NHTSA Could Require Cars To Stop Before Backing Over A Kid. It’s Handing Out Gold Stars Instead.
Every new car sold in the United States will soon be legally required to stop...
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Mazda’s New Safety Feature Sounds Great Until You Realize Mazda Built None Of It
Mazda wants credit today for making the highway shoulder a safer place. Read past the...
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...
Flock’s CEO Compared Banning His Cameras to Banning Cars. His Own Website Proves the Analogy Backwards
Garrett Langley, the CEO of Flock Safety, picked an odd hill to defend this week....
Dunlop Is Warning California About Its New Tire Rule. The Vote Already Happened.
A public comment is supposed to arrive before a vote, not after one. On August...
Volkswagen’s CEO Called It a ‘Mega-Crisis.’ His Own Numbers Say the Real Enemy Is the Org Chart
Oliver Blume did not have to reach for the words “mega-crisis.” Volkswagen already had perfectly...
Santander Says a Ventura Jeep Dealer Sold It Fraudulent Loans. Its Own Contract Made Sure the Fight Happens in Texas
Crown Dodge-Chrysler-Jeep-Ram sits on Auto Center Drive in Ventura, California. Whatever happens to it next...
The White House’s Auto Manufacturing Victory Lap Included a Company That Doesn’t Make Cars
The White House is crediting tariffs for Ford's decision to stop importing the Lincoln Nautilus from China. The tariffs are…
Six Defendants Allegedly Stole $4 Million in Rental Cars. The Going Rate Was $2,000 Each.
Six defendants are accused of taking about 150 rental cars worth more than $4 million with forged licenses and stolen…
A $5,295 Fee to ‘Certify’ a Car That Was Already Certified. The Rule Meant to Stop It Died Six Months Ago.
Manchester City Nissan will pay $4 million over alleged junk fees. The bigger story is that a CPO badge is…
The EPA Calls This a Gas Price ‘Emergency.’ It’s Been One Since May.
Gas is about to get a little cheaper for the last stretch of summer. That’s...
Toyota Owes 48,280 Tacoma Owners New Shocks. Somebody Has To Build 193,120 Of Them First
The corrosion fix is the easy part of Toyota’s Tacoma shock absorber recall. Building 193,120 remote-reservoir Bilstein dampers is not,…
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...
Pony.ai Promised Europe More Robotaxis Than It’s Ever Built. Who Owns the Ones That Don’t Exist Yet?
Somewhere inside a routine filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sits a sentence...
Tesla’s Cybercab Has No Steering Wheel and No Backup Plan — Which Is Why Employees Ride First, Not You
Tesla has reportedly told employees to be ready for the first public-road rides in the...