Dodge’s 1,348% Charger Sixpack Jump Started From 238 Leftover Cars
Stellantis's Q3 chart shows gas Charger sales up 1,348%, measured against 238 old-generation cars. Counted whole, the Charger rose 22%…
Electric Vehicles
GM Lost 41,028 EV Sales After the $7,500 Credit Died. Its Entire U.S. Drop Was 39,373.
GM's EV deliveries fell by 41,028 in the third quarter, more than its total U.S. sales decline, a year after…
Audi’s EV Patent Calls for Real Motor Noise, Fake Gearshifts and Sparks Ground Off the Pavement
Audi's German patent application would hard-mount an EV's motor, strip its soundproofing, simulate gearshifts and turbo lag, and grind a…
Stellantis Won a Patent to Drop an Overheating Battery and Drive Away on 12 Volts
A granted FCA US patent drops an electrified vehicle’s high-voltage pack and moves the car away on 12-volt power. The…
EPA Built Its Smog Rule Around EVs That Aren’t Coming. Now It Wants Two More Years for Gas Cars
The EPA's 2024 tailpipe rule counted on electric cars to carry its smog and soot limits. With EV forecasts cut…
Diesel Just Hit a Record $6.53. Before You Panic-Buy an EV, Read the Window Sticker.
Diesel hit a record $6.53 a gallon, but the lasting case for an EV is price. The EV premium fell…
Lucid Promised Bolt 25,000 Robotaxis. Europe Only Lets It Register 1,500 a Year.
Lucid and Bolt say 25,000 driverless Lucids are headed for Europe. The EU's own rules currently cap each driverless vehicle…
Car Payments Just Hit a September Record of $821. Prices Barely Moved. Here’s Where the Money Went.
J.D. Power says the average new-car payment hit a September-record $821. Prices rose just 0.7% and rates fell, so the…
Ford Brought Nothing to This Year’s Car of the Year Fight. It Was Busy Gutting a Factory.
Ford has no vehicle among NACTOY’s 25 semifinalists for 2027. The shutout says less about Ford’s health than about where…
Britain’s Steering Wheels Are on the Right. That May Be Its Smartest Battery Policy.
Britain is reviewing its EV sales mandate just as a £7 billion battery industry, a locked-in EU trade deadline and…
This 130-Year-Old German Supplier Made Parts Every EV Still Needs. It Filed for Insolvency Anyway.
Prinz-Mayweg made seat, dashboard and steering tubes that electric cars still need. Its insolvency shows what is really squeezing German…
Hyundai Wants Guardrails Against Chinese Cars. Its Own History Says They Only Buy Time
Hyundai's CEO wants U.S. limits on Chinese automakers. The bigger news is his admission that Chinese car tech is ahead,…
The EV Maintenance Discount Is Real. It Works Out to About $20 a Month.
AAA's 2026 Your Driving Costs data puts the EV maintenance advantage at about $248 a year. Energy, insurance and depreciation…
BYD Already Has an American Factory. Washington Wrote a Law Around It.
BYD has built buses in California for over a decade. Congress still wrote it out of federal transit money. That…
Volkswagen Has Marked Down Porsche by €9 Billion in a Year. The 1% Forecast Is Just the Receipt.
Volkswagen’s 1 percent profit forecast is really about a €6 billion Porsche goodwill write-down, its second in a year, and…