Geoge Smith 
Apple’s secretive car project died without ever seeing the light of day. It’s a fitting end, considering we’ve collectively spent the last decade aware of it without really knowing too much about what the tech colossus was planning. Neither has Apple, apparently. Dozens of contemporaneous reports over that span clued the public into the vague … Read more
Photo: Toyota For years, the reason you bought a Toyota Tacoma wasn’t that it got the best gas mileage, came with the latest features or had the most comfortable seats. It didn’t have any of those things. You bought it because it had a reputation for both reliability and durability, as well as the boost … Read more
SAKHIR, Bahrain — Red Bull dismissed the allegations of misconduct against team principal Christian Horner on Wednesday, closing an investigation that has overshadowed the start of the Formula 1 season. Horner will remain in charge of the champion F1 team after Red Bull’s internal investigation cleared him of alleged misconduct toward a team employee. The … Read more
Apple offered investors more reasons to like its stock after the company reportedly canceled its decadelong electric, self-driving car project and CEO Tim Cook talked up the iPhone maker’s artificial intelligence vision. The tech giant announced the end to its autonomous EV pursuits internally Tuesday, Bloomberg News reported , citing people with knowledge of the … Read more
The Toyota Prius Prime has beat out the latest EVs for the title of greenest car. Despite more EVs coming to market, none of the latest fully-electric vehicles in the U.S. managed to outdo the efficiency of the humble Prius plug-in, according to the Washing Post and recent findings in the 2024 GreenerCars report. Andy … Read more
In October 2022, Jeep brand ex-president Christian Meunier told Motor Trend Jeep wanted just the right name for the battery-electric Wagoneer S. The automaker had come up with a few but thought the public might be able to do better. The Name the New Wagoneer contest asked any who cared to visit a website, enter a … Read more
So, as it turns out, Boeing’s safety culture is as not good as we all expected it to be. A new report from federal safety experts found some major issues with its culture that include a “disconnect” between senior management and other employees. It was also described as both “inadequate” and “confusing.” That is not what … Read more
The time-consuming, and occasionally painful and expensive fact of the matter is: You don’t know what it will take to fix a problem until you’ve fixed the problem. Ford CEO Jim Farley rightfully talked up the numerous quality control processes put in place to ensure the 2023 Ford Super Duty came off assembly lines without … Read more
Czech car maker Skoda Auto has kept a low profit ambition for India despite being in the market for more than 20 years even as the top five carmakers in the very same market, have had a profitable run – most recently, led by a sustained gain in volumes of pricier models. The Volkswagen Group … Read more
Photo: Win McNamee (Getty Images) Tyler Boebert was arrested Tuesday for a string of vehicle break-ins against his mother’s constituents. The Rifle Police Department took the 18-year-old son of Representative Lauren Boebert into custody and levied a laundry list of charges. This is the latest episode in Boebert’s tumultuous family life, a reason she cited … Read more
