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Q&A: Waymo engineer Jake Tretter talks robotaxi rollout in Detroit

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WASHINGTON — Waymo's decision to deploy its ride-hailing service in the Motor City has been an exciting development for some, and an unnerving one to Metro Detroiters worried about the safety of self-driving cars.

Waymo LLC, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet, has already launched in several other major U.S. cities, including ...Read more

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Trump to ease mileage rules in bid to curb rising car prices

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The Trump administration is poised to undo Biden-era fuel efficiency standards it blames for driving up the cost of new cars, according to people familiar with the matter.

Executives from Detroit’s major automakers, including Stellantis NV Chief Executive Officer Antonio Filosa, are slated to attend a White House announcement of proposed fuel...Read more

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Trump to ease mileage rules in bid to curb rising car prices

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The Trump administration is poised to announce new fuel efficiency standards for automobiles in a bid to undo requirements it has assailed for driving up the cost of new cars, according to people familiar with the matter.

The chief executive officer of Jeep-maker Stellantis NV and senior executives from General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. ...Read more

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Ford November sales dip after aluminum plant fires, EV tax credit end

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Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. sales fell almost 1% year-over-year in November as an aluminum shortage affected F-Series production and electric vehicle sales plummeted 61% without the federal plug-in vehicle tax credit.

Total sales declined 0.9% to 164,925 vehicles for the month. Dealer services provider Cox Automotive Inc. forecasted U.S. sales for ...Read more

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Lawsuits and layoffs piled up before Michigan EV maker's collapse

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More than a year ago, the future looked bright for Oak Park, Mighigan-based electric vehicle maker Bollinger Motors: It had just started producing its first B4 work trucks and customer orders were pouring in amid plans to soon release a larger version, the B5.

“The odds of us getting to this point are so astronomically against us, and we ...Read more

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Auto review: 2025 Ford F-250 goes 6-figures, kicks competition

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Ford has entered Grasso’s Garage again this year: It is time to show off the F-Series Super Duty pickup, the F-250. Our tester is the F-250 Super Duty 4×4 Crew Cab Platinum — the valedictorian of all trucks with its 48 consecutive years of bestselling work vehicles.

Powering our $75,000+ base-price F-250 was the 6.7L High-Output Power ...Read more

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Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe on the EV maker and its future

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ATLANTA — RJ Scaringe didn’t build Rivian to make just 50,000 electric vehicles per year.

It’s a company designed to build many times more, the CEO of the upstart EV maker told the editorial board of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution last week. To get there, Rivian is banking on its newest vehicle, the R2, a two-row crossover, to be a big ...Read more

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Review: Nissan Sentra serves some sizzle in the simple sedan

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PHOENIX — Nissan’s luxury brand, Infiniti, no longer offers the Q50 compact sedan. But no worries, the Nissan Sentra SR will do the trick.

Twin 12.5-inch digital instrument and infotainment displays in a 15-inch hoodless screen. Chromed climate vents. Wireless Android Auto and charging pad. Eighteen-inch machined wheels. Stitched leather ...Read more

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Thieves are stealing keyless cars in minutes. Here's how to protect your vehicle

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LOS ANGELES — Car thieves are using tablets and antennas to steal keyless or "push to start" vehicles, police warn, but there are steps owners can take to protect their vehicles.

Recently, a group of masked individuals forcibly gained access into two vehicles sitting in the driveways of two separate Anaheim Hills homes and drove off with them...Read more

How Baja-beginner RJ Zanon, Bronco tackled daunting desert race

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America loves sports underdog stories: basketball’s Muggsy Bogues, Notre Dame wannabe Rudy Ruettiger, high-school football-player Michael Oher.

Welcome off-road racer RJ Zanon.

The California Army Reserve helicopter pilot entered his own Ford Bronco in North America’s most grueling professional off-road race, the SCORE Baja 1000, this ...Read more

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Auto review: 2026 Aston Martin DBX S is helplessly indulgent, fast and true luxury

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There was a time when SUV and Aston Martin would have gone together like Château Lafite and Cheez Whiz. But times change, and even Aston Martin must bend to the cruel geometry of the modern luxury market.

But here's the surprise: the 2026 Aston Martin DBX S is not a betrayal of the brand. It is, in fact, the most Aston Martin thing they’...Read more

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VW is reviving Scout line to be mostly hybrids rather than EVs

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Volkswagen AG is reviving its rugged Scout line of SUVs and pickup trucks — originally conceived as pure electric vehicles — as a brand of primarily gasoline-electric hybrids.

More than eight out of 10 consumers who put down a $100 reservation on a Scout have selected plug-in hybrid versions over EVs, according to the brand’s top ...Read more

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'Best of the best': 2026 North American Car, Truck and Utility of Year finalists announced

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And then there were nine.

The North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year awards unveiled the 2026 model year finalists Thursday with three contenders in each category. Finalists for Car of the Year are the Dodge Charger, Honda Prelude and Nissan Sentra. The Ford Maverick Lobo, Ram 1500 Hemi and Ram 2500 will fight it out for ...Read more

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Auto review: Charger unplugged! Dodge Sixpack muscle car is large and in charge

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ANN ARBOR, Michigan — In the early morning light, I rotated my gorgeous red 2026 Dodge Charger Sixpack Scat Pack onto empty Huron River Drive. I floored the throttle and awakened the beast. WAAUUUUUGHH! All four paws translated 531 pounds of torque to the asphalt and I exploded toward the twisties — my fingers rifling through the gears with ...Read more

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Auto review: 2025 Subaru Ascent moves people and stuff

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In 2025, the options are endless for seven-passenger people movers, as a lot of manufacturers have gotten smart by adding two extra seats in the trunk section to accommodate additional passengers. In Grasso’s Garage today, we consider the Subaru Ascent, another model taking advantage of the usable space and accommodating those who need to move...Read more

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Auto review: Affordable Italian glamour: the 2026 Alfa Romeo Tonale

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In a building at Alfa Romeo’s test track in Balocco, Italy, there’s a hallway lined with photographs of impossibly glamorous people driving impossibly glamorous cars. They’re the sort of images that make you want to light a cigarette and say something dramatic in Italian, even if you don’t speak a word of it. It’s from a time when ...Read more

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Ford aluminum supplier's plant catches fire again

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Another fire broke out Thursday morning at a major aluminum plant supplying Ford Motor Co.'s full-size pickup trucks, sending down shares of the automaker.

Aluminum makes up the bodies of the F-Series trucks, the country's best-selling vehicles that drive the company's earnings. Atlanta-based Novelis Inc.'s Oswego, New York, plant accounts for ...Read more

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Driverless ride-sharing company Waymo expanding to Minneapolis

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Waymo, the driverless ride-hailing company, is bringing its fleet of autonomous electric vehicles to Minneapolis.

Testing of the signature white Jaguar I-Pace SUVs and Zeekr RT vehicles is set to begin Thursday, but it will likely be several months before passenger service will begin.

“We are here and telling you what we are doing,” said ...Read more

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Driverless ride-sharing company Waymo expanding to Minneapolis

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Waymo, the driverless ride-hailing company, is bringing its fleet of autonomous electric vehicles to Minneapolis.

Testing of the signature white Jaguar I-Pace SUVs and Zeekr RT vehicles is set to begin Thursday, but it will likely be several months before passenger service will begin.

“We are here and telling you what we are doing,” said ...Read more

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Hyundai CEO: White House apologized for raid on Georgia battery factory

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A White House official telephoned Hyundai Motor Co. Chief Executive José Muñoz to apologize for the September immigration raid at the South Korean company’s electric vehicle manufacturing campus near Savannah, Muñoz said Wednesday.

Speaking at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, Muñoz said the unnamed official told him he or she...Read more