Charged With Tampering
Pearland, Texas police say a Florida man threw more than $6,000 from a GMC Sierra during a chase. The tampering count he faces runs into a 2020 ruling on evidence thrown in plain view.
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Georgia Driver Woken by a Deputy Fled at 90-Plus MPH Into a Five-Car Crash, Then Got 8 Years — and No Restitution Order
A Commerce man woken by a Hall County deputy fled at over 90 mph into a five-vehicle crash. His plea: 8 years to serve, $8,216 to the state, and no restitution order.
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The Company That Builds the Silverado Just Shipped Its First Patriot Missile Parts
GM Defense delivered PAC-3 MSE housings to Lockheed Martin 22 days after signing a contract. A seven-year missile ramp wants Detroit’s foundries and machine shops, but rocket motors won’t move that fast.
