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Mercedes Just Sold a Record Number of EVs. Its S-Class and Maybach Crowd Fell 21%.
Mercedes-Benz set a quarterly EV record, but its Top-End cars fell 21% as China sales dropped 31%, pushing the segment below the company’s own target.
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Contaminated LED Chips Could Leave Ford’s Super Duty and Expedition With Dim Headlights
Modern LED headlights are sold as the set-and-forget part of a new truck. They’re supposed to outlast the transmission, the tires, and probably the owner’s patience with the infotainment screen. Ford just learned that a microscopic flaw several suppliers upstream can undo all of that. The automaker has filed a federal recall report covering 2025–2027…
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Hyundai’s In-Cabin Camera Watches Drivers, and Four Owners Are Suing
Modern Hyundais keep an eye on the person behind the wheel, literally. An infrared camera on the steering column tracks your face and decides whether you’re paying attention. Four owners now say that judgment is unreliable enough to be a hazard, and they’ve taken the argument to federal court. The case According to the federal…
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Inside BMW’s Bavarian Gen6 Pack Plant Powering the Electric i3 Sedan
BMW just switched on a roughly €1 billion battery plant in the Lower Bavarian farmland between Irlbach and Straßkirchen, and the first customer is the new electric i3 sedan built about 90 minutes up the road in Munich. BMW officially opened the site on October 1 and is already shipping sixth-generation high-voltage packs to Plant…
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Watch: Empty CNG Car Explodes During Refueling at a Gujarat Station, Damaging Two Other Vehicles — Now Officials Are Trying to Find Out Why
A CNG car exploded while being refueled near Karjan, Gujarat, on Oct. 1. The cause is unconfirmed, and the cylinder retest rules are the question.
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Texas Insurance Broker Gets 160 Months for Fraud — Now the Feds Will Sell the 90-Plus Exotic Cars He Agreed To Forfeit
Clayton Iley of Stephenville, Texas, got 160 months for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The 90-plus exotic cars he agreed to forfeit are meant to repay victims.
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Empty Lots, Tight Credit and Five-Hour Deals Drag Down Car Buyer Satisfaction
New-car shoppers spent September learning an old lesson: the price on the window is only one of the problems. CDK Global’s monthly Ease of Purchase survey, which asks recent buyers whether getting their car was easy, slipped to 79% last month, CDK’s September scorecard shows. July and August both sat at 81%, so September marks…
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Constable: Tahoe Theft Suspects Had List of 2026 Buyers
Before sunrise on Thursday, Sept. 17, a deputy with the Harris County Precinct 1 Constable’s Office broke up an attempt to take a 2026 Chevrolet Tahoe from a driveway in Houston’s Garden Oaks neighborhood. Investigators say they found a laptop connected to the SUV’s onboard computer, and Constable Alan Rosen told KHOU 11 that his…
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Watch: Garbage Truck Crew Releases Bear Locals Call ‘Chungus’ From the Back of Their Truck After a Worker Realized the Animal Was Inside
A waste collection crew released a bear that locals call “Chungus” from the back of a garbage truck after a worker said he realized the animal was inside, according to video ABC News posted with an Oct. 2, 2026 date on screen. The video does not say where it happened, and The Auto Wire has…
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Watch: Sheriff Posts Video of Woman Doing Donuts on Indiana Courthouse Lawn — Now She Faces an OWI Charge
A woman in her late 60s drove a sedan in circles across the lawn of the Jennings County Courthouse in Vernon, Indiana, on Monday, Oct. 5, and the sheriff’s office had a surveillance camera pointed at the whole thing. The sheriff’s office said she was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and what it…
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San Diego State Can Barnacle Your Car After 5 Unpaid Tickets. Your HOA Can’t.
San Diego State can immobilize cars with five unpaid tickets. California Vehicle Code 22651.7(b) bars private lots and HOAs from doing the same.
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Ford’s EV Sales Keep Sliding, Mach-E Inventory Piles Up, and Hybrids Fill the Gap
Ford’s third-quarter sales release covers a lot of ground. It talks up retail share, Super Duty production, Bronco records, and software subscriptions. What it doesn’t include anywhere in the narrative is an electric-vehicle sales number. The only EV mention is a sales incentive near the end. When a company that once built its future around…
