The ‘Trump Car’ Case Stopped Being About Flags. It’s Now About a Sign Law From 1989
Long Beach offered $50,000 to end the Trump car lawsuit. He said no, and a 1989 sign ordinance now decides…
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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…
Today at The Auto Wire: Full Recap (September 13, 2026)
A £450 million McLaren expansion its own careers page already gave away, Volkswagen admitting it built three million vehicles’ worth…
Stellantis’s $13 Billion Bet: America Isn’t Like Everywhere Else Anymore
A year ago, Stellantis’ North American business was the company’s biggest problem. Today, it’s the...
Today at The Auto Wire: Full Recap (September 12, 2026)
Counterfeit airbags that VIN checks cannot catch, the EPA deleting its Scope 3 guidance, BMW dropping carbon fiber, and GM…
Stellantis Says the World Splits in Two. Its Own Paperwork Shows Exactly Where the Line Falls.
Antonio Filosa didn’t say anything unusual when he told stock analysts on September 10 that...
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...
Flock’s Camera Installer Called Police on a Reporter. Your Car Can’t Object.
A driver passing a Flock Safety camera gets no warning, no chance to ask why...
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...
A Brick Doesn’t Know Your Windshield Has A Camera Behind It. Richmond Just Found Out The Hard Way
Ninety-two people in Richmond, Virginia woke up this week to the same discovery: a windshield...
Congress Filed a Bill Called the ‘Flock-Off Act.’ It Won’t Take Down a Single Camera.
Somewhere in a public works garage or a police evidence lot, there may soon be...
Watch: A Corvette Driver Hit 156 MPH Fleeing Police, Crashed, and Bragged He’d ‘Buy Another One.’ He’s Missing the Actual Bill
The thing that ended a 156-mph run through two states wasn’t a faster patrol car,...
California Killed Its License Plate Camera Bill for a Fifth Straight Year. This Time, Nobody Even Had to Vote No
On the last day California lawmakers met this year, Senate Bill 1013 sat in a...