Gas Prices Jumped 31.8%. The Electric Sedan Still Lost the Math by $3,080.
AAA put the cost to own a new car at $12,863 a year. The category tables say fuel efficiency is…
Electric Cars
Volkswagen Built the World’s Most Efficient EV Out of Hatchback Parts, Then Explained Why You’ll Never Own One
Volkswagen set a 0.158 drag record with ID. Polo hardware and found 40 percent more efficiency without a bigger battery.…
China Set a Real Deadline for Self-Driving Cars. America’s Still Handing Out Permission Slips One at a Time.
Nine Chinese ministries just set a 2030 deadline for autonomous vehicles, backed by a mandatory safety standard. Ten weeks earlier,…
Congress Couldn’t Kill This 2013 Rule, So the EPA Just Sent It Back for Round Two
The Congressional Review Act gives Congress 60 days to kill a rule. The EPA reopened that window on waivers from…
Tesla Has 80,000 Superchargers and Still Doesn’t Have the Ones Its Own Robotaxis Need
Tesla’s Supercharger network was sized around how people charge. A driverless fleet does not behave like a person — and…
Hyundai’s Georgia-Built Waymo Robotaxi Isn’t a Patriotism Story. It’s a Compliance Deadline.
The first IONIQ 5 robotaxis arrive in the fourth quarter. A Commerce Department rule makes Chinese-origin driving software unsellable from…
Beijing Never Banned the Gas Car. It Just Stopped Issuing the License Plates.
VW and Toyota are slashing prices on combustion cars in China. In Beijing, only 20,000 combustion plates will be issued…
Stellantis Is Reportedly Spending €1 Billion in France to Do Work Its Suppliers Already Do
The headline is a new van at Hordain. The detail worth reading is that part of the money reportedly brings…
Ford’s $4,195 Carhartt F-150, Germany’s First Driverless Truck, and What Else Moved
Not every headline gets its own story, but it still shapes the industry. Over the...
Ford’s 17-Truck Recall, Diesel Past $6, and What Else Moved
Our automotive news roundup for the last 24 hours: three more Ford recalls, a Daimler repair being done a third…
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.
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...