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  • How China's new auto giants left GM, VW and Tesla in the dust

    07/03/2025 8:56:27 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 27 replies
    Reuters ^ | July 3, 20254:00 AM CDT | Nick Carey and Norihiko Shirouzu
    BYD, Chery and other Chinese car makers have reshaped global competition through their unprecedented agility. They have found ways to develop new models in less than half the time it takes their foreign rivals, helping to drive explosive growth. SHENZHEN - In October 2023, Chinese automaker Chery ordered engineers and suppliers to travel on short notice to proving grounds in Zhaoyuan, Shandong Province. Over a weekend, they planned an overhaul of the suspension and steering on the Chinese version of Chery’s Omoda 5 SUV for Europe, a key market in its global expansion. The problem: The car had been designed...
  • This Is Why No One Wants to Work at Dealerships:' Mechanic Works on Audi With Nail in Tire. Then He Turns on the Computer

    06/26/2025 1:55:40 PM PDT · by DUMBGRUNT · 153 replies
    Motor1 ^ | 26 June 2025 | Chad Swiatecki
    A simple flat tire on an Audi should be a 10-minute fix. But thanks to today's hyper-connected vehicle systems, a TikTok video showed how it turned into a half-hour ordeal involving fault scans, resets, and drive cycles—all because of a nail.
  • How Tariffs Will Impact U.S. Car Prices, by Brand

    06/25/2025 6:24:46 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 55 replies
    Visual Capitalist ^ | June 24, 2025 | Marcus Lu & Sam Parker
  • BMW believed to have sparked devastating fire removed from JAX hourly garage

    06/25/2025 7:32:49 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 55 replies
    News4jax.com ^ | Published: June 25, 2025 | Francine Frazier, Senior digital producer Aaron Farrar, Weekend Anchor Will Sandidge, Photojournal
    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – More than a month after a devastating fire in the hourly parking garage at Jacksonville International Airport, the BMW believed to have sparked that fire has been removed from the garage. A spokesperson with the Jacksonville Aviation Authority confirmed that a photo shared with News4JAX showing a fire-damaged vehicle being lowered by crane onto a tow truck is the BMW in question. About 1,200 cars were parked in the garage at the time the fire started. Nearly 50 cars were damaged, and hundreds of them had to be left there initially until drivers were contacted and told...
  • Supreme Court Delivers Blow To California Climate Zealots

    06/23/2025 4:07:47 AM PDT · by george76 · 22 replies
    Daily Caller News Foundation. ^ | June 20, 2025 | Katelynn Richardson
    The Supreme Court sided Friday with oil companies seeking to challenge California’s electric vehicle regulations. In a 7-2 ruling, the court allowed energy producers to continue their lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to approve California regulations that require manufacturing more electric vehicles. “The government generally may not target a business or industry through stringent and allegedly unlawful regulation, and then evade the resulting lawsuits by claiming that the targets of its regulation should be locked out of court as unaffected bystanders,” Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in the majority opinion. “In light of this Court’s precedents and the evidence...
  • Your Car Could Be Held for Ransom: The Rise of Automotive Cyber Attacks

    06/20/2025 11:27:52 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 61 replies
    Autoblog ^ | June 20, 2025 | Brian Iselin
    Why Car Cybersecurity Can’t Be Ignored Imagine treating a ticking time bomb as background noise. That’s how many in the automotive industry have approached ransomware. Ransomware now accounts for 45% of all automotive cyber incidents so far in 2025, making it the leading threat to the sector. The scale of these attacks is also increasing: large-scale incidents affecting millions of vehicles more than tripled in 2024, and nearly 60% of all reported cyber events in 2023–2024 were large-scale in nature There is strong evidence that the number of publicly disclosed automotive ransomware attacks is only a fraction of the true...
  • GM unveils quickest Corvette ever with ZR1X ‘hypercar’ going 0-60 mph in less than two seconds

    06/17/2025 9:30:59 AM PDT · by Enterprise · 98 replies
    https://www.cnbc.com ^ | Jun 17 2025 | Michael Wayland
    The Corvette ZR1X’s top speed is 233 mph, with a 0-60 mph time of under two seconds, according to GM. The vehicle’s LT7 twin-turbo V-8 engine that’s shared with both ZR1 models is rated at 1,064 horsepower and 828 foot-pounds of torque, the company said. Adding to the performance of the ZR1X is an electric axle that makes the vehicle all-wheel drive and gives it an additional 186 horsepower and 145 foot-pounds of torque, GM said.
  • Your New Life Of Driverless Cars

    06/11/2025 7:14:15 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 74 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | 06/11/2025 | Jeffrey Tucker
    If you live in Northern California, you know this already. In a few years, driverless cars will be everywhere. You will likely use them if you travel to the city. If you live in a town of any substantial size, you or someone you know will likely use them.The numbers on the increase where they are currently permitted are simply amazing. In less than a year, the Google company called Waymo has increased its weekly ride volume from 10,000 in August 2023 to more than 250,000 today. It has passed 10 million successful trips. These cars are everywhere on the...
  • Trump to revoke California vehicle emission rules on Thursday

    06/10/2025 7:59:37 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 23 replies
    Politico ^ | 06/10/2025 | Alex Nieves
    President Donald Trump plans to sign a trio of resolutions Thursday to revoke California’s nation-leading vehicle emissions standards. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), author of a resolution to nix the state’s electric vehicle sales mandate via the Congressional Review Act, and Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) confirmed that the White House has scheduled the signings at 11 a.m. on Thursday. Trump’s signature will finalize his administration’s monthslong effort to thwart California’s authority to set stricter electrification rules for passenger vehicles and commercial trucks, along with higher standards for heavy-duty diesel engines. Trump’s EPA revoked an earlier version of California’s vehicle emissions...
  • Rad! 2026 Ford Mustang FX Package Remasters 1980s-Era Fox Body

    06/10/2025 1:04:17 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 83 replies
    Motor Trend ^ | June 09, 2025 | Staff
    Are you a child of the 1980s or 1990s? Your ideal new/old Mustang is here. The so-called "Fox body" Ford Mustangs, the third-generation cars built from 1979 through 1993, are enjoying a sort of nostalgia-driven renaissance in interest these days. Unsurprisingly, this is because those who were young when the Fox bodies were on sale are now older, maybe with some extra cash and spare garage space to start collecting these Mustangs off-lawn, so to speak. How "in" are Fox bodies these days? Ford is even getting in on the action with a new FX package that celebrates the Mustang...
  • Why Aren’t Americans Buying EVs? AAA Survey Uncovers Key Hesitations

    06/07/2025 8:37:00 PM PDT · by DoodleBob · 97 replies
    Autoblog ^ | June 4, 2025 | James Ochoa
    These days, it seems like every automaker and its rivals have some sort of electric car out on the market. Years ago, Elon Musk and Tesla were one of only a handful of manufacturers on the block producing electric vehicles, but today’s EVs come from a smattering of brands that include familiar mainstream names like Ford, Chevrolet, and even Hyundai and Kia. However, while there are more choices in the American EV market than ever before, a new customer survey conducted by the American Automobile Association reveals that Americans may not be as interested in electric cars as they think....
  • The US States Planning to Ban Sales of Gas-Powered Cars 8 US States are currently planning on banning the sale of Gas-powered vehicles in the near future.

    06/04/2025 7:36:16 AM PDT · by dennisw · 58 replies
    MSN ^ | 6-4 | Motoring USA
    The US States Planning to Ban Sales of Gas-Powered Cars 8 US States are currently planning on banning the sale of Gas-powered vehicles in the near future. Here are the States that are planning on doing so and by when, as well as if this legislation is likely to come into effect.
  • HERE'S WHAT MAKES 'EARNHARDT' A DOCUMENTARY EVERY RACING FAN SHOULD WATCH

    06/01/2025 5:22:32 AM PDT · by pnz1 · 10 replies
    Motorsport.com ^ | 5/31/25 | Nick DeGroot
    Ahead of Prime Video's first weekend streaming a NASCAR Cup Series race, the first half a four-part documentary on the late, great Dale Earnhardt was released. The show immediately shot to No. 1 among trending shows on the streaming service, and remains inside the top five a full week later as the final two parts were released.
  • GM to pour $888M into building new V-8 engine in New York

    05/29/2025 1:36:30 AM PDT · by Libloather · 129 replies
    Fox Business ^ | 5/28/25 | Pilar Arias
    General Motors is investing $888 million in its Tonawanda Propulsion plant in Buffalo, New York, "to support the production of the sixth generation of GM’s V-8 engines," the automaker announced Tuesday. The investment is a shift from a previously announced $300 million commitment to make electric-vehicle drive units at the plant, as the V-8 engines are used in GM's full-sized trucks and SUVs. GM says the newer engines will provide drivers better fuel economy and reduce emissions by utilizing "new combustion and thermal management innovations." "Our significant investments in GM’s Tonawanda Propulsion plant show our commitment to strengthening American manufacturing...
  • EV Owners May Soon Find There’s Nowhere Left To Plug In

    05/26/2025 9:03:50 AM PDT · by Signalman · 126 replies
    CARSCOOPS ^ | 5/25/2025 | Brad Anderson
    Sales of electric vehicles are on the rise in the United States, but the road ahead for charging infrastructure looks a whole lot bumpier. Despite growing interest in EVs, the pace of building high-speed chargers isn’t just lagging, it’s actively falling behind. Add in looming policy shifts under the Trump administration, and the gap between supply and demand could widen even further. It’s understood that the number of high-speed EV chargers being installed across the US dropped more than 21% through the first quarter compared to last year. With this in mind, BloombergNEF has cut its expectations for EV installations...
  • Senate Votes to End California’s EV Mandate

    05/22/2025 9:39:41 AM PDT · by karpov · 23 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | May 22, 2025 | Lindsay Wise and Sharon Terlep
    The GOP-led Senate voted Thursday to take away California’s ability to set its own tailpipe emissions standards, effectively killing the country’s biggest driver of EV investment. The vote was 51-44. The move nullifies a measure, enacted by the state in 2022 and later adopted by 11 other states, banning the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035. The House already passed the same resolution. Now it heads to President Trump for his signature. U.S. carmakers and auto dealers argued that keeping in place the waiver—which permits California to set stricter emissions rules than the federal government—could cripple the industry by...
  • US expected to declare Biden fuel economy rules exceeded legal authority

    05/19/2025 4:26:42 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 19 replies
    Reuters ^ | May 19, 20255:31 PM CDT | Reuters
    WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department is expected to declare that fuel economy rules issued under then President Joe Biden exceeded the government's legal authority by including electric vehicles in setting the rules, automakers said on Monday. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the department's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Friday submitted its interpretive rule, "Resetting the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program" to the White House for review. He said in a statement the prior administration had "illegally used CAFE standards as a backdoor electric vehicle mandate – driving the price of cars up."
  • Ford Announces Massive Recall Over Braking Issue

    05/16/2025 9:57:14 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 25 replies
    100 Percent Fed Up ^ | May 15, 2025 | Staff
    Ford has announced a recall of over 250,000 vehicles over a potential issue that could make their brakes defective. Ford announced in a filing to the National Highway Traffic Administration that it would be recalling 273,800 Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs due to braking issues. The report stated, “SUVs’ front brake lines “may be in contact with the engine air cleaner outlet pipe,” causing possible brake defects. “A brake line leak may cause longer-than-expected brake pedal travel and result in a reduction in the rate of deceleration,” added Ford. Check out what Fox Business reported: Ford is recalling 273,800 Expedition...
  • Vermont halts electric vehicle requirements as governor says ‘current goals’ not realistic

    05/13/2025 5:00:41 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 20 replies
    Nypost via Reuters ^ | 05/13/2025 | Reuters
    Vermont Governor Phil Scott paused the state’s electric vehicle sales requirements for passenger cars and medium and heavy-duty trucks on Tuesday, amid broader concerns about the feasibility of zero-emission vehicle rules pioneered by California. Vermont is one of 11 states including New York, Maryland and Massachusetts that have adopted California’s zero-emission vehicle rules, which seek to end the sale of gasoline-only vehicles by 2035. California’s rules require 35% of light-duty vehicles in the 2026 model year to be zero-emission models. Scott, a Republican, cited warnings from automakers that they could limit supply of gas-powered vehicles to dealers in the state...
  • EPA removes start-stop incentives, ending unpopular red-light engine shut-offs

    05/13/2025 3:39:39 AM PDT · by davikkm · 56 replies
    The Environmental Protection Agency is rolling back fuel economy incentives for start-stop technology, a system that automatically shuts off a car’s engine when stopped at a red light or in traffic. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the decision, calling the feature a “climate participation trophy” that drivers overwhelmingly dislike. The move marks a significant shift in federal policy, reversing regulations that encouraged automakers to include the system in new vehicles. Start-stop technology was introduced as part of Obama-era emissions rules, designed to reduce fuel consumption and lower carbon emissions. The system became widespread, with 65 percent of new cars featuring...