Suzuki’s India unit doubles down on SUVs as small cars slide
Maruti Suzuki India is set to expand its sports utility vehicle (SUV) portfolio with a second mid-sized model, sources familiar with the plan said, as the nation’s top carmaker scrambles…
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Ford’s Answer to China: A Completely New Way of Making Cars
“We build a structural battery out of the cells, and that is the floor of the vehicle. So we actually built the seats on it,” says Field. So, to be clear, there's no frame or structure…
‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ Set: Meet the Fans Waiting Hours in the Heat to Watch Meryl Streep Get In and Out of Cars
Two middle-aged tourists walked up to the Dior store in midtown Manhattan, looking to browse the selection of luxury goods and maybe splurge while on vacation. Before they could enter,…
Everything You Wanted to Know About China’s Auto Industry Takeover
What is the future of cars? For one thing, after substantial government support and poaching of top Western talent, China’s car industry is about to dominate globally with charging rates,…
60 Italian Mayors Want to Be the Unlikely Solution to Self-Driving Cars in Europe
The future of self-driving cars in Italy it seems needs not only technology but also (possibly above all) political backing. The good news, then, is that more than 60 mayors in Italy have…
It Looks Like the Tesla Model Y Refresh Has Bombed
Tesla did not respond to WIRED’s request for comment on this article. For Nagley, it's too early to talk about Tesla failing to survive, “but the question is, can they thrive? One of the…
Some Cities in China Are Advertising Exclusive Subsidies for Huawei-Powered Cars
WIRED contacted Huawei to ask about its potential role in the subsidies. Huawei did not comment in time for publication. One of the earliest subsidies appeared online in March, when the…
GM’s Final EV Battery Strategy Copies China’s Playbook: Super Cheap Cells
General Motors has just announced its latest and likely final piece in what now appears to be a three-pronged cell-chemistry strategy to power GM’s lineup of a dozen EVs through the end of…
What Makes a Car Lovable? It's Not the Tech, It's the Cup Holders
Nearly 100,000 car buyers of 2025 model-year autos were asked what they thought of their gleaming new rides. The results are revealing, to say the least. Want to know who was the worst…
Over 850,000 Ford cars and trucks recalled nationwide—and there’s no fix available yet
Ford Motor just issued another major recall. On July 7, the brand recalled 850,318 Ford and Lincoln models over concerns about the vehicles’ low-pressure fuel pump, which could cause the…
This small island community is combating overtourism with self-navigating cars
In the North Atlantic Ocean, halfway between Iceland and Norway, a small island community is testing an imaginative solution to overtourism: self-navigating cars. The Faroe Islands, an…
The Teens Are Taking Waymos Now
Are the kids all right? They’re in Waymos, at least, now that the self-driving car company has begun to allow Arizona teenagers in the Phoenix area to ride by themselves through special…
GM’s Cruise Cars Are Back on the Road in Three US States—But Not for Ride-Hailing
Cruise robotaxis are back on the road… well, kind of. Though General Motors pulled the plug on its self-driving taxi business last year, the automaker has been quietly repurposing a few of…
This Is Why Tesla’s Robotaxi Launch Needed Human Babysitters
“This is a demo or test using safety drivers—it’s not an deployment,” says Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina who studies autonomous vehicles. “Tesla…
Xiaomi’s YU7 Is an SUV-Sized Middle Finger to Tesla’s Model Y
Compare this to the Cybertruck, which pulled in a claimed 146,000 reservations in its first 36 hours, back in 2019. This soon passed 250,000, and Musk went on to claim that “over one…
This Is Why High-End Electric Cars Are Failing
According to a new report from the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA), global EV sales will surpass 20 million in 2025, accounting for more than a quarter of cars sold…
The Definitive Story of Tesla Takedown
On a sunny April afternoon in Seattle, around 40 activists gathered at the Pine Box, a beer and pizza bar in the sometimes scruffy Capitol Hill neighborhood. The group had reserved a side…
Crew rescued after ship carrying cars and EVs catches fire
The crew of a cargo ship carrying 3,000 vehicles to Mexico, including 800 electric vehicles, abandoned ship after they could not control a fire in waters off Alaska’s Aleutian island…
Colorado’s landfills generate as much pollution as driving 1 million cars for a year
Remember the banana peels, apple cores, and leftover pizza you recently threw in the garbage? Today, your food waste—and your neighbors’—is emitting climate-warming greenhouse gases as it…
Volvo Cars to cut 3,000 jobs in restructuring
The reductions will primarily affect office-based positions in Sweden and represent around 15% of the total office-based workforce globally Sweden-based Volvo Cars said on Monday…
Republicans Are Rewriting Congressional Rules So Cars Can Pollute More
Freed to call all manner of administrative actions into question, the GOP, Becker said, is likely to “get a bad case of bloodlust and look around to see what else the Heritage Foundation…
Senate will try to block California vehicle standards that would phase out gas-powered cars
The U.S. Senate will move this week to block California from enforcing a series of vehicle emissions standards that are tougher than the federal government's, including first-in-the-nation…
Chinese automakers crank up sales of cars with combustion engines in Europe
Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) are losing momentum in Europe, but the nation’s automakers are selling more cars than ever in the region by throttling up deliveries of hybrids and…