Ascend Elements Got ‘Fined’ $7.5 Million by the DOJ — But Never Paid a Single Dime
Ascend Elements finally has a face to go with the wreckage in western Kentucky. Last...
Electric Vehicles
Honda and Nissan’s Merger Collapsed — So They’re Quietly Merging Their Computers Instead
In February of 2025, one of the biggest corporate marriages in automotive history died in...
China’s #1 Bestselling Car Just Failed Its Own Safety Audit — And That’s Not Even the Scary Part
Somewhere in a Chinese testing facility, a government inspector measured the wheelbase on a Geely...
VW’s Layoffs Could Hit 140,000. The Family That Controls the Company Already Wrote Off the Loss and Went Shopping for Drones
Volkswagen wants the headline to be about jobs. On August 24, labor representatives told employees...
Right to Repair Just Won in Congress. Don’t Celebrate Yet.
On May 21, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 48 to 1 to advance...
Volkswagen Wanted Tariffs to Keep Out Cheap Chinese EVs. The Cheapest One in Germany Showed Up Wearing Four Rings.
Somewhere inside Volkswagen Group’s tariff lobbying operation, someone owes a colleague an apology. For two...
Tesla’s Recalling Nearly 5 Million Cars In China Over Door Handles It Still Won’t Redesign
Tesla just told Chinese regulators it will fix nearly five million cars without a single...
A 127.5% Tariff Still Couldn’t Kill Waymo’s Chinese Robotaxi Bet — Here’s the Math That Makes It Worth It
Somewhere at the Port of Los Angeles, Waymo has been quietly paying a bill that...
Britain Has No Law Against This: Arnold Clark Just Ate a 65-Year Family Dealership Whole
There’s a SEAT and CUPRA dealership in Uddingston, Scotland that changed its name this month....
Avis Briefly Became a $27 Billion Meme Stock — Its Own Books Said It Was Worthless
For a few days in April, Wall Street decided that Avis Budget Group – the...
China’s EV Price War Got So Brutal, Automakers Are Bribing You With Karaoke Machines Now
BYD wants to sell you a car with a karaoke machine wired into the dashboard....
Cadillac Just Killed Its Two Cheapest Vehicles in the Same Year. Welcome to $49,200 and Up.
Everyone reading about the layoffs at Lansing Grand River is asking what happens to the...
GM Says Its 2027 EVs Won’t Need a Tesla Adapter. Your Trunk Will Disagree.
General Motors wants you to believe its 2027 electric vehicles are finally free of the...
Porsche Is Killing the Taycan by 2030. Don’t Blame the Sales Chart.
Porsche’s own factory workers found out before most car buyers did. The Taycan — the...
GM Calls This a Battery Comeback. The Other Two Plants Tell a Different Story.
GM's Ohio battery plant is restarting — 1,400 workers return, cells resume. What the headline doesn't mention: Tennessee already converted…