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Stellantis Says the World Splits in Two. Its Own Paperwork Shows Exactly Where the Line Falls.
Antonio Filosa didn’t say anything unusual when he told stock analysts on September 10 that Stellantis sees “the world divided into two things.” CEOs drop lines like that at investor conferences constantly. It’s built for a highlight reel, not scrutiny. Scrutinize it anyway, using nothing but the company’s own disclosures, and something more interesting turns…
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Why a Stored 1966 Corvette Lost Its Brakes and Hit a House
Every classic-car owner has a spring wake-up routine: battery tender off, fuel topped up, a hopeful twist of the key. The step people skip is confirming the car can stop before asking it to go. A Georgia Corvette owner found that out in the most expensive classroom there is, which was his own driveway. The…
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Ford’s Record China Exports Aren’t Growth. They’re a Hedge Against China Itself
Jim Farley flew to China this week to shake hands with the partner Ford has spent two decades trying not to talk about too loudly. The handshake isn’t the story. What’s revealing is what Ford’s own paperwork says about who actually controls the factory now central to the company’s export ambitions. Ford’s most recent annual…
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Wake Up: Friday’s Automotive News Morning Round-Up
Good morning, and welcome back to the garage. Pour yourself a cup, because The Auto Wire’s newsroom didn’t slow down yesterday. From recall paperwork and layoffs to a street-racing crackdown and a very expensive McLaren bet, here’s everything our team published that’s worth your first ten minutes of the day. Stellantis Will Cover Your Engine’s…
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Modern Cars Aren’t Welded Together Anymore. They’re Glued — And That’s Exactly Why Fender-Benders Are Totaling EVs
A market research firm dropped a press release this week with a number attached: $12.36 billion. That’s what the global automotive adhesives market is projected to hit by 2031, according to MarketsandMarkets. It reads like the kind of figure that exists purely to be skimmed and forgotten. It shouldn’t be. Buried in that report is…
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Inside Toyota’s Paid GR Software: Prices, Warranty Gaps And Resale Traps
Toyota is not floating a theory about charging owners for software. It already sells it, at a GR Garage counter in Japan, with a price list and a warranty exclusion. The fine print is more interesting than the headline. The product is the GR Performance Software Series for the GR Yaris and GR Corolla, sold…
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A Sneeze Caused a Fatal Crash With an Amish Buggy in Wisconsin. The Real Question Is Whether Modern Safety Tech Would Have Even Seen It Coming
On a hill outside Tomah, Wisconsin, last Friday afternoon, an ordinary human reflex collided with a form of transportation that predates the automobile by more than a century, and one person did not survive it. A driver’s sneeze is the headline. It is not the real story. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, a…
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202,000 Jeeps Just Got Recalled Because Their Tire-Pressure Light Might Be Lying to You
Every dashboard has one light drivers train themselves to ignore. It’s usually the tire-pressure icon, that little exclamation point wrapped in tire tread that flickers on, gets acknowledged with a shrug, and gets dealt with whenever the driver next passes a gas station with an air pump. Stellantis just gave that light a much bigger…
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Uber Cut 3,300 Jobs to Chase Robotaxis. Its Best Robotaxi Partner Is Already Leaving the App
Every layoff comes wrapped in the same corporate vocabulary: flattening, simplifying, refocusing. Uber’s September 2 memo, cutting roughly 3,300 corporate jobs, checked every box. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi framed it as removing bureaucracy to fund what he called “build the autonomous future,” and on paper the numbers back him up: Uber cut its micro-teams of one…
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South Carolina’s New Street Takeover Law Doesn’t Just Arrest You. It Can Take Your Car — Even If You Only Watched.
Eighty-plus arrests in one night sounds like the headline out of Greenville County, South Carolina. It isn’t the number that should worry car owners. That number is 38 — the vehicles deputies impounded at a single intersection on September 5, and how little actually has to go wrong for South Carolina to keep one of…
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The Real Vulnerability in Apple’s Anti-Stalking System Is Shaped Like a Car Seat
Every anti-stalking safeguard is built around an assumption about where a hidden tracker will end up: a jacket pocket, a purse, a duffel bag tossed in a trunk. Read Apple’s own troubleshooting instructions for finding a hidden AirTag, though, and one line stands out. Buried in the company’s official support guide is a suggestion to…
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What A £450 Million Woking Build Would Actually Mean For McLaren
McLaren is reportedly about to spend £450 million on a technology centre in Woking and hire around 1,000 people. Before anyone starts printing “British engineering is back” bunting, it’s worth noting what has and hasn’t actually been confirmed, and what the paper trail around Woking has looked like for the past five years. The company…
