BYD’s First European Semi Just Aced Its Crash Test. Europe’s Charging Grid Isn’t Close to Ready for It.
The most important number to come out of IAA Transportation this week isn’t a horsepower...
Trucks
Toyota’s Electric Hilux Can’t Tow Half of What a Diesel Hilux Can. Toyota Built It Anyway.
The electric Toyota Hilux tows less than half what the diesel tows and carries 600 fewer pounds. That gap is…
The 2025 Ram 1500’s Real Problem Isn’t the Engine — It’s the Software Deciding You’re Parked.
Picture this: you’re idling at a red light in stop-and-go traffic, or easing your truck...
Nissan Says It Wants a Million Cars a Year From Japan. It Said That in 2015, Too.
Nissan’s Japanese reorganisation revives a one-million-unit target it first announced in 2015, at the same plant, on the same export…
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 Federal List of Truck Driving Schools Runs on the Honor System. Nobody Checks First.
A registered driving school told investigators its classroom was inside a school bus in the back of a trailer. It…
Stellantis Is Reportedly Spending €1 Billion in France to Do Work Its Suppliers Already Do
The headline is a new van at Hordain. The detail worth reading is that part of the money reportedly brings…
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…
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.…
Watch: Silverado Driver PITs Florida Tropper
A Florida Highway Patrol pursuit took an unusual turn when the driver of a Chevrolet...
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...
Ford’s Best-Selling Truck Just Had Its Worst Month in Four Years — Because Ford Wouldn’t Sell It
Ford Ranger was Australia’s best-selling new vehicle for three straight years, and this year opened...
Werner Trucking’s 1,400-Veteran Pledge to the White House Isn’t Even Its Biggest — That Was 2018
Werner Enterprises stood next to representatives of the White House on July 30 and pledged...
The Feds Just Shut Down 110 Truck Driving Schools Overnight — One Taught Class Inside a School Bus Crammed in a Trailer
Somewhere in America over the past few weeks, a federal inspector walked into what a...
Texas Busted an Alleged $12 Million Oil Theft Ring — But the 60 Seized Trucks Tell the Real Story
When the Texas Department of Public Safety stood up at a podium in Midland and...