No one, except for white supremacists, seems happy with President Donald Trump’s doubling down on the “well BOTH SIDES were BAD” response to racially-motivated protests and violence in Charlottesville, Virginia this past weekend. That included business leaders who struggled with how to handle their public ties to the…
I wasn’t aware of who Laura Loomer was until we were emailed links to this Twitter-based tire-related mess by a number of readers, but it appears she considers herself an alt-right ‘guerrilla journalist’ and believes she had a tire slashed by some ne’er-do-wells who don’t like her. The problem is that her tire appears…
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Expect autonomous car testing and manufacturing to ramp up significantly across the country, as the House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday morning to put 100,000 autonomous and semi-autonomous test cars on public roads.
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Yesterday, noted local President of the United States and admirer of Grimace Donald Trump made the bold claim that Germans are ‘very bad’ and threatened to halt sales in the U.S. of German cars. The truth is, though, that German car companies build a crapton of cars in America, and are the biggest exporter, by value,…
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Things haven’t been well lately for nascent three-wheeler startup Elio Motors: It needs $376 million to start production and a Louisiana lawmaker wants to launch an investigation into the deal for a shuttered General Motors Plant in the City of Shreveport where Elio set up shop. Now, commissioners in the Louisiana…
The North American Free Trade Agreement is one of the United States’ most critical trade deals for the car business and other industries, but it’s also one that candidate Donald Trump lambasted as “the worst deal ever” on the campaign trail. He’s president now, apparently. So is America in or is it out of NAFTA? The…
General Motors’ plant in Valencia, Venezuela, was seized last week by government authorities amidst violent protests. As a result, GM was forced to halt operations in the country. Today, the company allegedly informed almost 2,700 staffers (at least some via text message) that they are no longer employed at the plant.
Recent political changes in Cuba, including expanded accessibility to personal transportation and loosening restrictions of trade and tourism with the U.S., have put a fresh light on the country’s car scene. Popular YouTube channel Mighty Car Mods just released a beautiful documentary on the culture, the people and…
The Trump Administration has made no secret of its disdain for the Environmental Protection Agency, clean air, clean water, or the idea of government serving as a watchdog to industry in general. How far will they go with it? I’ll tell you: say goodbye to EPA light-vehicle emissions and fuel-economy testing, pretty…
Remember the North American Free Trade Agreement, or as President Donald Trump calls it, the “worst trade deal”? His intense rhetoric toward NAFTA won the hearts of voters—particularly in the Midwest and particularly with auto workers who blamed the agreement for a loss of industry jobs. Heh, funny story. It now seems…
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The World Rally Championship race Rally Mexico produced one of the most incredible rally endings in years after Kris Meeke got lost in a parking lot on the last stage. But Rally Mexico happened among financial peril this year, per Motorsport.com, due to rising costs in the wake of Donald Trump’s election combined with…
As President Donald Trump arrives in Michigan today to announce a renewed review of vehicle emissions standards at the behest of several automakers, dozens of U.S. cities are considering the purchase of $10 billion in electric vehicles to show there’s a demand for low-emission vehicles, according to Bloomberg.
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This week reports surfaced that President Donald Trump’s administration would soon roll back the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and vehicle emission standards set by his predecessor—which, in particular, locked in a controversial 54 mpg fuel efficiency standard for new light-duty vehicles by 2025. It’s an…
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