Joby Aviation is bringing its vision of fast, clean city travel to life through a new partnership with Virgin Atlantic, marking a significant step forward for electric urban aviation.
While revealing the next step in its recovery plan, Nissan revealed the all-new 2027 Rogue while confirming what had basically been previously announced: the Xterra is coming back in the U.S.
Mitsubishi is rolling out its 2026 Outlander plug-in hybrid with several improvements and a $2,800 price increase for the newest iteration of its flagship model.
Tesla reported its earnings and revenues jumped by double digits in the first quarter of 2026 despite overall EV sales in the U.S. dropping significantly. Officials expressed excitement about its “positioning” this year as CEO Elon Musk later revealed his new $25 billion investment plan.
Mitsubishi is recalling 108,046 Outlander and Outlander plug-in hybrid SUVs because a problem with the gas struts that hold the liftgate in the open position. For some vehicles, this will be the second recall for the same problem.
Hyundai Motor Co. revealed it has big plans for its biggest market — North America — where it looks to completely update and expand its portfolio by 2030 while looking to grow in the world’s largest market: China.
As it prepares to phase out the Model S and Model X this month, Tesla may be looking to add a vehicle back to the lineup: a compact SUV, according to reports.
Stellantis secured a five-year deal with Microsoft to have the software giant help the automaker develop more than 100 AI-base initiatives aimed at improving driver safety, cybersecurity, and engineering efforts.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced it was ending its investigation into problems with Tesla’s Smart Summon feature, noting the low-speed incidents generally stemmed from owners failing to use it correctly.
Nissan Xterra fans continue to enjoy good news. The latest being the automaker aims to bring back the off-roader with a starting price less than $40,000. That should help Nissan meet its goal of selling 50,000 of the utes annually.
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We return to the Jeep Wagoneer in 1987 and its 25th anniversary. As the Wagoneer remained on sale in its dated but popular guise, parent company AMC was at death’s door. Under ownership by Renault, AMC was in massive debt as the Renault-AMC lineup of cars proved unsuccessful. Chrysler stepped in during March to purchase AMC-Jeep for a huge sum, assuming all of AMC’s debt from Renault. On June 20, 1987 the American Motors Corp. ceased to exist, and was renamed to Jeep Eagle Corp.
Did you know your VW ID has a built-in slot for a second cabin air filter? With pollen season and wildfire smoke becoming more intense, the standard factory filter just doesn't cut it. In this episode, we show you exactly how to access the airbox in your frunk area and stack a second Activated Carbon or HEPA filter to keep fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) and bad odors out of your cabin. The best part? No modifications are required! We also cover a crucial coding step for Module 8 to ensure your blower motor doesn't throw any hidden fault codes due to the extra airflow resistance.
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa recently touted the company’s efforts to back into the black, and the company’s first quarter earnings report shows his plan seems to be working.
Hyundai Motor Group has previewed its new Pleos Connect infotainment system, which the automaker said would pivot its vehicle lineup to software-defined vehicles. The setup is a blend of touchscreens, artificial intelligence, and a smattering of buttons.
Despite crimped F-150 production due to a supplier fire, Ford Motor Co. reported strong earnings numbers for the first quarter of the year, even raising full-year earnings guidance due to a $1.3 billion tariff refund due the company.
Communicator/Podcaster Christopher Barger discusses with host Ed Garsten coverage of the recent shooting at the White House Correspondents Association dinner, getting the word out as the number of journalists diminish, how to get through partisan noise, legitimacy of the PESO communications strategy and his new podcast.
Following a decision by the Supreme Court regarding tariffs, numerous industries are now eligible to receive refunds from the federal government. This includes General Motors, which just announced that it expects to receive $500 million.
Porsche isn’t always a style leader, but as is the case with the all-new 2026 Cayenne Coupe Electric and its 1,100-plus horsepower, you can be out front of the pack when the traffic light turns green.
The SWINCAR e-Spider is a fully electric, tilting all-terrain vehicle designed for extreme mobility. Its unique pendulum suspension keeps the driver level while each wheel moves independently across rocks, slopes, and uneven ground.
Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency decided to allow higher ethanol content in summer fuel blends in an effort to lower fuel prices. On March 25, the EPA formally approved a temporary waiver for the nationwide sale of E15. Several weeks later, the European Commission started to prepare itself to do the same thing for E20.
Our beloved RD1 Honda CR-V is back, and this time it's getting a serious upgrade in the form of a K24 engine swap! Will we be able to retain the AWD system? Will A/C survive the swap? Let's find out!
Step back into the late ’70s with the 1979 Honda Prelude, the first‑generation coupe that set the stage for one of Honda’s most iconic nameplates. This video breaks down its design, engineering, and driving character with a focus on the technical details enthusiasts care about.
General Motors reported its earnings rose 21.9 percent on an adjusted basis for the first quarter of 2026, led in large measure by industry-leading full-size pickup sales. However, the company’s net income dipped 5.7 percent due to costs related to its electric vehicle program.
Hyundai is taking its flagship electric vehicle upmarket, revealing the 2027 Hyundai Ioniq 9 AWD Performance Calligraphy Black Ink model during an event held at its newly constructed Metaplant America near Savannah, Georgia.
The old adage that you can’t cut your way to profitability doesn’t apply to Nissan apparently as the Japanese automaker revised its 2025 fiscal year earnings forecast from a $377 million loss to a $314 million operating profit by cutting and controlling costs and favorable exchange rates.
Jeep is looking to give its new Avenger model an updated look, and it teased it Monday morning with a new picture showing the new version of the brand’s iconic seven-slot grille — and little else.
We admired an early-1970s GMC van in a California car graveyard last week, and now I'm following that up with an early-1970s Dodge van in a Nevada car graveyard. Will we see a Ford Econoline in Utah next week? It's possible!
While Nissan is in the process of reviving the GT-R, there’s an internal struggle about its ongoing development. As a global vehicle, the car has to appease various government regulations and the automaker seems extremely worried about trying to hit a constantly moving target.
Smart has revealed a concept vehicle foreshadowing the next incarnation of the Fortwo, the two-seat city car originally developed by Mercedes-Benz. Dubbed the #2 concept, the vehicle was previewed in advance of its formal debut at the 2026 Beijing Auto Show.
We last left the Jeep Wagoneer at a branching point in 1984 , where the SJ Wagoneer Limited was rebranded as the Grand Wagoneer, and the new XJ Cherokee donned some fancy trim and became the base trim Wagoneer and upmarket Wagoneer Limited . AMC’s desired outcome was for the XJ Cherokee to replace the SJ in all ways, and send the old Wagoneer off into the sunset. While that strategy worked for the Cherokee models, buyers were not keen on the expensive and compact XJ Wagoneer. Sales of the new Wagoneer never hit 25,000 in a year and dropped off quickly. Meanwhile, AMC was forced to continue selling the old and outdated but profitable Grand Wagoneer.
When automakers report April sales next week, the numbers are going to be a bit ugly, analysts predict, but the comparisons to last April are tough because the numbers were artificially inflated, they note.
Following the last batch of documents released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R.4405), it became clear that Jeffrey Epstein sought to access influential figures within the automotive sector. It also appears that he had some success.
“People in the auto industry never go away,” a friend said to me with some bitterness in his voice. “They leave one company—sometimes because they weren’t doing a very good job—then before you know it, they show up somewhere else with a better title.”
General Motors is reportedly suspending development of its next-generation electric vehicles, specifically the full-size trucks. This comes after nearly twelve months of production stalls at the automaker’s dedicated electrified truck plant, supporting claims that GM would want to move away from EVs. However, the automaker suggested that things aren’t that cut and dried.
Ford Motor Co. recalled 140,201 Ranger midsize pickups from the 2024 to 2026 model years after it was discovered that a wiring problem in the A-pillar could cause a short that could lead to a fire in some instances.
More automakers are realizing that dogs are family members with Mopar being the latest to offer a lineup of travel- and vehicle-related accessories to ensure four-legged family members can travel safely and in style.
On Monday, the Trump administration announced that it was taking the initial steps to refund $166 billion collected in tariffs over the last year. This comes after the Supreme Court ruled against tariffs imposed via the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). While the automotive industry appears to be eligible for refunds, there’s a substantial amount of confusion surrounding the finer details.
Every year publicly traded automakers must do what the law requires, releasing the compensation packages for its top executives. General Motors most recent filing shows it's serious about paying to get and keep the leaders it wants.
Guests Bob Granito and Bill Thau from IVP Research Labs join the show to discuss the intersection of autonomous systems and EVs, sharing insights from comprehensive research studies that reveal surprising findings about stress levels when cars drive autonomously compared to manual driving.
Last week, the Pentagon met with American manufacturers to request that they produce munitions as part of a proposed $1.5 trillion U.S. defense budget aimed at resupplying Israel and Ukraine. This reportedly included the Trump administration holding meetings with General Motors CEO Mary Barra and Ford CEO Jim Farley.
Nearly a third of all U.S. consumers trading in a vehicle during the first quarter were underwater — owed more than the car is worth — on their trades, the highest level in five years.
The world’s automakers aren’t entirely on the same page when it comes to electric vehicles, as evidenced by Mercedes-Benz veiling an all-new, all-electric 2027 C-Class.
Few products obey the laws of supply and demand like new and used cars, but the used car market is currently acting like a rebellious teenager. Despite a significant drop in supply, previously owned vehicles saw only a small price hike in March of less than one percent.
Joey Cohen joins the Bozi Breakdown in Episode 3 to dissect the recent Texas NASCAR race. They highlight the track's unique challenge with two distinct ends requiring compromises. They focus on the Next Gen car's "aero attitude" with underbody downforce via the rear diffuser. Joey explains the difficulty of planning for races with 35 other cars, as the car's aero sensitivity in traffic significantly differs from single-car testing.
Nicknamed the "Octopus Truck," this innovative cleaning vehicle uses eight robotic arms, each equipped with brushes and high-pressure water jets, to scrub tunnel walls and ceilings with precision.
If you were cruising American roads during the late 1960s through middle 1980s, you saw them everywhere: Bell System vans in their unmistakable white/green livery. Those trucks are nearly extinct today, so I was pleased to find this ex-phone-company Vandura at a self-service car graveyard near the Tesla Factory in Northern California.
Self-driving technologies are the new space race with car manufacturers jostling to be the first to achieve fully autonomous vehicles. But the road to get there has been bumpy, with a track record that’s far from flawless.
Ford made big news at January's 2026 Detroit Auto Show. The Dearborn-based manufacturer debuted a pair of new high-performance models that appeal to enthusiasts at both extremes of the automotive spectrum. A hot new Mustang is slated to arrive later this year, while a souped-up Bronco SUV is also in the works.
Just as the first Infiniti completes preparations for its newest SUV, the QX65, at its Tennessee plant, officials on the other side of the world are contemplating a big change: ending two decades of alpha numeric names.
Jeep had its only all-new product debut since the Sixties when it introduced the compact XJ Cherokee in 1984 . Designed with packaging and fuel efficiency in mind, the unibody Cherokee was a departure from the way SUVs were traditionally designed. Also launched with the new Cherokee range was an all-new Wagoneer.
Ford Motor Co. announced it’s recalling about 1.4 million F-150 full-size pickups due to a problem with certain six- and 10-speed transmissions that may downshift while in motion, possibly even causing the rear wheels to lock up.
Mercedes-Benz has previewed the new interior for the C-Class, specifically the all-electric model, showcasing that the brand continues to move toward absolutely massive displays and touch controls.
Slate Auto, the electric pickup company created by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, got a financial shot in the arm, raising $650 million as it moves toward production of its first trucks later this year.
Ford Motor Co.’s transition away from an electric vehicle-centric auto company and toward a more flexible enterprise was highlighted by the creation of a new team dubbed the Product Creation and Industrialization team and announced departure of Ford’s EV guru Doug Field.
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa recently said the company’s recovery plans were working, and the automaker’s first quarter shipments to dealers back it up. The company sent 1.4 million vehicles to dealers worldwide — at 12 percent jump compared to year-ago numbers.
Volkswagen has taken a surplus of criticism for moving away from physical controls to run with touch controls in recent years and has vowed to remedy the situation. We’re now getting a glimpse of what that looks like with the updated ID.3 Neo.
After a career that spanned more than two decades at CNN and years as an independent producer, David Bernknopf found himself looking for work and found it running an investigative unit at a TV operation in Alaska.
The ongoing military conflict with Iran has put a strain on the world’s oil supply, and in the short term that’s showing up in what Americans pay for gasoline. However, the impact of shortened supply is spreading, and soon vehicle owners are going to feel the pinch even harder.
Lucid Group’s search for a permanent CEO has finally ended with Silvio Napoli, former chief of Schindler, the Swiss elevator and escalator company, taking on the role from interim chief Marc Winterhoff, who will remain as chief operating officer.
BMW has officially confirmed that it will be discontinuing the all-electric iX SUV for the United States. However, this apparently doesn’t represent the brand pulling away from EVs. The BMW iX instead looks to have paved the way for new models that will be part of the brand’s aspirations to further normalize electrified models.
American Honda announced it is recalling 440,830 Honda Odyssey minivans from the 2018 to 2022 model years to resolve a problem with their airbag modules.
Stellantis enjoys a long history of compelling vehicle designs and of nurturing the designers that produce them. The company’s expanding that legacy with its 2026 Drive for Design Junior contest for kids from kindergarten to ninth grade.
In this episode of Spare Parts, we take Jon’s classic British sports car to Eclectic Motorworks for his first-ever dyno day—and the first time the MGB has ever been on a dyno.
Few automakers offer as many variations on the same theme as Porsche, and none do it better with the latest example being 2027 911 GT3 S/C released today.
Nissan plans to cut the dead weight from its vehicle portfolio, refocus the remaining vehicles around three core groups, and produce AI-Defined Vehicles to meet consumer demands as part of its latest recovery plan, officials revealed Monday night.
Last year, Jeep promised to deliver twelve “buzz models” designed to hype the brand and help offset some of the recent pricing cuts. These are appearance packages, with the most recent being the 2026 Wrangler and Gladiator Rewind. The duo are clearly inspired by exterior graphics that were semi-common during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The 2026 Honda Pilot Elite levels up Honda’s flagship three‑row SUV with sharper exterior styling, a more premium cabin, and meaningful tech upgrades that family‑SUV shoppers search for.
Law enforcement agencies around the country are searching for do-it-all vehicles to help with the daily tasks of laying down the law. Ram may have the best answer yet with the 2027 Ram 2500 Emergency Response Vehicle.
Weeks after Hyundai issued a stop/sale order and a recall affecting more than 60,000 2026 Palisade models due to a problem with the power folding second- and third-row seats, the company’s given dealers the all clear to resume sales.
For the past few months, this series has been heavy on imports and products from GM and Chrysler , so I decided that it was time to honor a discarded Ford vehicle here. Here's one of the most influential Dearborn machines ever built: a first-generation Explorer, found in Colorado a while back.
