Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk says the electric vehicle maker tentatively plans this weekend to launch its robotaxi service — a business Detroit basically abandoned.

Proving the ability of its vehicles to become driverless cabs is critical to Tesla's high-valuation future, according to experts, as its automotive business faces challenges from ...Read more

There’s a perception that everything is bigger in America, and it's hard to dispute. Generous proportions have always been an American automotive hallmark. Large size is certainly embedded in Cadillac’s DNA, and that's how its devotees like it — mostly. There are those abhor massiveness yet still desire the luxury, options and agility that...Read more

FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan — Where Titan failed, the Armada might break through.

Nissan has sent big truck-based warriors with fierce names into battle against Detroit’s formidable armies of full-size pickups and mega-utes. The Titan pickup finally waved the red flag after bashing its brains in against endless waves of Detroit 1500, 2500, ...Read more

As three key players vie for dominance, the race to put driverless taxis on roads across the country is heating up.

Waymo, owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, already offers paid autonomous rides in a handful of cities, including San Francisco and Los Angeles. Amazon's robotaxi effort, known as Zoox, opened a new production facility in ...Read more

Starting next year, Minnesota electric vehicle owners will have to pay at least double to register their EVs. Blame the change on their freedom from gas taxes.

A provision in the transportation bill that passed earlier this month raises the EV registration surcharge from $75 to at least $150. Drivers of plug-in-hybrids will also have to pay a ...Read more

In 2025, the wide array of SUVs on the market is astounding. Every manufacturer has a compact, a mid-size and a large SUV in on the market. Sometimes it seems that SUVs are all you see on the roads anymore.

In Grasso’s Garage, our passion for luxury SUVs is no secret, but they must include good pricing, quality, comfort and storage, not to ...Read more

Toyota can’t gut a lawsuit alleging it is responsible for the fatal carbon monoxide poisoning of an Atlanta man who unwittingly left his 2017 Tacoma idling in his garage, having walked inside his home with the car’s “smart key” fob, a federal judge in Atlanta ruled Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash Jr. said a jury should ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — A woman severely hurt in a bicycle crash with a Waymo robotaxi is suing the company, claiming one of its vehicles pulled over in a no-stopping zone next to a bike lane, and a passenger opened a door into her path — despite the car’s “Safe Exit” system touted by the Mountain View company as protection for passing ...Read more

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain illegitimately retaliated against the second most-powerful leader of the union in stripping her of power after threatening to "slit" the "throats" of anyone who "messed" with his inner circle, a government watchdog said late Tuesday.

The watchdog, lawyer Neil Barofsky, leveled the allegation in a ...Read more

Eleven of 14 members of the United Auto Workers' elected governing board fired back at a report from the union's court-appointed monitor that called for the officials to reinstate leadership positions for Secretary-Treasurer Margaret Mock after the watchdog concluded she had been retaliated against.

Led by UAW President Shawn Fain — who the ...Read more

Ram will extend the powertrain warranty available on most 2026 models to last 10 years or 100,000 miles — a level of truck coverage the brand says will be America's best.

CEO Tim Kuniskis said it's a needed update as truck buyers increasingly opt for extended financing terms — almost 80% of new truck loans exceed five years — and hold ...Read more

Ford Motor Co. has ordered its dealers not to deliver more than 320,000 all-electric Mustang Mach-E SUVs over an issue that can cause lockouts and entrapment.

The Dearborn automaker is recalling approximately 207,181 model year 2021-2025 Mustang Mach-Es in the United States and another 120,000 internationally. In a notice of the safety recall ...Read more

Waymo, the autonomous taxi company that's offered rides in Los Angeles since November, is expanding its service area in the city.

Starting Wednesday, the driverless taxis will roam more than 120 square miles of Los Angeles County, stretching from Santa Monica to downtown and from West Hollywood to Inglewood. The expanded service area will ...Read more

Tesla Inc. swept the top four slots of Cars.com's 2025 American-Made Index, and Jeep parent Stellantis NV and General Motors Co. contributed just three vehicles — with Ford Motor Co. completely absent from the top 20.

Publication of the list from the automotive online marketplace comes amid scrutiny by the Trump administration of the ...Read more

LE MANS, France — For 15 years, Cadillac has been assembling the pieces to reassert itself as the Standard of the World. A cornerstone of that plan has been to take on its international competition in their backyards, at the track, on the world’s biggest stages.

From the 24 Hours of Le Mans to Paris to Miami, that vision has bloomed in 2025...Read more

WASHINGTON — Even after lawmakers and President Donald Trump canceled California’s strictest-in-the-nation automotive emissions standards, Stellantis NV remains on the hook for electric vehicle sales requirements that will be difficult to meet.

That’s because the transatlantic automaker signed a settlement agreement in 2024 promising to ...Read more

Q: In a previous column, you told C.W. that their car may have received the "sunshine treatment." I have never heard that expression and tried looking it up. No luck.

M.L., Evanston, Illinois

A: Allow me to shed some light. It’s an industry euphemism for doing nothing but letting the car sit on the lot. (It also works on cloudy or rainy days...Read more

Everyone knows the long, drawn out process of buying a car. First, you have to find what you want, what you like, what looks good, what is in your budget, what is comfortable, what your neighbor doesn’t have and, lastly, what suits your family's needs, Acura helps you solve this puzzle with the 2025 Acura RDX A-Spec AWD.

Wrapped in Urban Gray...Read more

Its new styling may be called sophisticated, but the 2025 Subaru Forester retains the boxy, rather utilitarian look for which it is known. It’s not fast or sporty either.

But folks (especially adventurous ones to whom Subaru directs its marketing) tend to keep returning to their compact Subie crossover. For many in hilly or snowy regions, it�...Read more