The main federal auto safety agency said on Monday that it was investigating a Tesla crash that killed a woman in Katy, Texas, near Houston, on Friday night.…
Read more Tesla Crash That Killed a Texas Woman Will be Investigated by Federal RegulatorsThere are just 16 Flock Safety cameras in Thornton. But those electronic eyes, mounted to poles at intersections throughout this city of nearly 150,000, brought out dozens of…
Read more Pushback against Flock cameras comes to Denver suburb — the latest Colorado city to enter debateMy iPhone Wallet stores theater and transit tickets and all of my credit and debit cards, and it lets me sashay like a boss through my gym’s turnstile.…
Read more Why Are We All Still Carrying Around Car Keys?The issues could cascade beyond the design. The auto manufacturing industry operates on strict production schedules. Though it builds in time to validate and test whatever new features…
Read more New Rules Could Force Tesla to Redesign Its Door Handles. That’s Harder Than It SoundsDespite years of effort and the outlay of billions of dollars, none of the world’s automakers have yet to match Tesla’s prowess in delivering over-the-air (OTA) software updates.…
Read more Why Are Car Software Updates Still So Bad?Almost immediately after the cyberattack, a group on Telegram called Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, claimed responsibility for the hack. The group name implies a potential collaboration between three loose…
Read more A Cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover Is Causing a Supply Chain DisasterA proposed California law, Senate Bill 712, would have exempted older, collector vehicles from the state’s strict smog-check requirements—if they were insured as collector motor vehicles and had…
Read more Brickbat: Leno’s LossCar companies love a mission statement. With the arrival of the Concept C, Audi’s new one is crystal clear: “radical simplicity”. An all-electric two-seater with a retractable folding…
Read more The Concept C Is the All-Electric Sports Car Kickstarting Audi’s Design FutureEREVs have some manufacturing advantages, too, says Steven Ewing, who directs editorial content at Edmunds. Specifics on Scout production are scant, but at least the Ramcharger is using…
Read more Automakers Are Hot for Extended-Range EVs. They Hope Buyers Like Them Too“No Model Y ‘refresh’ is coming out this year,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk stated earlier this year. “I should note that Tesla continuously improves its cars, so even…
Read more Model Y Is Getting a Mutt Makeover, Joining the List of Cars Designed for—and by—DogsColorado has three years to lower ground-level ozone pollution to meet federal standards, and this summer’s hazy skies — caused by oil and gas drilling, heavy vehicle traffic…
Read more Clock is ticking to clean the Front Range’s dirty air by 2027. The region’s off to a bad start this summer.This is a new issue for the automotive industry. “One of the beautiful things about automotive has been that it tends to move much more slowly than consumer…
Read more Cars Are Now Rolling Computers, So How Long Will They Get Updates? Automakers Can’t SayLast week, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked me to moderate what he called “The Real Debate.” Kennedy was angry with CNN because it wouldn’t let him…
Read more Biden, Trump, and RFK Jr. are all anti-freedomThe operating system has been developed well, and is largely easy to use, but there is a lot going on. And that’s not all. The Edition 1 model…
Read more Audi Q6 E-tron Review: AI-Enabled, Serious ComfortIt was the last week in June, and José De Bardi hadn’t gotten much sleep. The trouble had really kicked off on June 18, about a week earlier,…
Read more Fisker Went Bankrupt. What Do Its EV Owners Do Next?The resurrection of Bugatti is one of the 21st century’s most notable automotive stories. Aristocratic, artistic, and more than a little arcane, Bugatti was a prewar marque that…
Read more Bugatti’s $4 Million Hybrid Hypercar Has the Craziest Steering Wheel We’ve Ever SeenFisker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late on Monday, ending months of speculation over the future of the company. Now the EV maker is looking to sell…
Read more Fisker Is DeadThe launch of a new electric vehicle these days is invariably met with a chorus of “this car is too expensive”—and rightfully so. But for used EVs, particularly…
Read more You Can Buy a Used Tesla for Cheap. Just Be Careful If You DoCar enthusiasts mourn the commoditization of propulsion. Once petrolheads would have chosen a BMW for its sonorous straight-six or a Mercedes-AMG for its thunderous V8. Now many believe…
Read more An Innovative EV Motor Used by Lamborghini, McLaren, and Ferrari Is Being Mass-Produced by MercedesMore people are enjoying the benefits of driving vehicles with hybrid engines. Aside from spending less on fuel, owners of hybrid vehicles are taking advantage of being exempted…
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