SANTA BARBARA, California — I pulled to the brief left passing lane on California Route 154 and — ZOT! — my 2024 Acura ZDX Type S tester exploded past a line of slower traffic down the Santa Ynez Mountains north of Santa Barbara. Merging into heavy Route 101 traffic along the coast, the ZDX’s Hands-Free Cruise system took over and I ...Read more

Cloaked in Radiant Red Tintcoat, the Cadillac XT4 Sport AWD effortlessly pleases drivers, as it stands ready to tackle nearly any task. Whether it's grocery shopping or daily commuting, the XT4 meets a wide array of consumer needs and desires. Its comfort, design and commanding presence continue to stand out, upholding Cadillac's substantial ...Read more

If you’re a parent, I don’t need to tell you that raising children is demanding. It’s a job that constantly surprises, stresses and — occasionally — delights. It also demands a spacious vehicle, as the hectare of baby gear, grade school friends and their piles of sports gear or, for that matter, high-schoolers with their gaggle of ...Read more

DETROIT — In another case of Detroit automakers surrendering car sales to foreign competition, General Motors Co. this fall will retire its last mainstream gas-powered sedan when production of the Chevrolet Malibu ends after nine generations.

The Detroit automaker confirmed Wednesday it will stop producing the mid-size sedan in November at ...Read more

General Motors Co. will halt production of the Chevrolet Malibu sedan this fall at its Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas to prep for production of the new Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle, the automaker confirmed Wednesday.

Production of the Cadillac XT4 small SUV will continue until the plant is shut down next year to retool for production of ...Read more

Consumers that delayed buying a car between 2020 and 2023 are in a much better spot to buy in 2024, experts say, as sticker prices drop due to recovering inventory levels.

High interest rates on auto loans, however, remain a barrier despite car manufacturers' upping incentives for potential buyers.

Still, it's a good time to buy a car, and it'...Read more

Tesla Inc. is facing increased federal scrutiny of Autopilot, with the top U.S. auto-safety regulator seeking data that will help determine whether the company’s biggest-ever recall made its driver-assistance system safer.

In a letter posted on its website Tuesday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration presses Tesla on how much ...Read more

Q: About a century ago, the term "fuel cell" described exotic wafers that allow hydrogen and oxygen to combine across a membrane, somehow producing electricity and water. Maybe 25 years ago, the car dudes began to use the same term for a fancy gas tank. Why did the car dudes do this? What makes the gas tank version of a fuel cell different from ...Read more

In recent years, the company Free2move set up free-floating car rental operations in such major American cities as Denver, Portland, Oregon, and Columbus, Ohio.

Like scooter rentals but for cars, the vehicles were spread out around each city, and drivers could book them from their phones at a moment's notice for a few minutes or a few days. The...Read more

After two consecutive quarters of declines, the number of zero-emission vehicles sold in California ticked up slightly in the first three months of this year.

According to data compiled by the California Energy Commission, the combined number of battery electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles came to 102,507 in the ...Read more

Once attracting great numbers of sales and plenty of investment from global automakers, China is now increasingly being dominated by its own domestic manufacturers — leaving foreign rivals there mostly on the outside looking in.

General Motors Co. is losing money in China. Ford Motor Co. isn’t spending on capital expenditures there. Tesla ...Read more

Elon Musk may not like to talk about this, but Tesla Inc. probably wouldn’t be one of the world’s biggest automakers today if not for a $465 million U.S. government loan at a make-or-break phase in the company’s development. Tesla went on to repay the loan nine years early on the way to briefly having a market value of more than $1 ...Read more

If you visited Elon Musk’s X last Saturday and clicked on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press office account, you could watch him pull up to a Tesla charging station, step out of an electric Ford Mustang Mach-E, and announce that Tesla Superchargers were now open to non-Tesla EVs.

It’s a questionable assertion. Owners of electric Fords, Chevys, ...Read more

MIAMI — It’s the hottest trend in the automotive industry, and it’s not electric vehicles or autonomous driving. It’s something far more prosaic and unlikely: the automotive-branded high-rise condominium tower.

It started with the Porsche Design Tower, which opened in 2017. The Bentley Residences followed in 2022, a 749-foot high, 60-...Read more

ATLANTA — It’s time for another edition of Design Your Perfect Car. Today’s feature: Chevrolet. OK. The perfect Chevy would be:

1) A bargain like a Chevy Trax.

2) Engaging performance like a Corvette.

3) Off-road capable like a Colorado Z71/Trail Boss/ZR2.

4) Tough like a Silverado pickup, dude.

5) Capable of seating six ...Read more

As Stellantis is known for delivering exceptional vehicles and options for consumers to enjoy, Alfa Romeo brings its Italian jive to the table with the ever-popular Stelvio Veloce (pronounced vel-oh-chay) AWD.

In Alfa Rosso Red, the Stelvio five-passenger SUV is a real beauty. At Grasso’s Garage, we place a high value on sight-lines, curves ...Read more

The new Audi S6 premium sport sedan offers one of those rare treats in life — getting more for less. In this case, more kicks, less money.

The formula is simple, really. Audi took the more sedate A6 and lit a fire under it with a twin-turbo 444-hp engine, added extra boost with an electric supercharger and gave it cheetah-like agility by ...Read more

By the end of the decade, new cars and trucks in the United States will be required to have automatic emergency braking systems that can save hundreds of lives each year.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which announced the requirement Monday, called it the most significant safety rule in two decades. This is an important ...Read more

Rivian’s decision to launch production of its second-generation electric vehicles in Normal, Illinois, rather than Georgia, will bring $1.5 billion in capital investment and hundreds of jobs to its central Illinois factory, the automaker and Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday.

Backed by $827 million in state incentives, Rivian plans to ...Read more