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The Auto Wire
theautowire.com > 08/14/2026 > iihs-driver-death-rate-discontinued-cars

IIHS Just Ranked America's Most Dangerous Cars. The Industry Already Killed Seven of Them

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (765+ words) John Lloyd writes for The Auto Wire, where he covers the more entertaining corners of the car world—celebrity rides, motorsports drama, and whatever automotive thing happens to be blowing up online that week. He's drawn to where cars meet…...

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theautowire.com > 08/14/2026 > gm-lansing-layoffs-ev-plant-gas-cadillac

GM Took $500 Million to Electrify This Plant. It's Laying Off 350 Workers to Build a Gas Cadillac Instead

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (756+ words) theautowire.com GM Took $500 Million to Electrify This Plant. It’s Laying Off 350 Workers to Build a Gas Cadillac Instead Three hundred fifty people at General Motors’ Lansing Grand River complex are being laid off for six weeks starting in mid-January…...

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theautowire.com > 08/14/2026 > ford-buries-shelby-badge-mustang-dark-horse-sc-convertible

Ford Buried the Shelby Badge, Then Built the Most Powerful Mustang Convertible It's Ever Made

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (167+ words) Ford wants you to notice the horsepower number on its new Mustang Dark Horse SC Convertible. Look at what’s missing from the fender instead. That’s the press release. It’s not the story. Two things vanished along with the Shelby name,…...

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theautowire.com > 08/14/2026 > why-driver-assist-sensors-get-blamed-for-repair-costs-they-didnt-cause

Why Driver-Assist Sensors Get Blamed for Repair Costs They Didn't Cause

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (638+ words) New analysis from the Highway Loss Data Institute says the obvious conclusion is mostly wrong — and the proof is buried in a coverage type most drivers never think about. Start with what everyone expects. In an HLDI comparison of otherwise…...

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theautowire.com > 08/14/2026 > teslas-shanghai-mega-factory-is-taking-a-mysterious-two-week-vacation-right-before-it-might-get-sold-off

Tesla's Shanghai Mega-Factory Is Taking a Mysterious Two-Week Vacation Right Before It Might Get Sold Off

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (274+ words) Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai has never taken a real Chinese New Year holiday. Not once, not since it opened. That changes this coming January, and the size of the change tells you more than the holiday itself does. The easy explanation…...

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theautowire.com > 08/14/2026 > flock-license-plate-error-press-fleet-range-rover

Flock Just Rewrote Its Privacy Rules. It Still Can't Stop A Typo From Turning A Press-Fleet Range Rover Into A 'Stolen' Car

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (287+ words) The driver hadn’t stolen anything. He’s an automotive journalist who was testing a manufacturer press loaner, and his wife was riding along. Officers had him out of the car with his hands raised before anyone worked out that the “stolen…...

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theautowire.com > 08/14/2026 > lenos-law-faces-its-deadline-what-sb-1392-really-changes-for-classic-car-owners

Leno's Law Faces Its Deadline: What SB 1392 Really Changes for Classic Car Owners

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (576+ words) California’s collector-car smog bill is once again sitting in the same room where its predecessor died, and the reason has almost nothing to do with tailpipes. This bill has been running clean laps everywhere else. It passed the Senate on…...

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theautowire.com > 08/13/2026 > polestar-dealer-lawsuit-25-million

Polestar Blamed Washington For Its U.S. Exit. One Dealer Says That's A Convenient Excuse — And Wants $25 Million To Prove It

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (409+ words) When the federal government tells a car company it can no longer sell its product in the United States, that usually ends the conversation. Polestar is discovering it doesn’t — not for the people who spent years and millions of dollars…...

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theautowire.com > 08/13/2026 > toyota-tacoma-trd-off-road-shock-recall

Toyota's Tacoma TRD Off-Road Got the Bargain Shocks — And 48,000 Owners Are Now Finding Out Why

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (787+ words) John Lloyd writes for The Auto Wire, where he covers the more entertaining corners of the car world—celebrity rides, motorsports drama, and whatever automotive thing happens to be blowing up online that week. He's drawn to where cars meet…...

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theautowire.com > 08/13/2026 > georgia-911-director-flock-camera-misuse-arrest

A Georgia 911 Director Got Arrested for Misusing Flock Cameras. She Didn't Need to Sneak In — She Ran the System.

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (906+ words) The Auto Wire A Georgia 911 Director Got Arrested for Misusing Flock Cameras. She Didn’t Need to Sneak In — She Ran the System. Heidi Taylor didn’t have to hack anything. She didn’t need a stolen login, a borrowed badge number, or…...