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Bigger Hubs, Higher Tesla Prices: Decoding America’s Q3 Fast-Charging Data
America’s public DC fast-charging network crossed 80,000 ports this summer. That sounds like a victory lap until you read the fine print. The country is opening fewer charging sites than it did a year ago. The ones it does open are bigger and faster, and Tesla drivers without a membership are paying more to use…
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‘I Know It’s Dumb’: Arizona Corvette Driver Raced 120 MPH on I-10, Then Asked to Keep the Car He Needs for Work
An Arizona trooper asked a Corvette driver why he raced a car he needed for work at more than 120 mph on I-10. His answer, according to DPS: “I know it’s dumb.”
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Trump’s 50% Canadian Car Tariff Hits January 1. Here’s What Poilievre’s Auto Pact Pitch Means for Prices and Repairs
Pierre Poilievre spent this week doing something Canadian opposition leaders rarely bother with: selling car policy to Americans. Ahead of a Tuesday trip to Detroit, his party said he would meet business leaders and make his case through U.S. media interviews, pushing what it calls a “Tariff-Free Auto Pact.” The deadline he’s racing is January…
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A Texas Lawsuit Says a Tesla Model 3 Sped Up ‘Without Any Input.’ Police First Pointed to a Medical Episode
A wrongful-death suit says a Tesla Model 3 accelerated on its own before a fatal crash into an empty Clute pool. Federal findings, Texas law and the car’s own data set a high bar.
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A Waymo Stopped for an Austin School Bus, Phoned a Human for Help, and Got the Wrong Answer From Michigan
A Waymo stopped for an Austin school bus, asked a remote agent whether its signals were on, and drove past after hearing no. The recall that fixed its software never touched that step.
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GM’s Eyes-Off Escalade IQ Will Say It’s Fine to Read Your Texts. Your State’s Phone Law Might Not
GM says a turquoise light on the 2028 Escalade IQ will tell drivers it is safe to catch up on messages. State phone laws in Michigan, Florida, Nevada and California disagree on whether that is legal, and none settles who is at fault during the handoff.
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The Average New-Car Payment Is Now $787, and a Quarter of Buyers Are Signing Up for 84 Months of It
The average monthly payment on a financed new car has reached $787. That’s not a lease on an M5. It’s what the average financed new-car buyer agreed to in the third quarter of 2026. The figures come from Edmunds’ Q3 financing release, which is built on actual financed purchases rather than surveys. Count the records:…
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Hackers Spent Three Weeks in German Dealer Software and Walked Off With Buyers’ Delivery Dates and Loan Amounts
A three-week intrusion into GeNesys, dealer software used by Volkswagen Group retailers in Germany, exposed order numbers, delivery dates and loan amounts: the script for a payment-redirect scam.
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An Oviedo 11-Year-Old Pleaded Not Guilty Over a 4,500-Watt Electric Dirt Bike. Florida Law Calls It a Motorcycle
An Oviedo sixth-grader pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor registration charge after police classified his pedal-less 4,500-watt electric dirt bike as a motorcycle. Here is what Florida law says, and what happens at the Dec. 2 hearing.
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Tempe Grappled a 140-MPH Corvette and Booked Its Driver. A Year Later, No Felony Case Shows Up in Superior Court
A year after Tempe police used a Grappler to stop a 140-mph Corvette and booked the driver on a felony, no matching case appears in Maricopa County Superior Court’s public index. Here is what the statutes, the impound rules and Tempe’s Grappler history say happens next.
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Malibu’s PCH Speed Cameras Logged 100,000 Violations in Nine Days. Now the City Is Rechecking the Speed Limit
Malibu’s PCH speed cameras logged about 100,000 violations in a nine-day test. The city’s own 2025 data predicted it, and a study of Eastern Malibu’s 45 mph limit could change what counts as speeding.
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Tesla Retires the “Full Self-Driving” Name in Europe After Germany Objected. It’s Now “Tesla Assisted Driving”
For nearly a decade, Tesla has defended the words “Full Self-Driving” against regulators, lawyers, and plain English. It just gave them up in Europe, and it got something in return. Tesla’s European websites now sell the product as “Tesla Assisted Driving.” Typing in the old German FSD page sends you straight to the renamed version.…
