Federal Judge Says You Have A Right To Repair Your Car, But Automakers Vow To Appeal Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly passed the Right to Repair Act back in 2020. After some initial hesitation, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration threw its support behind the law. Automakers, however, sued to stop the law from going into effect. Unfortunately for them, a judge just dismissed… Read more…

Automakers Want To Make Cheap Cars For Us Poors, Everyone Wants A Four-Door Suzuki Jimny And More Musk In This Week’s News Roundup Automakers may have finally realized that we’re all out of money, so they’re now apparently planning on bringing back cheaper cars. The plan is to do this through lower-end trims, value-focused special editions and even reviving cheap dead vehicles from their pasts. It’s welcome news for folks who see the average… Read more…

Automakers brace for ‘massive’ impact of Trump’s tariffs Your next car purchase is probably going to be more expensive, thanks to President Donald Trump. Around 5.3 million vehicles are built in Canada and Mexico, 70 percent of which are destined for the United States. Those vehicles will soon be subject to 25 percent tariffs, which were just announced by the Trump administration. And

Automakers Brace for Impact of Trump Tariff Plan for Canada and Mexico North American car companies have operated across borders for three decades. Tariffs would raise prices and cost jobs in the short run, analysts say.

These Automakers Should Merge Next At the end of 2024, Honda and Nissan announced a mergerto form a new company that will share products and ideas. Well, it’s been met with mixed reactions, to say the least. However, it did get me thinking about possible future automaker hookups, which eventually led to my question from last week. Read more…

Automakers sue to block Biden’s ‘flawed’ automatic emergency braking rule Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty ImagesA new rule requiring all vehicles to have automatic emergency braking is “flawed” and should be repealed, a new lawsuit filed by the auto industry’s main lobbying group says. The suit was filed in US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit by the Alliance of Automotive Innovation, which represents most of the ma…

Which Automakers Should Merge Next? Mergers have been in the news a lot lately. Whether it’s the announcement that Honda and Nissan are joining forces or rumors that Stellantis may end up selling off some of its brands, automakers working together have been at the forefront of a lot of people’s (read: my) minds. That’s what led me to today’s question. Read more…

E.V. Demand Leads Automakers to a Strong 2024 Finish General Motors was the biggest winner in U.S. sales in the final quarter, with a gain of 21 percent. It more than doubled its electric vehicle sales.

Senators rip into automakers for selling customer data and blocking right to repair Image: GettyA bipartisan group of senators is calling out the auto industry for its “hypocritical, profit-driven” opposition to national right-to-repair legislation, while also selling customer data to insurance companies and other third-party interests. In a letter sent to the CEOs of the top automakers, the trio of legislators — Sens. Elizabe…

NHTSA Says Never Mind To Massive Airbag Recall After Lengthy Fight With Automakers Good morning! It’s Thursday, December 19, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more…

How Automakers Went From Boom To Bust After The Pandemic Back when the COVID-19 pandemic was in full swing, wreaking havoc across the world, automakers enjoyed record-high profits as they raised prices because of a shortage of new cars. Now though, that honeymoon period is over, and these companies aren’t in a position to recover without a lot of pain. Read more…

More Automakers Should Bring Whimsy Into Their Cars Like Rivian Does I love a good gimmick: something that is sort of pointless other than the fact it’s meant to sort of entertain you. It’s severely lacking in the automotive world, but I’m happy to report gimmicks are starting to appear in more and more cars, especially electric vehicles. Adding more gimmicks makes sense with EVs, as en… Read more…

These Are Automakers That Should Join F1 Next, According To Our Readers We learned this week that Formula 1 finally approved Cadillac to compete as a constructor starting in 2026. Apparently, Andretti’s involvement was an issue, but eventually they worked things out, and we couldn’t be more excited. Read more…

American Automakers Are Rallying Against Donald Trump’s EV Cuts Good morning! It’s Friday, November 22, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more…

Automakers plead with Trump: don’t kill the EV tax credit Image: Laura Normand / The VergeThe auto industry is sending an urgent message to President-elect Donald Trump: spare the $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit. In a November 14th letter to Trump and his transition team, the auto industry’s main lobbying group urges the new administration to preserve incentives for EV buyers and manufacturers that…

Automakers Want Trump to Keep Federal E.V. Regulations in Place Donald J. Trump promised to erase Biden tailpipe rules that are designed to get carmakers to produce E.V.s. But Detroit wants to keep them.

These Are The Cars Automakers Should Build After Elon Musk Kills The Pesky NHTSA President-elect Donald Trump has promised to put Elon Musk in charge of cutting the federal budget, which means he may have power to overhaul the meddling National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that’s always interfering with his car company. This poses an interesting question: If Musk strips regulators of… Read more…

Cool Badges, Irrelevant Automakers And The Worst Things You’ve Ever Done To Your Car In This Week’s QOTD Roundup It can be challenging to gauge the relevance of any automaker, but you can generally feel it. For example, how many recent Jaguars do you see on the road? When was the last time you’ve seen anyone get excited for a Chrysler that wasn’t a 300? You know, the Chrysler 300, the vehicle famous for resembling a car… Read more…

These Are The Most Irrelevant Automakers We asked our readers earlier this week what automaker is the most irrelevant. The responses were surprising in one of two ways: it was a foreign manufacturer that I didn’t even remember sold cars in the U.S., or it was a domestic make whose best years are behind it. Without further ado, here are the most irrelevant… Read more…

Worst Sports Cars, Cars From Good Automakers And Laws That Need To End In This Week’s QOTD Roundup There are very few automakers out there that have been all killer, no filler throughout their history. Whether it’s a near miss like the Ferrari Mondial or a massive let down like the Alfa Romeo Arna, the world’s greatest car companies have all made a bad car at least once, right? – Owen Bellwood Read More Read more…