Drones Hit a Saudi Crude Pipeline. The Bill Is Landing in America’s Diesel Tanks.
The Sept. 10 strike on Saudi Arabia's Hormuz bypass hit crude, but the lasting damage is to diesel, the fuel…
Trucks
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…
Ford Brought Nothing to This Year’s Car of the Year Fight. It Was Busy Gutting a Factory.
Ford has no vehicle among NACTOY’s 25 semifinalists for 2027. The shutout says less about Ford’s health than about where…
The EV Maintenance Discount Is Real. It Works Out to About $20 a Month.
AAA's 2026 Your Driving Costs data puts the EV maintenance advantage at about $248 a year. Energy, insurance and depreciation…
California Opened the Door to Robot Semis. Most of the Homework Gets Done in Texas.
California's new heavy-duty AV rules demand a million autonomous miles before a driverless semi can deploy, but up to 800,000…
Tesla’s Semi Plant Opens, Rivian Recalls Nearly 99,000 EVs, and What Else Moved
Tesla's Semi factory opens, Rivian recalls 98,828 EVs over backup cameras, Geely hits four-minute charging, and the BYD question hangs…
California Opens Its Highways to Heavy Autonomous Trucks, but the Million-Mile Test Has Only Begun
Before anyone pictures a driverless Peterbilt barreling down I-5 at 3 a.m., a correction: robot...
Used Car Values Just Dipped for the First Time This Year. Used EVs Went the Other Way.
The Manheim index slipped 0.4% from a year ago, but wholesale EV values rose 2.3% as gas hit $4.48 and…
He Went Hunting For His Friend’s Stolen Silverado, Then Cops Turned It Into A Trap
A stolen truck usually stays stolen. That is what makes this one out of Santa...
Toyota’s Hydrogen Hilux Finally Shows Up In 2028, Six Years After It Started Testing
Toyota just confirmed that a hydrogen fuel cell version of its new Hilux pickup will...
Nobody Can Build A Refinery In 90 Days, So The Feds Just Let Fuel Truckers Drive 16-Hour Shifts
FMCSA just handed gasoline and diesel haulers a 90-day pass to run 16-hour days. The ceiling isn't new, the justification…
The Feds Quietly Closed Their Honda Ridgeline Backup Camera Case Without Ordering A Single Repair
Federal regulators just closed the book on the Honda Ridgeline backup camera problem, and the...
America Is Making More Diesel Than It Has Since 2019. It Still Costs a Record $6.29.
The most useful number inside this week’s record diesel prices is not $6.29. It is...
GM’s Newest Software Just Launched in a V8 Pickup, Not a Cadillac. Follow the Volume.
General Motors introduced a new cabin interface today, and the spec sheet is the least...
Ram Recalled This Truck Six Times for Bad Software. Its Engine Got 22 Reflashes and Zero Recalls.
Six of eight recalls on the 2025 Ram 1500 are software faults. The Hurricane inline-six, with misfire codes on every…