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…
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Automotive Cybersecurity Forecasts Are All Over the Map. Ransomware and Recalls Explain Why
Transparency Market Research is out with a fresh round of press releases about automotive cybersecurity....
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.
Car Show Founder James Wehr Identified As One Of Two Killed In Fiery Irvine McLaren Crash
A McLaren that split in half and burned at an Irvine, California intersection early Sunday...
Today in Automotive History: America’s First Car Fatality, September 14, 1899
On the evening of September 13, 1899, a 69-year-old New York real estate broker named...
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…
Ford Recalls 223,472 F-150s Over Fuel Tanks That Can Fall Off. Five Model Years Went By First.
Ford is recalling 223,472 F-150s because the fuel tank may be improperly secured and can leak or detach while driving.…
Your Recall Check Came Back Clean. Your Airbag Might Still Be Fake.
Punch a VIN from a 2018 Chevrolet Equinox, a Chevrolet Malibu, or a Hyundai Sonata...
Volkswagen’s Cars Can Now Pull Over and Call for Help by Themselves. You’re Still Legally the One Driving.
Picture the moment: cruising at 70 mph, hands on the wheel one second, unresponsive the...
A Sneeze Caused a Fatal Crash With an Amish Buggy in Wisconsin. The Real Question Is Whether Modern Safety Tech Would Have Even Seen It Coming
On a hill outside Tomah, Wisconsin, last Friday afternoon, an ordinary human reflex collided with...
Every New Car Was Supposed To Stop Drunk Drivers By Now. Nobody Told The Cars.
Somewhere in this country, almost every day, the same scene repeats itself. A driver, allegedly...
Tesla’s Self-Steering Crash Save: The Rules Nobody Wrote Yet
Tesla’s AI account posted on September 4 that FSD Supervised v14.3.9 is rolling out with...
Half a Million Ford Edges May Be Drowning Their Own Engines — And Technically, No One’s Investigating Yet
Ford’s Edge has been dead since 2024. No factory builds it, no dealer orders one,...
Watch: Colorado Cops Netted a Fleeing Suspect With a Grapple That Costs $399 a Shot
A Douglas County deputy and a Castle Rock police officer ended a car chase on...
A Deputy Searched One Woman’s License Plate 1,639 Times. Flock Safety’s Fix Was a Checkbox Nobody Had to Click.
A former sheriff’s deputy in Richmond County, Georgia searched one woman’s license plate through Flock...