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Michigan's buildout of electric vehicle chargers, its future clouded by a federal funding freeze, is moving forward after receiving approval of a revised plan for spending more than $50 million in remaining funds.

The Michigan Department of Transportation expects next spring to issue another round of requests for proposals to add more DC fast ...Read more

WATKINS GLEN, New York — The 2026 Hyundai Palisade has an off-road-focused XRT Pro model because, well, you never know when Google Maps will navigate you off-road.

Heading east from Niagara Falls toward Watkins Glen International Raceway, Google sent me off Interstate 86 and onto a series of two-lane state roads — including dirt roads.

Had...Read more

Sometimes here in Grasso’s Garage, we like to shake things up a bit and consider vehicles a little out of the ordinary. In that spirit, I present the 2025 Can-Am Defender Limited. Perfect for offroading, trail riding, farm work and all sorts of work tasks, the Can-Am Defender Limited is ready for the ultimate test. In a month-long test in the ...Read more

Subaru owners are an eclectic lot, some embracing the wild outdoors and others just looking for a family truckster. For 30 years, the Outback has been the brand’s icon that once claimed to have “more cargo space than a Honda Passport, more driver headroom than a Jeep Cherokee, ground clearance like a Ford Explorer, plus the riding comfort ...Read more

There was very little wrong with the Subaru Solterra EV that debuted in 2022, beyond range and charging times. At its California debut, it sliced through Santa Barbara traffic and proved its off-road chops on Catalina. It was a no-hassle city car and all-capable Subaru — as long as you didn't need to go far or fast.

Now, we’re in mile-high ...Read more

For Jaguar Land Rover, this September’s been less Indian summer and more digital Armageddon. A cyberattack all but unplugged the lights three weeks ago at JLR’s Solihull, Halewood and Wolverhampton plants, turning off the hum of British manufacturing faster than you can say “two-tone Range Rover.” Production is frozen. As for Jaguar, ...Read more

A worker at Ford Motor Co.'s joint-venture battery plant in Kentucky is suing over unpaid time spent putting on mandatory "protective footwear" before and after shifts.

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal court, seeks overtime pay for the amount of time it takes workers to put on the company-issued footgear necessary "to perform their jobs ...Read more

Jeep has canceled plans to build a plug-in hybrid version of its Gladiator midsize truck, a move that comes shortly after parent Stellantis NV also halted plans for an all-electric Ram pickup.

"As customers’ propulsion preferences for battery-electric trucks continue to evolve, Stellantis is reassessing its product strategy and will no longer...Read more

The U.S. lowered tariffs on auto imports from the European Union to 15% retroactive to Aug. 1, cementing terms of the framework trade agreement the two sides struck almost two months ago.

The Department of Commerce and Office of the U.S. Trade Representative published a document online on Wednesday detailing the changes, reducing duties on a ...Read more

Big SUVs are bigger -- and stronger -- than they have ever been before. The just-updated Ford Expedition, for instance, is available with a 510 horsepower, twin-turbo V6 and comes standard with a 9,600-pound tow rating. It weighs close to three tons yet is capable of getting to 60 mph in less than five seconds, which makes it quicker than just ...Read more

Q: I am having a problem with my gas cap that is creating an engine warning on my dash. I have been tightening the gas cap quite a few times. I will sometimes get it to clear the check engine light, but it will soon come back to haunt me. Recently I bought locking gas cap thinking it may tighten up the cap and make the warning message go away, ...Read more

Lamborghini makes some of the most desirable cars in the world, coveted for the power beneath their hoods. Now the company has decided to throw a curveball at its fans with the 2025 Lamborghini Urus SE, a plug-in hybrid. True to the automaker's heritage, it looks exotic, different and luxurious —and it packs that Lamborghini power.

Our Verde ...Read more

In an age when even your refrigerator has a Wi-Fi connection, is it any wonder that the corporate titans in Ingolstadt are introducing the 375-horsepower Audi A6 Sportback e-tron and 456-horsepower A6 Sportback e-tron Quattro EVs?

Both are rolling citadels of silence, as is their sibling, the sportier 543-horsepower S6 Sportback e-tron. Yet ...Read more

PHELPS, Michigan — Two years ago at M1 Concourse’s American Speed Festival, I took my 1964 Porsche 904 GTS on track. The OG.

The first GTS (aka, Gran Turismo Sport) performance trim made by the German automaker, the wee, 1,450-pound 904 was one of 108 street-legal models built in 1964-65 to homologate Porsche for international racing. With ...Read more

Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday unveiled an ambitious growth plan to accelerate its electrified vehicle offerings in North America, a strategy that hinges on rapid expansion in Georgia.

The Korean automaker detailed a $2.7 billion expansion to its electric vehicle factory near Savannah, Georgia, which only completed its first construction phase ...Read more

CHICAGO — Though it’s not unusual to pursue hobbies or accumulate collections, personal wealth means those preoccupations can manifest in more eye-popping ways. Take cars, for instance. Before his death in 2021, real estate business magnet Larry Klairmont spent the final two decades of his life amassing a fascinating array of more than 600 ...Read more

Tesla Inc. reached a confidential deal to resolve a lawsuit by the family of a teenager who was killed in a 2019 California crash involving a Model 3 on Autopilot.

The settlement disclosed in court filings marks the latest move by the electric-vehicle maker to avoid a jury trial over a fatal wreck. A trial was scheduled to start in about a ...Read more

RUTLEDGE, Georgia — The horizon was flat aside from a towering mound of red Georgia clay.

SUVs and pickup trucks trudged up the steep incline, harnessing the power of electricity to defy gravity’s pull. Traction and a steady pace helped drivers crest the hill, and that’s the same approach the vehicles’ maker is taking to transform the ...Read more

The Mini Cooper is one thing few new cars are.

It is instantly recognizable -- because nothing else looks anything like it. This has been one of the Mini's greatest appeals, which transcends even the nostalgia factor of owning a new car that looks a lot like an old car.

It's nice to drive something that doesn't look like everything else.

Or ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Michigan U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg is calling for answers from the United Auto Workers over its failure to reinvest funds that were liquidated during the union's high-profile 2023 strike.

Walberg, R-Michigan, sent a letter Thursday to UAW President Shawn Fain in the wake of a Reuters report suggesting that the union missed out on an ...Read more