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2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ
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GM CFO Says Automaker Can Absorb EV Losses: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Feb 5, 2026

2026 Toyota RAV4 GR Sport
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Toyota Can’t Build the RAV4 Fast Enough, Tells Dealers To Sell Other Models: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Feb 4, 2026

Toyota Highlander EV teaser
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The Toyota Highlander EV Debuts Feb. 10: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Feb 3, 2026

Scout
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Scout CEO Reveals Nearly All Its Electric Truck Buyers Want a Gas Engine: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Feb 2, 2026

Waymo
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A Waymo Self-Driving Robotaxi Hit a Child During School Drop-Off: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Jan 30, 2026

Tesla Model S
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Tesla Just Killed 40% of Its Lineup so It Can Build Robots: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Jan 29, 2026

Mary Barra, General Motors Chair and Chief Executive Officer
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Canada Allowing the Import of Cheap Chinese EVs Has GM CEO Nervous: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Jan 28, 2026

2025 Volvo EX90
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Volvo Is Considering a Mercedes GLS and BMW X7 Rival: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Jan 27, 2026

BMW M5 V8
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BMW Sticking With V8 and V12 Engines Despite EV Pivot: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Jan 26, 2026

Presidential Cadillac Escalade
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President Trump’s New Armored Cadillac Escalade Emerges: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Jan 23, 2026

Hybrid Toyota MR2 patent
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Toyota Boss Confirms Mid-Engine Sports Car With 2.0-liter Turbo-4: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Jan 22, 2026

Ford Fusion
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Ford CEO Says Automaker Couldn’t ‘Compete and Be Profitable’ With Sedans: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Jan 21, 2026

A Tesla Cybertruck is parked on a street and a red downward arrow is superimposed over it.
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Tesla Cybertruck Sales Dropped 50% in 2025: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Jan 20, 2026

Toyota North Carolina Battery Plant
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Ford Might Buy Batteries From China’s BYD for Its Hybrids: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Jan 16, 2026

President Trump visiting the Dearborn Truck Plant
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Trump Hurting US Auto Manufacturing While Helping China, Pete Buttigieg Says: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Jan 15, 2026

President Trump visiting the Dearborn Truck Plant
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‘Let China Come In’ to US Auto Industry Trump Says While in Detroit: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Jan 14, 2026

Mary Barra, General Motors Chair and Chief Executive Officer
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EVs Are Still the ‘End Game’ Says GM CEO: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Jan 13, 2026

Electric Hyundai Staria
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Hyundai Aims To Succeed With the Electric Staria Van Where the VW ID Buzz Failed: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Jan 12, 2026

Toyota Daihatsu Kei Truck from GR
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Toyota Unveiled a Mid-Engine Two-Seater That No One Expected: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Jan 9, 2026

Ford EV truck concept art.
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Ford Thinks It Can Beat China and Build the World’s Cheapest EV Motors for its $30K Electric Truck: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Jan 8, 2026

Hybrid Toyota MR2 patent
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Toyota’s Debuting a Mid-Engine Two-Seater on Friday: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Jan 7, 2026

Zeekr 7X Rear 3/4 View
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The Chinese Are Coming and Plan To Build Cars in the US in the Next 2 to 3 Years: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Jan 6, 2026

2026 Mitsubishi Pajero Spy Photo
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The New Mitsubishi Montero Is Debuting Soon: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Jan 5, 2026

Renault Filante concept
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This Wild Renault Concept Ran for 626 Miles at 60 MPH on One Charge: TDS

By Adam Ismail

Posted on Dec 23, 2025

Polestar 3
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Polestar Secures $600M Lifeline: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Dec 22, 2025

2026 Ram 1500
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Ram Dakota Confirmed for 2027 and Expected To Cost About $40K: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Dec 19, 2025

Mercedes-Benz Vision Iconic: Das skulpturale Exterieur in tiefschwarzer Hochglanzlackierung. Mercedes-Benz Vision Iconic: The sculptural exterior in deep black high-gloss finish.
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Mercedes-Benz Is About To Enter a New Design Era: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Dec 18, 2025

Car emissions are visible in the cold morning air as southbound traffic makes slow progress on the Northway Wednesday morning Jan. 23, 2013. (Photo by John Carl D'Annibale/Albany Times Union via Getty Images)
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EU Drops Its 2035 Gas-Powered New-Car Sales Ban: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Dec 17, 2025

Ford Launches F-150 Lightning Electric Truck
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Ford’s EV Gamble and Bust Will Cost the Automaker $19.5 Billion: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Dec 16, 2025

Tesla Model Y Robotaxi
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Tesla Robotaxis Now Testing Without Safety Drivers: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Dec 15, 2025

Tesla Model Y at a charging station
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Tesla US Sales Near 4-Year Low in November: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Dec 12, 2025

Oscar Mayer Wienermobile
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Oscar Mayer Seeking New Wienermobile Drivers Known As ‘Hotdoggers:’ TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Dec 11, 2025

Chrysler Brampton Assembly
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Canada Slams Stellantis with Default Notice Over US Production Shift: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Dec 10, 2025

Mercedes-Benz CLA EV
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Mercedes-Benz’s Latest EV Has Over 400 Miles of Real-World Range: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Dec 9, 2025

Subaru Performance-E STI concept
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Subaru Isn’t Sure What Should Power Future STI Models: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Dec 8, 2025

2025 Mercedes-Benz E 450 All-Terrain
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Trump Administration Says Station Wagons Could Make a Comeback: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Dec 5, 2025

2025 Ram 2500
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Over 72,000 Ram Trucks Recalled Because Digital Gauge Clusters Could Go Dark: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Dec 4, 2025

A Pump & Pantry gas station in Nebraska
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The Average Gallon of Gas Now Costs Less Than $3 in the US: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Dec 3, 2025

Hyundai's Next-Generation Battery Innovation Lab
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Hyundai’s Betting $817 Million on a Battery-Powered Future: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Dec 2, 2025

ford dealership
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Americans Are Sick of High Car Prices: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Dec 1, 2025

Photo of Ferrari F80 on track, rear three-quarter view.
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Ferrari Declares ‘The V6 Is Superior to a V12’: The Downshift

By Adam Ismail

Posted on Nov 26, 2025

Hyundai Ioniq 5 N coming out of pit garage
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Porsche Says It ‘Learned a Lot’ From the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N: TDS

By Adam Ismail

Updated on Nov 25, 2025

View of a company building with the Nexperia logo.
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A Chipmaker Became a Geopolitical Target and Automakers Are Reeling: TDS

By Adam Ismail

Posted on Nov 24, 2025

toyota dealership
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California Is Rethinking Its Gas-Powered New-Car Sales Ban: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Nov 21, 2025

Oscar Mayer Wienermobile in a Subaru Commercial
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The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Made a Cameo in a Subaru Commercial: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Nov 20, 2025

Tesla Model Y Robotaxi
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Tesla Robotaxi Service Approved in Arizona Without In-Car Safety Monitors Despite Crashes: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Nov 19, 2025

Tesla Robotaxi
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Tesla Robotaxis Keep Crashing Despite In-Car Supervisors: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Nov 18, 2025

Tesla Cybertruck electric vehicles sit parked in a storage lot in San Diego, California on April 11, 2025.
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Tesla Now Requiring Its American Cars To Be Built Without Chinese Parts: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Nov 17, 2025

Apple CarPlay
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Tesla Reportedly Caving and Will Add Apple CarPlay Support To Boost Sales: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Nov 14, 2025

Toyota North Carolina Battery Plant
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Toyota’s Making a $14 Billion Bet on Batteries in the US: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Nov 13, 2025

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
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Mitsubishi Engineers ‘Dream’ About a New Evo: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Nov 12, 2025

Tesla Model Y at a charging station
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Tesla Model Y Program Manager Follows Cybertruck Exec and Leaves Automaker: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Nov 11, 2025

Toyota Hilux EV
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Toyota Revealed Its First Electric Truck, but America Misses Out: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Nov 10, 2025

Ford F-150 Lightning production
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Ford Reportedly Might Scrap the Electric F-150: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Nov 7, 2025

Mitsubishi Outlander front three-quarter
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Mitsubishi Leaning Into Fleet Sales As Profits Plunge 79%: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Nov 6, 2025

2025 Toyota 4Runner TRD Sport in white, front angle, with a dog in the window
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Toyota Can ‘Barely Cover the Demand’ As Sales Skyrocket: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Nov 5, 2025

Ford EV truck concept art.
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Ford’s Already Testing Its $30,000 EV: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Nov 4, 2025

BYD Yuan on the production line
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Ford CEO Says China Can ‘Put Us All Out of Business:’ TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Nov 3, 2025

Cadillac Celestiq
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Cadillac Celestiq Now Costs Over $400,000 After Price Increase: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Oct 31, 2025

Tesla Robotaxi
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Tesla ‘Robotaxis’ Have Crashed Four Times Despite Safety Monitors Onboard: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Oct 30, 2025

Tesla Cybercab
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Turns Out Tesla Cybercab Will Have a Steering Wheel and Pedals ‘If We Have To:’ TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Oct 29, 2025

Tesla Cybertruck electric vehicles sit parked in a storage lot in San Diego, California on April 11, 2025.
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EV Sales Forecasted To Plunge 43% in October Due to Lack of Tax Credit: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Oct 28, 2025

Porsche steering wheel
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Porsche Planning Third Round of US Price Increases: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Oct 27, 2025

Tesla Cybercab
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Elon Musk Claims Tesla Cybercab With No Steering Wheel or Pedals Entering Production in Eight Months: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Oct 24, 2025