America’s Answer to the Chinese Kill Switch Has a Weight Limit. Buses Are Above It.
The U.S. connected vehicle rule stops at 10,001 pounds. The bus Norway tested weighs more than three times that.
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Jeep’s 202,000-SUV Recall, China’s 70% EV Target, and What Else Moved
An automotive news roundup of the industry stories that moved in the last 24 hours without getting a full write-up…
Volkswagen Didn’t Build Too Few EVs. It Built Too Many Factories.
Volkswagen’s Supervisory Board didn’t just approve a restructuring plan on September 3. It signed off...
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...
GM Bragged About Inventing Brake-By-Wire. Regulators Expanded a Federal Probe Into It One Day Later.
On August 20, General Motors’ own newsroom published a nostalgic technical retrospective crediting the doomed...
The EPA Called a 17-Year-Old Rule ‘Brand New’ So Congress Could Fast-Track Killing It. A Judge Wasn’t Buying It.
A federal judge in Washington spent part of her ruling this week accusing the EPA...
Forget the 200 Jobs. Honda’s $472 Million Alabama Expansion Is Really About Its EV Retreat
Alabama’s economic development office is celebrating another win this week: Honda is pouring more money...
Tesla Keeps Settling Fatal Autopilot Lawsuits Right Before Trial — And That’s Not an Accident
Tesla settled another fatal Autopilot lawsuit right before trial. The real story isn't the crash. It's the word Tesla keeps…
It Took Polestar Three Recalls and 21 Months to Fix a Backup Camera. The Camera Was Never Broken
Three recalls. Twenty-one months. One rearview camera that kept failing anyway. If that sounds like...
Norway Found a Cure for China’s Bus ‘Kill Switch’ — Bringing Back the Diesel Engine
Two governments got handed the exact same discovery. One called it a managed risk and...
Volvo’s New EVs Can Warn Each Other About Deer and Crashes. That’s Not Even the Interesting Part
A single connected car isn’t a safety system. It’s a witness with no one to...
Lucid Just Recalled More Cars Than It Sold All Last Year — Because the Tail Lights Might Start a Fire
Lucid Motors has now recalled more cars over a fire risk than it delivered in...
Porsche Sold Its Own Consulting Arm, Then Paid Four Times as Much to Rent It Back
Porsche spent three decades building a consulting firm from scratch, spent 2023 buying out the...
Volkswagen’s ‘New’ EV Plan for India Isn’t New. It’s From 2022 — And a $1.4 Billion Tax Bill Might Kill It Again
Volkswagen wants you to know it’s “evaluating” ways to sell more electric cars in India:...
BMW Patented a Trunk Lid That Swallows Your Charging Cable — And That’s Not Even the Interesting Part
Somewhere in Munich, a BMW engineer just solved a problem that has nothing to do...