Ohio dealer owner admitted trafficking at least 44 counterfeit airbags imported from China. Shipments were declared as desktop night lights to get them through customs. Prosecutors haven’t revealed how many customer vehicles received the counterfeit
BOW is a fully electric, autonomous urban-delivery concept. Stellantis worked on it with China-based UQI Robotics. Europe gets validation work first; production is nowhere in sight. An autonomous delivery vehicle does not need a driver,
Ford is introducing multiple styling, hardware, and tech updates to America’s favorite pickup. A new 3.0 V6 on base trucks makes the same power as the old 2.7 but torque peaks earlier. MY27 lineup has
Some dealers are offering the Kia EV9 for $16,000 under sticker. One of the cheapest new models in America costs just $40,694. Higher-end variants and Long Range models also have big discounts. Kia had high
Rolls-Royce revealed a one-off Phantom as a tribute to a client’s wife. The luxury sedan marks the first-ever application of iridescent abalone shell marquetry. It is called Phantom Hummingbird and is based on the long-wheelbase
Some consider plug-in hybrids the worst of both worlds, because when the battery runs out, you’re left lugging dead weight around that harms, rather than helps, your efficiency. But, if a PHEV fits into your
The city of Dallas, Texas, armed its trash collection trucks with AI-powered cameras earlier this year. This month, the NBC station down there did an investigation and discovered that they’re being used to assign “blight
Yesterday I told you that I’d be driving a 2026 Honda Prelude until next summer. I also explained that this project aims to give you much more feedback and general information about the car than
General Motors won the hearts of truck people when it announced that the 2027 Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra will come with not one but two new V8 engines: a 5.7-liter and a 6.6-liter. Traditionalists
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