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Diesel Just Hit a Record $6.53. Before You Panic-Buy an EV, Read the Window Sticker.
Diesel hit a record $6.53 a gallon, but the lasting case for an EV is price. The EV premium fell to 9.4% from 16% even as incentives shrank. Here is the math, at today’s fuel prices and next year’s.
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Lucid Promised Bolt 25,000 Robotaxis. Europe Only Lets It Register 1,500 a Year.
Lucid and Bolt say 25,000 driverless Lucids are headed for Europe. The EU’s own rules currently cap each driverless vehicle type at 1,500 registrations a year, and that gap says a lot about where Lucid’s future customers are coming from.
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Car Loan Rates Look Cheap Right Now. The Bond Market Says That Won’t Last.
Treasury yields passed 5% and the Fed hiked in September, but published car loan rates still reflect cheaper money. Here’s why that gap is closing, and how to get a rate locked before it does.
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A Flock Camera Helped Put Her in Jail for 13 Days. Photos of Her Undamaged Durango Got Her Out.
A Florida driver jailed 13 days after a Flock camera helped put her Dodge Durango near a fatal crash told senators her story. The car, not the camera, told the truth.
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A Tesla Driver’s iPhone Called 911 on Its Own After He Crashed. Deputies Say He Didn’t Stick Around.
A Tesla hit a light pole and two trees inside the Miromar Lakes community in Lee County, Florida, a little after 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20, and the first call to 911 came from the driver’s iPhone without anyone dialing it. When Lee County Sheriff’s deputies arrived, the debris had been cleaned up and…
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Car Payments Just Hit a September Record of $821. Prices Barely Moved. Here’s Where the Money Went.
J.D. Power says the average new-car payment hit a September-record $821. Prices rose just 0.7% and rates fell, so the real story is how buyers are borrowing.
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Buyer Alert: Washington Just Cut the 2031 Fuel Economy Target to 34.9 MPG. Here’s What It Means for Your Next Car
The Trump administration lowered the 2031 fuel economy target to about 34.9 mpg. Current owners don’t need to do anything, but new-car shoppers should compare fuel costs, not just sticker prices.
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Arizona Driver Going the Wrong Way on I-40 Tells Troopers He Was ‘Supervisor’ of a Game Called ‘Lunatic,’ Then Gets Arrested for Endangerment
A man driving an SUV west in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 outside Winslow, Arizona, on Sept. 20 told state troopers he was doing it on purpose. According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, he said he was playing a game called “Lunatic,” in which participants intentionally drive the wrong way on highways…
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Subaru Cut the Impreza’s Price by $2,000. Its Own Sales Numbers Explain Why.
The 2027 Subaru Impreza Base starts at $24,595 with a 180-hp 2.5-liter, after a year in which Impreza sales fell 43%. Here’s what the price cut means for buyers and current owners.
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Diesel Just Broke Its All-Time Record Three Weeks Running. Here’s Why It Hits Your Wallet Even If You Never Buy a Gallon
Diesel has set an all-time record three weeks in a row, hitting $6.53 a gallon. Here’s why it hits your wallet even if you never pump a gallon.
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442 People Were Cited for Watching an L.A. Street Takeover. The Law Had Been Waiting Since 2002.
LAPD cited 442 spectators at one Harbor Gateway street takeover. Los Angeles has made watching a crime since at least 2002.
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Drones Hit a Saudi Crude Pipeline. The Bill Is Landing in America’s Diesel Tanks.
The Sept. 10 strike on Saudi Arabia’s Hormuz bypass hit crude, but the lasting damage is to diesel, the fuel that moves every new car and replacement part in America.
