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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, yet it still shapes what drivers can buy.
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Hyundai Ioniq 9 Recall: 5,360 SUVs Need a Seat Software Fix Six Months After the Palisade
Hyundai is recalling 5,360 2026 Ioniq 9 SUVs because the second-row power seats may keep moving when they contact a person. Here’s what owners and shoppers need to know.
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VW Atlas, Tiguan and Audi Q3 Recall: Corroded Rack Bolt Can Crack Steering Housing
A steering rack is held to the front subframe by a couple of bolts. Owners never think about them, and they only get attention when one fails. Volkswagen Group of America has now filed a safety recall report with NHTSA covering 208,724 SUVs. On these vehicles, one of those bolts can rust until its head…
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GM’s 8.3L Duramax “Mongoose” Targets Ford’s Power Stroke: What We Know
GM has spent years watching Ford make the biggest torque number in the heavy-duty pickup segment. Its answer is more displacement. GM has teased an all-new Duramax 8.3L Turbo-Diesel V8, which it says will power the refreshed 2027 Chevy Silverado HD and GMC Sierra HD. Its code name is Mongoose, and GM does not pretend…
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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 a new California law explain what really happened.
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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 SUV isn’t the 1,100-plus horsepower or the claim that it can float. It’s the paperwork. Since word got out that Ford’s Valencia, Spain plant is about to build vehicles for Geely, the assumption online has been simple: the swaggering Galaxy…
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Ford, Jeep, And Toyota Are All Recalling Cars, And Tesla Just Picked Up Another Federal Probe
Four automakers made recall or safety news over the past two days, and one of them — Ford — accounts for more than 226,000 of the affected vehicles by itself. None of these have been covered here yet, so here’s a plain-English rundown of what’s wrong, who’s affected, and what to do about it if…
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Honda Civic Owners Keep Getting Stuck In Their Own Seat Belts And Nobody Has Called A Recall
Most people can tell you when their oil change is due before they could tell you what’s actually inside their seat belt. That’s not carelessness. It’s by design. A seat belt is supposed to be the one system in a car nobody has to think about, an unglamorous strap that has quietly saved more lives…
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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 filing for a decade. On its face, that is not news. Underneath, it is the clearest evidence yet of how a landmark federal appeals court ruling is quietly reshaping the way Americans sue automakers. Matthew Barba and Renzo Calvo-Saez, two…
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Ford Is Recalling 2,711 Broncos Because A Supplier Skipped One Boring Little Step
Ford’s newest Bronco recall covers 2,711 trucks. That’s a rounding error next to the 565,691 Broncos the company recalled in July for a wiring fire risk, or the 741,000 trucks and SUVs swept up in June’s rollaway campaign. Measured by body count, this one barely registers. But NHTSA Campaign 26V580 is worth stopping on anyway,…
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California Will Yank Your Registration Over a Loud Exhaust Ticket. Yes, Really.
A one-day Orange County crackdown produced 18 loud exhaust citations. The real story is what happens to those tickets after January 1, when California hands the penalty to the DMV.
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Watch: A Tesla Floated Away in New Haven’s Flash Flood. The Real Warning Comes Weeks Later.
Weight is supposed to be an advantage in bad weather. More mass generally means more grip, more stability, more resistance to being pushed around by moving water. A flash flood in New Haven, Connecticut this past weekend exposed the limits of that assumption. A Tesla, one of the heavier sedans on the road, didn’t grip…
