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Hyundai’s Palisade Recall Is a Warning Sign for Software-Controlled Car Features
More than 60,000 Hyundai Palisade SUVs are sitting under a stop-sale order right now, and the reason traces back to something most owners never think twice about: power-folding seats. A fatal incident involving a young child in Ohio has forced Hyundai’s hand, and the case is turning into a broader referendum on how much automakers…
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A New $250 Annual EV Fee Could Be Coming, Here’s the Fight Behind It
Charging electric vehicle owners more to help fund highways is quickly becoming one of the most contentious automotive policy fights in Washington. A proposed federal fee targeting EVs and hybrids could reshape how road infrastructure gets funded, and drivers are squarely in the middle of it. The debate centers on a simple but loaded question:…
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Ford Recalls 48,000 Vehicles Over a Power Loss Risk With No Fix Until September
Ford’s latest recall isn’t just another routine fix. It’s the kind of issue that makes drivers question what happens when technology fails at the worst possible moment. Nearly 48,000 vehicles spanning some of Ford’s most recognizable nameplates are now under recall for a defect that can cause sudden loss of drive power, and for many…
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Houston Cybertruck’s Self-Driving Mode Nearly Sent It Off an Overpass
A Tesla Cybertruck operating in self-driving mode nearly went somewhere no vehicle ever should, straight off an overpass. Instead, it slammed into a concrete barrier, and the incident is now raising fresh questions about how much drivers can actually trust self-driving systems the moment something goes wrong. This wasn’t a slow-speed glitch or a minor…
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How a Colorado Panhandling Call Unraveled a Stolen Sports Car and Drug Case
What started as a routine disturbance call at a small-town grocery store spiraled into something that reads more like a crime thriller than a typical police report. In Craig, Colorado, deputies responding to a complaint about a woman asking customers for money uncovered a suspected cross-country crime spree involving a stolen luxury sports car, drugs,…
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Stellantis Wants 25% More Sales From Dealers After Seven Years of Losses
Stellantis just made one thing crystal clear to its U.S. dealers: the excuses are over. After years of declining market share and sluggish performance across its key brands, the automaker is demanding a 25% sales increase in a single year, a target that reads less like a strategy and more like an ultimatum. That demand…
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Porsche’s Profit Crash Is Forcing Layoffs and an EV Strategy U-Turn
Porsche is working through one of the most dramatic financial reversals in its modern history, and the fallout is already reaching its workforce, its product strategy, and its long-term identity. The iconic German automaker saw profits collapse by more than 90% in 2025, a hit severe enough to trigger fresh job cuts and force a…
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Musk and a Cybertruck Owner Are Fighting Over Crash Data in a $1M Lawsuit
A Tesla Cybertruck owner from Houston, Texas is suing the automaker for $1 million over what she describes as a near-fatal failure that put both her and her infant in immediate danger, and the case now hinges on a data dispute playing out partly in public. According to the lawsuit, the all-electric pickup was operating…
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An LA News Chopper Ditched a Police Chase to Report on Two Chickens
Los Angeles police chases are usually intense, chaotic, and nearly impossible to look away from. In one bizarre moment caught live from above, though, a news helicopter broadcast veered completely off course, and into something nobody expected. Instead of the high-speed pursuit that usually defines LA traffic coverage, a reporter got fixated on a pair…
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Auto Tariffs Have Cost Automakers $35 Billion, and Buyers Are Footing the Bill
If buying a new car already feels expensive, there’s a concrete reason, and it isn’t going away soon. U.S. auto tariffs introduced last year have already cost automakers more than $35 billion, and that fallout is landing squarely on drivers in the place it hurts most: the price tag. This isn’t an abstract trade policy…
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A Phone Call, Not a Hack, Exposed 12.4 Million CarGurus User Records
A massive data breach tied to automotive marketplace CarGurus has exposed roughly 12.4 million user records, and new details point to a targeted social engineering attack rather than a conventional system hack. The incident, which surfaced in February 2026, has been linked to the hacking group ShinyHunters, a name that keeps showing up in high-profile…
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10 Vehicles That Become a Financial Nightmare When Gas Prices Spike
Gas crises don’t just change how much you pay at the pump, they change which vehicles actually make sense to own. History bears this out repeatedly, from the oil shocks of the 1970s to more recent price spikes tied to global instability. When fuel gets scarce or expensive, certain vehicles go from desirable to genuinely…
