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Sep 23, 2026

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Mercedes Signs Wayve to Bring Tesla-Style City Driving Assistance Within Two Years

Sep 22, 2026

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Ceer Reveals Saudi Arabia's First Domestic Car: an 850-HP Gullwing EV

Sep 21, 2026

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The RAV4 Is Hard to Find, and Nissan's Hybrid Rogue Wants Its Buyers

Sep 20, 2026

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Volvo Names Skoda's Zellmer CEO, Up to a Year Before He Starts

Sep 19, 2026

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VW Cuts Its 2026 Margin Forecast to 1%, Down From 4% to 5.5%

Sep 18, 2026

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The Fed Hikes for the First Time Since 2023. It Can't Touch Gas Prices.

Sep 18, 2026

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US Auto Tariff Tracker

Sep 17, 2026

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Leno Wanted Every Car 35 Years and Older Smog-Exempt. California Gave Him 1976 Through 1985.

Sep 16, 2026

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A New Car Now Costs $12,863 a Year to Own. In EV Sedans, Depreciation Eats the Fuel Savings.

Sep 15, 2026

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GM Redesigns Its Trucks' Screens. JD Power Says Screens Are the Problem.

Honda Plans Its Biggest SUVs Yet, and a $2.5B Plant That Could Build Them

Sep 24, 2026

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Honda Plans Its Biggest SUVs Yet, and a $2.5B Plant That Could Build Them

Plus, Mercedes plans $911M in labor cuts, Nissan shows a T-top Z, and BYD teases a Rolls-Royce rival.

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Ford Killed the V8 in Its Most-Loaded F-150 Trims

May 16, 2026

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Honda's $9B EV retreat

McLaren and Porsche Both Un-Killed the Manual This Week

Aug 14, 2026

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McLaren and Porsche Both Un-Killed the Manual This Week

Fake Airbag Inflators Have Killed 10 People. NHTSA Says They're in US Cars Now.

Jul 11, 2026

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Fake Airbag Inflators Have Killed 10 People. NHTSA Says They're in US Cars Now.

Porsche Stopped Building the Taycan. The Market Already Said Why.

May 24, 2026

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Porsche Stopped Building the Taycan. The Market Already Said Why.

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Sep 14, 2026

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Trump Says He'd Accept Chinese Car Plants in America

Plus, Hyundai pushes its own self-driving software to 2029 and leans on Nvidia, and Lyft joins the robotaxi race through Waymo.

Sep 13, 2026

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GM Sold Fewer Cars in China This Year. Its China Profits Nearly Tripled.

Plus, Costco rations motor oil, Ram Hurricane owners sue over stalling engines, and Toyota's eye-tracking camera patent.

Sep 12, 2026

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Stellantis Lines Up a Buyer for the Charger Plant. Unifor Walks Out.

Plus, Toyota's electric Highlander slips to 2028, and Ford puts the F-150 Lightning into maintenance mode.

Sep 11, 2026

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AMG Built 30 V8 CLEs With No Back Seat. They're All Gone.

Plus, average new-car prices cross $50,000 while EVs get cheaper, and Copart buys ACV Auctions for $1.9 billion.

Sep 10, 2026

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Volvo Drops Its Entry EV in the US and Gives the Hybrid Twin the Makeover Instead

Plus, GM's CEO says EVs are still the endgame the week Cadillac backs out of all-EV, Porsche nets $1.16B leaving Bugatti, a senator says Trump may trade Chinese car access for a Xi deal, and Audi pays lessees $10,000 to keep EVs off its lots.

Sep 9, 2026

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Trump's DOT Says It's "Deeply Alarmed" by Ford's China Battery Deal. Ford Says Read the Deed.

Plus, Ram wants 825,000 sales a year by 2030, and Jeep recalls 328,381 Grand Cherokees for the same rear spring a third time.

Mercedes Signs Wayve to Bring Tesla-Style City Driving Assistance Within Two Years

Ceer Reveals Saudi Arabia's First Domestic Car: an 850-HP Gullwing EV

The RAV4 Is Hard to Find, and Nissan's Hybrid Rogue Wants Its Buyers

Volvo Names Skoda's Zellmer CEO, Up to a Year Before He Starts

VW Cuts Its 2026 Margin Forecast to 1%, Down From 4% to 5.5%

The Fed Hikes for the First Time Since 2023. It Can't Touch Gas Prices.

US Auto Tariff Tracker

Leno Wanted Every Car 35 Years and Older Smog-Exempt. California Gave Him 1976 Through 1985.

A New Car Now Costs $12,863 a Year to Own. In EV Sedans, Depreciation Eats the Fuel Savings.

GM Redesigns Its Trucks' Screens. JD Power Says Screens Are the Problem.

Honda Plans Its Biggest SUVs Yet, and a $2.5B Plant That Could Build Them

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Ford Killed the V8 in Its Most-Loaded F-150 Trims

Honda's $9B EV retreat

McLaren and Porsche Both Un-Killed the Manual This Week

Fake Airbag Inflators Have Killed 10 People. NHTSA Says They're in US Cars Now.

Porsche Stopped Building the Taycan. The Market Already Said Why.

Earlier Issues

Trump Says He'd Accept Chinese Car Plants in America

GM Sold Fewer Cars in China This Year. Its China Profits Nearly Tripled.

Stellantis Lines Up a Buyer for the Charger Plant. Unifor Walks Out.

AMG Built 30 V8 CLEs With No Back Seat. They're All Gone.

Volvo Drops Its Entry EV in the US and Gives the Hybrid Twin the Makeover Instead

Trump's DOT Says It's "Deeply Alarmed" by Ford's China Battery Deal. Ford Says Read the Deed.

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