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WASHINGTON — The federal government has begun the process of exempting the nation’s first purpose-built robotaxi from certain safety standards so it can deploy commercially on American roads.

Amazon.com Inc. subsidiary Zoox petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in August for such exemptions so it could place up to 2,...Read more

As San Diego awaits the state’s review of its anti-Waymo protest, a new study reveals widespread fear that robotaxis could cost jobs, exacerbate income inequality, and cause broader economic disruption.

“If we don’t address these fears in a forward-looking manner, we may end up in a situation where we see a public backlash against this ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The federal government has begun the process of exempting the nation’s first purpose-built robotaxi from certain safety standards so it can deploy commercially on American roads.

Amazon.com Inc. subsidiary Zoox petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in August for such exemptions so it could place up to 2,...Read more

Honda will join other U.S. manufacturers Chevrolet, Cadillac, and Jeep in exporting vehicles to Japan.

Honda? Yes, Honda.

The Japan-based automaker produces over 1 million vehicles a year from its four U.S. assembly plants in Ohio, Indiana and Alabama. Honda announced this week that it will beginning exporting the performance-focused, Ohio-...Read more

What's the difference between the Mazda CX-70 and the Mazda CX-90 -- other than the latter having three rows while the former has two?

Next to nothing.

And that's not a bad thing.

What It Is

The CX-70 is the two-row iteration of the CX-90. Or you could say the CX-90 is the three-row iteration of the CX-70. It amounts to the same thing as ...Read more

Chrysler's refreshed 2027 Pacifica minivan includes updated front-end styling, new safety features and other tweaks for a base price of about $45,000, the brand said Monday.

Chrysler said orders for the seven or eight-passenger van are open this week and it is scheduled to arrive in dealerships this summer.

The Pacifica was introduced for the ...Read more

Detroit automakers say increasingly autonomous and software-defined vehicles will arrive in showrooms in the next couple of years, but how they're achieving that status and rolling out the technology follows two different approaches.

Both Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. have pegged 2028 for the launch of Level 3 automated driving systems,...Read more

Mercedes-Benz Group AG vowed not to make anti-union threats as part of a deal to resolve a U.S. labor board case over the company’s response to a high-stakes Alabama organizing drive.Under a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board, the automaker said it will distribute, and adhere to, a notice about employees’ union organizing ...Read more

Ford Motor Co.'s CEO and his wife have donated to Pope Leo XIV a secretly built, customized 2026 Ford Explorer hybrid SUV built in the pope's native Chicago.

Jim and Lia Farley gifted the vehicle in the presence of the Pontiff during a ceremony that took place on Feb. 28, marking the first time a Ford CEO has had an audience with the pope at ...Read more

LAGUNA BEACH, California — The Subaru Outback SUV is an icon. Now it has an electric sibling.

While the 2026 Outback has zigged to a square, truck-like ute design, the 2026 Trailseeker has zagged to Outback’s traditional wagon wardrobe with a side of off-road cladding and an infusion of high tech. I slipped into the driver seat, toggled the...Read more

Ford Motor Co. is supercharging its F-150 and Mustang offerings for customers.

The Blue Oval joined the aftermarket horsepower wars this week by offering a factory-installed Whipple Supercharger Kit for purchase with a new pickup or muscle car.

That means a whopping power boost for the F-150’s 5.0-liter Coyote V-8 engine from 400 horsepower ...Read more

The days of trucks being designed specifically for work and off-road use are virtually gone, as the truck market has shifted toward comfort and family-friendly vehicles fit for everyday driving.

As a full-four door with a CrewMax cab, the 2026 Toyota Tundra is a space machine that delivers storage and utility to consumers. Its ability to move ...Read more

When was it decided that buttons in a car were old-fashioned? Surely it was some young punk designer in a black turtleneck who made the call. So, he took them out. All of them. And stuffed everything onto a screen the size of a small television. Naturally, the accountants applauded. No buttons to manufacture? This saves money. High fives all ...Read more

A drawn-out war with Iran that pushes oil prices higher for longer could dampen U.S. car sales and especially ding the Detroit Three automakers because of their heavy reliance on gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs, experts said.

“There’s a potential for a very large impact,” said Michael Greiner, associate professor of management at Oakland ...Read more

NOVI, Michigan — The Iran war and its impact on oil prices could underscore the ever-important value of Americans' pocketbooks in their car-buying decisions, Scout Motors Inc. CEO said on Wednesday.

Scout is a Volkswagen AG-owned subsidiary based in Charlotte, North Carolina, that's revitalizing a historic brand name and developing off-road ...Read more

Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. sales declined 5.5% in February from fewer deliveries of electrified vehicles.

The Dearborn automaker sold 149,962 vehicles last month, down from 158,675. Following the end of the federal plug-in vehicle tax credit in September, sales of all-electric vehicles declined by 71%, while hybrids fell almost 22% following the end...Read more

WASHINGTON — Conventional wisdom in the auto industry has suggested that futuristic self-driving cars and trucks would also feature electric powertrains. Or at least, that was the wisdom.

"AVs will be EVs," former General Motors Co. top economist Elaine Buckberg said during a panel discussion at January's World Economic Forum in Davos, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Detroit Three automakers dominate a new list tracking the highest non-negotiable vehicle destination fees imposed on buyers across the U.S. auto market.

The list, compiled by the watchdog and advocacy group Consumer Reports, shares the most and least expensive automaker charges for transportation of their vehicles to dealer ...Read more

Some of the least well-known new cars are among the ones most looking into. The catch: If you don't know it exists, it's not likely you'll be looking into it.

One of these is Volvo's V90 wagon.

In the first place because it's a wagon -- rather than another crossover. In the second, because it's priced thousands less than the better-...Read more