A $3,359 Exhaust Won’t Make the Charger Sixpack Sound Like a V8 — the Noise You Want Is in the Crankshaft
MagnaFlow rates its own Charger Sixpack system MODERATE outside and MILD inside — and excludes sound from the warranty. The…
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China Set a Real Deadline for Self-Driving Cars. America’s Still Handing Out Permission Slips One at a Time.
Nine Chinese ministries just set a 2030 deadline for autonomous vehicles, backed by a mandatory safety standard. Ten weeks earlier,…
Tesla Has 80,000 Superchargers and Still Doesn’t Have the Ones Its Own Robotaxis Need
Tesla’s Supercharger network was sized around how people charge. A driverless fleet does not behave like a person — and…
Ford Just Made the F-150’s Base Engine Bigger. Thank a Federal Fine That’s Worth Exactly Nothing.
Ford's 2027 F-150 replaces its 2.7-liter base engine with a 3.0-liter and puts the V8 back in King Ranch and…
The 3D-Printing Revolution in Cars Already Happened. It’s in the Tool Crib, Not on the Car.
A new large-format printer aimed at car factories has exactly the same build volume as the one before it, and…
Tesla’s Next Roadster Finally Has a Reveal Date. Here’s What’s Real, What’s Patent, and What’s Pure Hype.
Tesla’s second-generation Roadster has spent so long as a reservation page that owners of the...
Tesla’s Grok AI Is About to Start Texting for You — Here’s What the Manual Already Confirms
Buried in the fine print of the Tesla Model Y manual is a small addition...
Hyundai’s Point-and-Speak Car Controls: Inside the Patent Trail
Every car voice assistant has the same blind spot: it can hear you but it...
Rain Sensors Used to Be a Comfort Feature. Now They’re Rewriting What a Windshield Costs to Replace
A new market analysis says the global rain sensor business will nearly double by 2035,...
Inside Toyota’s Paid GR Software: Prices, Warranty Gaps And Resale Traps
Toyota is not floating a theory about charging owners for software. It already sells it,...
The Real Vulnerability in Apple’s Anti-Stalking System Is Shaped Like a Car Seat
Every anti-stalking safeguard is built around an assumption about where a hidden tracker will end...
Dallas Turned Its Garbage Trucks Into A Surveillance Fleet, And The Real Trick Was Doing It For Almost Nothing
Dallas didn’t buy a single new vehicle to build one of the more sweeping property-surveillance...
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...
Apple’s New CEO Races Rare Porsches on Weekends. His Actual Job Title Explains Why the Apple Car Really Died
Every outlet covering John Ternus’s promotion to Apple CEO is leading with the same delightful...
Porsche Signed A $1.46 Billion AI Deal. Investors Sold The Stock Anyway.
Porsche spent this week trying to sell investors a story about artificial intelligence. The stock...