Ford’s New Remote Kill Switch Isn’t Really About Stopping Car Thieves. It’s About Owning The Off Switch.
Ford wants you picturing a thief. Someone jimmies open your F-150, leaves your own key...
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A Zoox Robotaxi Drove Blind Into a Wall of Smoke at a Fire Scene. A Human Had to Rescue It
On June 20, an empty Zoox robotaxi drove into a wall of smoke on a...
Flock Killed Its Scream-Detecting Microphones. The License-Plate Dragnet Bolted Next to Them Is Doing Just Fine
Flock Safety wants credit for backing off something creepy. Fair enough. It earned some. The...
The New Mazda CX-5 Aces IIHS’s Nastiest Crash Test. The 2025 Model Would’ve Just Plowed Through the Motorcycle
Somewhere at an IIHS test facility last year, a Mazda CX-5 was aimed at a...
Europe Wants Satellites To Choke Your Throttle By 2030 — Its Own Safety Lab Says The Tech Still Can’t Read A Sign
Nobody at the European Commission is going to volunteer this part, so here it is:...
Hyundai, Kia, and GM Korea Are Barreling Toward a Strike Over Jobs the Robots Haven’t Even Taken Yet
Every summer, Hyundai and Kia’s unions sit down with management, argue about bonuses, and usually...
Hyundai Now Owns All of Boston Dynamics, and the Robots Still Can’t Build a Car
Read Hyundai’s official statement on its new, complete ownership of Boston Dynamics closely enough, and...
State Farm Just Deputized Your Toyota to Snitch on You After a Crash
Somewhere in Bloomington, Illinois, State Farm’s engineers just solved a problem that has nothing to...
VinFast Just Bet Its Self-Driving Future on Cameras Alone. No LiDAR Safety Net Included
VinFast wants to sell you a self-driving car that doesn’t need the expensive parts everyone...
Waymo’s “Free” Robotaxi Rides Have Nothing to Do With Generosity. They’re Buying Time With Regulators
Waymo wants you to believe the free rides in its new robotaxi are a nicety....
Honda’s Odyssey Backup Camera Keeps Losing to Water — and the Fix Is Another Camera
If you own a late-2010s Odyssey and feel like you’ve read this recall notice before,...
Robotaxis Keep Driving Into Fire Scenes, and Washington Just Admitted There’s No Rule Against It
Every state in the country tests new drivers on the same handful of judgment calls:...
Charlotte Red-Light Cameras Return in 2027: What Drivers Need to Know
Charlotte’s city council signed off on June 22 to put red-light cameras back at 10...
Hyundai’s World Cup Robot Halftime Show Was Really a $1.1 Billion Stress Test
A dancing robot delivering a soccer ball to a referee is the kind of story...
The Supreme Court Just Lit a Fuse Under Flock’s License Plate Camera Empire
Lee Schmidt and Crystal Arrington just wanted to drive around Norfolk, Virginia, without a government...