The Senate’s China Car Bill Gives Mercedes Until 2030. Its Own Buyback Is Making the Math Worse.
The Senate Commerce Committee's reported connected-vehicle bill gives Mercedes-Benz until model year 2030. After that, its U.S. sales depend on…
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Mercedes Trips the China Car Bill’s 15% Wire. Volvo, Nearly 79% Geely-Owned, Already Has a Hall Pass.
Commerce cleared majority Geely-owned Volvo and refused Polestar under a control test. The Senate bill's 15% ownership line would instead…
Your EV Accidentally Jams AM Radio. The House Just Voted to Make Automakers Keep It Anyway.
The House passed the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act. The real target is the electrical noise EVs make, and…
Volvo Crammed an EV-Sized Battery Into the XC60 Plug-In Hybrid — Brussels Did the Math First
Volvo says its new long-range XC60 and XC90 plug-in hybrids are about electric range. The European Commission's rewritten utility factors…
Trump Says Chinese Automakers Can Build Here. The Rule Blocking Them Has Nothing to Do With Factories.
A Commerce Department rule bars China-owned automakers from selling connected vehicles in the U.S. no matter where they are assembled.…
It Took Polestar Three Recalls and 21 Months to Fix a Backup Camera. The Camera Was Never Broken
Three recalls. Twenty-one months. One rearview camera that kept failing anyway. If that sounds like...
Volvo’s New OTA Update Lets Its EVs Warn Each Other About Deer
Volvo has been quietly running one of the most interesting experiments in the industry for...
Geely’s Solid-State Battery Promise: The Numbers Behind the 500 Wh/kg Headline
Geely Holding says it will begin pilot deployment of solid-state batteries across its brand portfolio...
Volvo’s EX90 Came With a Life-Saving Sensor — When Its Supplier Went Bankrupt, Owners Got SiriusXM Instead
The sensor is still bolted to the roof. What died was the promise behind it....
Toyota Takes A Third Of cellcentric: What The Fuel Cell Truck Deal Really Buys
On July 27, Volvo Group, Daimler Truck AG, cellcentric and Toyota signed a binding agreement...
Ford’s Empty Spanish Factory Found a Savior: The Chinese Company It Sold Volvo To in 2010
Ford and Geely just announced they’re going to build cars together in Valencia, Spain, starting...
The US Banned Chinese Connected-Car Tech. The Company Racing to Replace It Started With a Chinese License
Forget the model years for a second. The number that actually matters in America’s ban...
Volvo Just Beamed Apple Music Into Two Million Cars Overnight. Last Year, the Same Pipeline Beamed In a Brake Problem.
Volvo wants you to notice the music. On July 7, the automaker started pushing a...
Volvo’s Breathalyzer Seatbelt Idea Misses The Mark
It’s like something out of a fever dream.
Abandoned Mansion Hides A Collection Of Pricey Cars
This is quite the find!