Ford Buried a Timing Belt in Motor Oil to Save Gas — Now the Feds Say 135,000 Cars Are a Safety Risk
On a highway in Wilmington, Delaware, a Ford Focus driver watched an oil pressure warning...
Stellantis Worker Dies in Fall at Center Line Facility
On Saturday, Aug. 1, a 57-year-old UAW Local 1248 member, identified as Brasher, died after...
Ford Is Now Planning For Chinese Automakers To Land In America
Jim Farley spent a chunk of Thursday’s employee town hall telling Ford staff something that...
What Really Happens If You Never Change Your Oil: A Timeline
Picture two identical cars rolling off the same factory line, same engine, same badge, same...
Porsche Sold 24,000 Fewer Cars and Made a Third More Money — Here’s How
Porsche’s first-half numbers landed the same week it agreed to cut another 5,000 jobs, and...
Ford’s Quarterly Loss Hides a Worse EV Number and a Very Good Trade
Ford’s second quarter produced a $1.3 billion net loss, a raised profit forecast, and a...
Tesla ‘Fixed’ This Suspension Failure Twice Already. NHTSA’s New Files Say That Didn’t Work.
Federal safety regulators just opened a new investigation into Tesla’s front suspension. That’s not really...
Carvana’s Record Quarter Wasn’t Built on Used Car Prices — Here’s What Actually Happened
Carvana just printed the best quarter in its history, and the press release invites you...
Jeep Recalled 641 Wranglers Over Cracking Steel Wheels — Which Defeats the Entire Point of Steel Wheels
Jeep wants this to read as a story about 641 wheels. It isn’t. It’s a...
Rhode Island Will Send Your Home Address to Firefighters If You Drive an EV
Rhode Island’s DMV is about to start mailing your local fire station a list of...
Amazon’s Zoox Just Got a Government Hall Pass for Its Steering-Wheel-Free Robotaxi – And the Rulebook Is Still Being Written
The federal government just gave an Amazon-owned company permission to charge people money for rides...
Holmes Motors Repossessed a Deploying Soldier’s Car Without a Warrant. The $137,000 Fine Is the Least Interesting Part of This Story
A soldier in Alabama handed her car dealer a copy of her deployment orders. The...
O’Reilly Auto Parts Charged Workers Extra For Smoking. A Judge Just Said: Show Your Homework.
Everyone assumes a tobacco surcharge lawsuit is about the money. It rarely is. On July...
BYD’s Humanoid Robot Debuts in August, and the Robot Isn’t the Part That Should Worry Everyone Else
BYD has run this play twice before. In 1995, it started as a battery maker,...
Brazil Is Buying Chinese Cars By the Billions. The Real Fight Is Over Screwdrivers
Everyone is reporting that Brazil just became the world’s largest importer of Chinese-made vehicles, spending...