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Chery Automobile Co. is exploring plans to set up local manufacturing operations in Canada, a move that could place one of China’s largest vehicle exporters right on the northern doorstep of the U.S. market.

While cold-gas thrusters and ground-effect suction fans were the obvious headlines following the Tesla Roadster's dynamic reveal, most of the halo electric supercar's capabilities will rely on advanced high-voltage battery architecture — should the car actually make it to production.

We know General Motors is introducing two brand-new naturally aspirated Gen 6 Small Block V8 engines for the 2027 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and 2027 GMC Sierra 1500.

High prices at the pump usually offer the strongest argument for going electric. Yet, according to AAA's 2026 Your Driving Costs study, electric vehicles still carry a slightly higher total ownership cost than their internal combustion and hybrid counterparts.

While pure combustion engines and battery-electric vehicles are both seeing sales downturns in 2026, dealers can't even keep hybrids on the lot these days. New hybrid sales have surged 24 percent year-to-date, while pre-owned hybrid transactions have jumped nearly 33 percent.

While fuel prices have been sending cash-strapped car shoppers running into the arms of hybrids, a very different movement is playing out at the upper end of the auto market. The V8 engine is staging a quiet comeback—driven by shifting federal emissions targets and die-hard enthusiast demand—even if dealer lots are struggling to move them as fast as factory assembly lines can pump them out.

If you’ve bought a new car in the last decade, you've probably noticed your dashboard turning into a glorified, rolling iPad. Between giant touchscreen displays, over-the-air updates, and slick companion smartphone apps, modern vehicles are constantly connected. But while your car is downloading traffic updates and weather reports, it’s also broadcasting an impressive amount of your personal data back out to the world—and straight into the hands of third-party advertisers.

Getting a car fixed in 2026 is hitting drivers' wallets significantly harder than it did just a few years ago.

Public EV charging infrastructure is making significant strides forward as automaker-backed networks elevate industry standards.

I'm sure by now you've heard all about the rollback of federal fuel economy regulations.

U.S. lawmakers are actively negotiating exemptions to a proposed Chinese vehicle ban to prevent major European automakers like Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, and Aston Martin from being barred from the American market, according to a report from Reuters.

Honda is in late-stage discussions to build a brand-new assembly plant in the United States, projecting a massive investment between $1.8 billion and $2.5 billion USD.

Bridgestone Americas has signed a three-year agreement to become the Official Tire of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and the exclusive tire supplier for the club’s growing SCCA Club Spec program.

Volkswagen’s premier profit generator has turned into one of its biggest financial headaches. Less than four years after its high-profile public listing, Porsche is struggling with dropping sales in China, rising U.S. tariffs, and costly missteps during its transition to electric vehicles.

A used car dealer in Ohio was found to be selling fake airbags from August 2024 through May 2025.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill 1392, the collector-car smog measure known as "Leno's Law." The exemption it creates does not begin phasing in until January 1, 2028, and even then it applies to a narrow slice of the classic-car population.

Firestone has introduced the Destination LE4, an all-season highway tire designed as the direct successor to its top-selling Destination LE3. Engineered specifically for crossovers, SUVs, and light trucks, the new tire brings structural reinforcements, revised tread geometry, and a refined rubber compound to improve durability and stopping performance.

Infotainment systems have become the single worst-performing category in new-vehicle quality, accounting for 25 percent of all reported problems, according to a JD Power study published last week.

Range Rover plans to pull back on the screen-heavy cabin approach that has come to define modern luxury interiors, starting with the new electric GT and eventually spreading across the lineup.

President Donald Trump said during a recent television interview that he would let Chinese car companies establish manufacturing facilities inside the United States, despite intense pushback from automakers and congressional leaders.

Ford is firing back after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy publicly called out the automaker's commitment to American manufacturing.

The VW Group’s decades-long stewardship of hypercar royalty is officially over.

General Motors CEO Mary Barra is standing firm on the company’s long-term electrification vision, maintaining that electric vehicles remain the automotive industry's ultimate destination despite shifting regulatory policies and slower consumer adoption rates.

In its perpetual quest to worsen the fuel efficiency or new automobiles and, likewise, put the environment further in harm's way, the current U.S. Federal government is going to be rolling back fuel efficiency standards. They claim it's so the savings in development costs to improve efficiency can be passed on to consumers, but reports simply say that's not the case.

Volkswagen is considering selling Italian motorcycle manufacturer Ducati as the German automotive conglomerate starts a daunting restructuring of its global business portfolio.

U.S. new-vehicle sales posted stronger-than-expected results in August 2026, signaling that consumer demand remains steady despite elevated interest rates and wider economic headwinds.

Toyota Motor Corporation is evaluating a shift toward hydrogen-powered trucks to handle its auto parts supply chain. The initiative comes as geopolitical instability in the Middle East puts pressure on global oil supplies, driving up fuel costs and renewing focus on energy independence.

The trade association representing the majority of manufacturers selling cars in the United States is asking Congress to permanently lock the door on Chinese connected vehicles.

General Motors is expanding the camera capabilities of its vehicles through over-the-air (OTA) software updates, unleashing new cabin monitoring and security recording tools without requiring a trip to the dealership.

A federal lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania alleges that gas stations within the Freedom Fuel Network—a discount chain praised by the Trump administration—were able to offer steep discounts because they never paid for the gasoline.

The voice on the line knows the car owner by name and immediately launches into a pitch for special dealership offers—20 percent off recommended services, a complimentary 27-point inspection, and a free car wash for a 2024 Nissan Kicks.

Volkswagen Group design chief Andreas Mindt says the industry's drift toward aggressive front ends has gone too far, and he wants the brands under his control to move in the opposite direction.

Diesel certainly has its perks—torque and efficiency come to mind—but the cost of a gallon of the stuff from the pump certainly isn't one of them.

Rumors suggesting Honda might borrow Nissan’s truck frame to build a traditional, body-on-frame SUV or pickup are getting shut down.

The theme of 2026 is that automakers are caught in the crosshairs, hoping for relief from trade tensions. They made choices, they did math and planned years in advance—then all at once the regulatory environment as they knew it changed.

When Ford pushes its race-prepped Coyote V8 engines to the edge on the track, the goal isn't just to win trophies—it's to break things.

Honda says it will rethink plans for a new North American manufacturing plant if trade policies across the United States, Canada, and Mexico remain in limbo.

If you're like us, you loathe controls being buried in touchscreens.

President Donald Trump's tariff war-- or at least the threat of imposing such-- is never-ending. The latest bout of proposed (i.e., attempt at intimidation) fees comes pointed at Canada, with Trump promising to implement a 50 percent tariff hike on Canadian automotive products effective January 1, 2027.

The multi-million-dollar hypercar market is officially splitting from mainstream passenger vehicles.

The JD Power 2026 U.S. Tech Experience Index (TXI) Study ranks automotive innovation across the entire industry.

Public comment sessions rarely deliver much drama, but San Diego officials got a jolt from the Dark Side when a man in a full Darth Vader costume stepped to the microphone at a City Council Public Safety Committee meeting and delivered a sarcastic endorsement of Flock Safety's controversial cameras.

A draft agreement that would have cut U.S. duties on Canadian-made vehicles to 15% collapsed at the last minute.

Since their popularity boom, electric vehicles have battled skeptics questioning whether the supposed environmental benefits are fact or fiction.

Flock's automatic license-plate readers have managed something Washington almost never does. They've united the right and the left, both of which have decided they don't much care for having their movements logged without a warrant.

Ford plans to move production of some Lincoln models out of China and into the United States starting in 2030, CEO Jim Farley told Reuters on Wednesday. The headline vehicle here is the Lincoln Nautilus, currently built in China and currently subject to a U.S. import tariff of 52.5%, a figure Ford confirmed.

Despite aggressive trade barriers, Ford Motor Company is actively preparing for Chinese automotive giants to enter the United States market within the next five to ten years.

Tesla has asked a federal judge for emergency access to a supplier's plant in Troy, Texas, so it can remove the tooling it needs to keep building the Cybertruck.

Car leasing, once a staple method for millions of Americans to drive a brand-new vehicle every few years with a lower monthly payment, is facing a significant downturn.

SK On and Factorial Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to bring Factorial's solid-state cell technology to SK On's global manufacturing network. It represents another step toward moving solid-state battery chemistry from prototype trials into volume production.

The escalating trade dispute between the United States and Canada has heavily disrupted North American automotive logistics.

President Donald Trump’s temporary 10 percent global tariff is set to expire on July 24. The temporary duty has applied broadly enough to catch many parts that were not covered by separate auto-specific tariffs. Automotive News reports that some suppliers and automakers have been dealing with costs that did not necessarily sit in the obvious “vehicle tariff” bucket.

Remember the chip shortage that came as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic? Though it might not be at the forefront of the news realm, the world's reliance on semiconductors has hardly lessened over the last few years, and the automotive space is no exception.

If you've spent any time on social media recently, you've likely seen the frantic warnings: A government-mandated "kill switch" is coming to all new passenger vehicles sold in the United States by 2027.

General Motors might be indirectly coming for people's jobs.

President Donald Trump cleared the records of nine aftermarket diesel tuners and mechanics convicted of federal Clean Air Act violations, dropping a holiday weekend bombshell on Truth Social that effectively closes the book on the federal government’s multi-year war on tailpipe emissions.

A new 132-page class action lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, alleges that 2018 through 2025 model-year Honda Odyssey minivans are equipped with a defective starting system that can leave families stranded.

Virginia officially introduced a new mechanism for managing high-risk traffic offenders, shifting the legal parameters for excessive speeding.

Washington has officially indicated it will shift the parameters of North American vehicle manufacturing, confirming that the Trump administration is refusing to sign a clean, 16-year extension of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

The story goes that after Mini sold the first round of its R50/R53 Cooper Hatch for the 2001 model year, they turned to existing customers for feedback to help the brand improve its then-sole model.