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BMW has opened U.S. orders for the 2027 iX3 at a starting price below a comparable gas-powered X3, a notable signal for electric vehicle pricing in the luxury market.

Following Ted Turner’s death at 87, accounts of the media founder’s daily drivers offer a smaller but revealing window into how closely he aligned personal habits with his environmental beliefs.

A suspected hantavirus outbreak on the Dutch vessel MV Hondius has reportedly killed three passengers and left other people ill, creating a complex public health emergency at sea.

Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a new framework that would classify micromobility vehicles, including e-bikes and mopeds, based on speed rather than older regulatory assumptions.

Amtrak’s latest NextGen Acela ad borrows the style of luxury car marketing to promote a faster, more premium passenger rail experience.

After Spirit Airlines halted operations, canceled flights, and let go of 17,000 employees, a TikTok call to buy and relaunch the carrier drew tens of thousands of non-binding pledges in a matter of hours.

Federal safety rules prohibit many LED headlight retrofit kits, but enforcement largely falls to states, leaving a gap between regulation and what drivers encounter on the road.

A missing catalytic converter can leave a modern vehicle louder, less efficient, and potentially in limp mode, while also creating emissions, inspection, and registration problems.

Tesla has launched a new rear-wheel-drive Model 3 trim in Canada at C$39,490, marking a record-low listed starting price for the sedan in that market according to Electrek.

A brief but notable update points to new charging hardware for Tesla Semi, including a newly revealed Megacharger price point.

Rivian says it now expects to borrow $4.5 billion rather than $6.6 billion for its Georgia factory, while lifting initial plant capacity to 300,000 vehicles and pulling forward its loan draw timeline.

Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford said the Trump administration’s effort to renew US manufacturing should strengthen the supplier base, even as he acknowledged controversy around the methods being used.

A heavily modified Reliant Robin has completed a 14,000-mile trip from London to Cape Town, surviving breakdowns, border problems, and punishing terrain to claim a long-distance three-wheeler record.

Tesla’s latest earnings call surfaced a major operational and legal challenge: millions of vehicles sold with Hardware 3 may need physical upgrades before they can run a future version of Full Self-Driving without human.

Airhart Aeronautics has completed test flights of a redesigned cockpit and control system for small aircraft, aiming to make private flying more intuitive through fly-by-wire controls and a car-like interface.

More than 3,000 fast-charging ports were added across the United States in the first quarter of 2026, according to new data from Paren, with utilization staying relatively steady even as operators shifted toward larger,

Ford has revealed another all-electric Cobra Jet Mustang, this time rated at 2,200 horsepower and set to appear at the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Charlotte.

A new snapshot of the US fast-charging market points to improving reliability, stable pricing, and steady utilization even as more chargers are added.

Tesla reported a first-quarter profit increase and higher automotive revenue, then used the moment to revive talk of its long-delayed next-generation Roadster.

Glydways has brought in $170 million as it works to scale autonomous vehicle technology for dedicated expressway networks designed to move people at much higher throughput.