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Tesla Faces Fraud Investigation From DOJ, SEC Over ‘Full Self-Driving’ Claims

Tesla Faces Fraud Investigation From DOJ, SEC Over ‘Full Self-Driving’ Claims

News → News by Brand → Tesla News Tesla’s doublespeak about its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving tech could earn it criminal penalties. byJames Gilboy| PUBLISHED May 8, 2024 6:00 PM EDT Brandon Bell via Getty Images For almost a decade now, Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk have repeatedly promised that its automated driving assists […]

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Fisker Is Parting Out Prototypes to Fix Broken Customer Cars: Report

Fisker Is Parting Out Prototypes to Fix Broken Customer Cars: Report

News → Car Tech → Electric Vehicles Fisker summons Warranty Repair from the Graveyard! No really—that’s what Fisker calls its lot of unsellable cars. byJames Gilboy| PUBLISHED May 2, 2024 3:20 PM EDT Fisker Things are going from bad to worse at Fisker. As cash runs short, the company is getting desperate for income, slashing

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Hey GM: If You Want to Beat Apple, Give People the Buttons CarPlay Can’t

Hey GM: If You Want to Beat Apple, Give People the Buttons CarPlay Can’t

News → News by Brand → GM News Automakers will just keep losing to phone interfaces as long as they continue to avoid buttons. byJosé Rodríguez Jr| PUBLISHED May 2, 2024 12:00 PM EDT View from inside the cabin of the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV RS. Chevrolet General Motors’ big bet to jettison Apple CarPlay

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2024 Ford Mustang GT’s Next-Gen Coyote V8 Is Now a Crate Engine

2024 Ford Mustang GT’s Next-Gen Coyote V8 Is Now a Crate Engine

News → News by Brand → Ford News Want the 7th-gen Mustang GT’s 480-hp V8 in your project car? Now you can buy one new, instead of scavenging it from a nearby Cars & Coffee. byCaleb Jacobs| PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2024 1:00 PM EDT Ford (edited by author) This fourth-generation Coyote V8 is more powerful

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US Pressuring Mexico to Stop Giving Chinese EV Makers Sweet Deals

US Pressuring Mexico to Stop Giving Chinese EV Makers Sweet Deals

News → Car Tech → Manufacturing The U.S. government is getting worried about all the incentives Mexico’s given to Chinese automakers. byJosé Rodríguez Jr.| PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2024 9:15 AM EDT Lillian Suwanrumpha/Getty Images Mexico is reportedly putting meetings with Chinese carmakers on hold in an effort to avoid angering the United States, one of

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Nissan Thinks It Can Beat Toyota to Solid-State EV Batteries

Nissan Thinks It Can Beat Toyota to Solid-State EV Batteries

News → News by Brand → Nissan News Nissan went from EV leader to laggard. Now it’s trying to flip the script by beating Toyota to the holy grail of battery technology. byJames Gilboy| PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2024 4:25 PM EDT Nissan Nissan was once an EV pioneer; now it’s playing catch-up. But instead of

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Fox Shocks Will Sell This Skunkworks Silverado With 700 HP and Wild Suspension

Fox Shocks Will Sell This Skunkworks Silverado With 700 HP and Wild Suspension

News → News by Brand → Chevrolet News Fox developed the F-150 Raptor rival that Chevy won’t, and it’s an amazingly engineered piece of kit that goes far beyond the usual aftermarket upfit. byCaleb Jacobs| PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2024 1:30 PM EDT Fox Factory The 2024 Chevrolet Silverado Fox Factory Edition is serious. That’s evidenced

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Self-Driving Cars Banned in British Columbia

Self-Driving Cars Banned in British Columbia

News → Car Tech → Self-Driving Tech British Columbia doesn’t want unsupervised self-driving cars on its public roads. byJosé Rodríguez Jr.| PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2024 1:00 PM EDT Mario Tama/Getty One of the biggest provinces in Canada is making the use of autonomous vehicles illegal on public roads. British Columbia has banned self-driving vehicles that

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Rivian Will Use Your EV to Spread the Word About Bad Public Chargers

Rivian Will Use Your EV to Spread the Word About Bad Public Chargers

News → News by Brand → Rivian News Rivians now grade public chargers every time their owners use them, and share those ratings with other customers. byNico DeMattia| PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2024 12:30 PM EDT For all of Tesla’s shortcomings, one thing it does undeniably well is charging. Tesla’s Supercharger network is vast, outstanding to

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Ford’s Hands-Free BlueCruise Was Active in Fatal Crash, Officials Say

Ford’s Hands-Free BlueCruise Was Active in Fatal Crash, Officials Say

News → News by Brand → Ford News This marks the first time a hands-free driving assist system has been observed in a road death. byJames Gilboy| PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2024 5:00 PM EDT Ford The National Transportation Safety Board has found that Ford’s hands-free highway driving assist BlueCruise was active during a fatal crash

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