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Nissan Is Telling Owners of Its Newest Leaf EV Not to Fast Charge or Park in a Garage Because the Battery Can Catch Fire With No Fix Yet Available
Nissan is telling owners of 51 brand-new 2026 Leaf EVs to stop charging their cars
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Waymo and Amazon’s Zoox Are Both Expanding Paid Robotaxi Rides Into Denver, San Diego and Tampa in the Very Same Week, Racing to Beat Tesla to the Punch
Alphabet’s Waymo and Amazon’s Zoox both pushed into new US markets within the same week,
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General Motors Is Extending Production Halts and Cutting Jobs at Three More Assembly Plants as It Retools Its Factories for Trucks and Electric Vehicles
General Motors has pulled the trigger on production halts and job cuts at three separate
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Automotive History’s Single Most Expensive Recall Still Isn’t Finished, a Full 17 Years and Dozens of Confirmed Deaths After It First Began
The Takata airbag recall, first triggered by isolated inflator failures in the mid-2000s and formalized
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Gas Powered Cars, Not Electric Ones, Are Actually Driving This Year’s Record Wave of Park Outside Fire Recalls, According to a New Breakdown of the Data
Gasoline-powered vehicles, not electric ones, are driving this year’s surge in “park outside” fire-risk recalls,
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Hyundai and Kia Will Pay 9 Million Dollars After Attorneys General Found Millions of Their Cars Left the Factory Without Basic Anti-Theft Technology
Hyundai and Kia will pay up to $9 million after a coalition of state attorneys
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How New Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Are Quietly Adding Real Dollars to the Sticker Price of Every New Car, Not Just Imported Ones
Domestically built cars are up $1,600 to $2,000, not just imports The number that undercuts
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IIHS Just Quietly Added Two More Models to Its Toughest Safety Award List in a Mid-Year Update to the 2026 Top Safety Pick+ Rankings
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has added two more vehicles to its top-tier 2026
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Chinese EV Giant BYD Is Now Selling More Cars in Europe Than Ever Before, Even With Tariffs Specifically Meant to Stop It
BYD registered roughly 173,000 vehicles across Europe in the first half of 2026, up about
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Congress Just Advanced a Federal Right-to-Repair Bill That Could Force Automakers to Share Diagnostic Data With Independent Shops
The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 48-1 on May 21, 2026, to advance the
