A Chevy With Red-and-Blue Dash Lights Pulled Over a Tesla; DPS Says the Driver Wasn’t a Cop. Now He Faces Kidnapping Charges.
Arizona DPS says a man with dash-mounted red and blue lights in a Chevy pickup pulled over a Tesla on…
Safety
A $999 Box Promises Hands-Free Driving. Its Own Code Says ‘THIS IS NOT A PRODUCT.’ Now NHTSA Is Investigating Crashes That Killed Three.
comma sells a $999 box that sticks to your windshield, plugs into your car’s wiring...
NHTSA Closed Its Jeep Fire Probe. A Million Wranglers and Gladiators Still Can’t Park in the Garage.
NHTSA closed its fire probe into 1.08 million Jeep Wranglers and Gladiators. FCA's own recall filing shows why owners still…
Ford’s Wet Timing Belt Case Went From 44 Complaints to 1,299. The Part That Clogs Can’t Be Reached Without Pulling the Engine.
NHTSA's probe into Ford's 1.0-liter EcoBoost grew from 10,473 cars to 135,551. Two months later there's still no recall. Here's…
One Rusty Bolt Has VW Recalling 2.86 Million Cars Worldwide. Here Are the 208,724 in America.
If you own a 2018 Tiguan, a 2018–2019 Atlas or a 2019–2021 Audi Q3, one...
Forget the Bizarre Court Video. Someone Drove a Marked Cop Car Right Out of the Sheriff’s Own HQ.
A marked Broward Sheriff's Charger ended up abandoned 100 miles up I-95. The viral court clip is a sideshow. The…
Watch: A Semi’s Brakes Went Up in Smoke on I-70. Colorado Built a Pile of Gravel for Exactly This Moment.
A semi with smoking brakes bailed into a runaway truck ramp on Colorado's I-70. Here's how the ramps work, why…
Norway Sealed a Chinese Bus Inside a Mountain to Find Its Kill Switch. A Romanian SIM Card Was Holding It.
Oslo's transit agency sealed a Yutong electric bus inside a mountain and found its maker could reach the power system…
Your EV Accidentally Jams AM Radio. The House Just Voted to Make Automakers Keep It Anyway.
The House passed the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act. The real target is the electrical noise EVs make, and…
Arizona Driver Going the Wrong Way on I-40 Tells Troopers He Was ‘Supervisor’ of a Game Called ‘Lunatic,’ Then Gets Arrested for Endangerment
A man driving an SUV west in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 outside Winslow,...
442 People Were Cited for Watching an L.A. Street Takeover. The Law Had Been Waiting Since 2002.
LAPD cited 442 spectators at one Harbor Gateway street takeover. Los Angeles has made watching a crime since at least…
Today in Automotive History: September 28, 2020 — A London Court Hands Uber Its License Back
On Sept. 28, 2020, a London court ruled Uber "fit and proper" and restored its license. The standard it set…
NHTSA Wants Your Ideas to Fix Recalls. Its Meeting Won’t Be Streamed or Recorded.
NHTSA's new Recalls Next notice asks the public to comment on a November 5 meeting that will not be streamed…
Ford Patented a Hood That Folds Into a Workbench. It Still Has to Crumple.
Ford's pending patent folds part of the hood forward into a work surface at bench height. The revealing detail is…
Zoox’s Robotaxi Is All-Electric. The SUVs Teaching It to Drive Still Have Tailpipes.
Zoox's Atlanta test fleet is parked after drivers reported feeling sick. The real story isn't the robotaxi. It's the modified…