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Australia’s Willowbank Raceway has issued a formal ban on drivers running all-electric vehicles, citing fire-related safety concerns. It joins the UK-based Anglesey Circuit and West Virginia’s Summit Point as the third track to restrict EVs from competing or testing.

Serving as a three-row crossover with an all-electriq, er, electric powertrain, the 2026 Cadillac Vistiq seeks to deliver 615 horsepower and up to 300 miles in range on a single charge of it 102-kWh battery.

Porsche offers a mind-blowing number of trims and configuration options for almost every vehicle it sells, and the Taycan product line just got even more complex. The automaker announced updates to its sporty EV for 2025, which includes three new trims and better performance.

The Ford Mustang GTD is staggeringly expensive and should offer extreme performance for buyers brave enough to push it, but its exclusive price tag has already led some to look for the next best thing. Unfortunately for one SEMA presenter, the “next best thing” was a GTD lookalike, and Ford didn’t take kindly to the display.

At first, Tesla loved to tout its Cybertruck order numbers, but it now seems like the list of hopeful buyers might not be so hefty. A short while ago, we reported that the lead time for a new Cybertruck had shrunk considerably. Now, we’re learning that Tesla is implementing a new lease program designed to draw in potential buyers for the ultra-polarizing pickup truck.

Many have wondered which direction Mazda would take with future powertrain development, as the automaker has talked about rotary range-extending engines, plug-in hybrids, and more. We’re now starting to get a clearer picture of how Mazda’s propulsion systems may look going forward, as it recently snuck some significant news into its latest financial report.

GM has announced it will end production of the Cadillac XT4 early next year in a shift towards EVs, namely the next-gen Chevy Bolt, at its Fairfax plant in Kansas.

Porsche has issued a recall for 1,851 vehicles due to defective center-locking wheel nuts that may fracture, posing a serious safety risk.

After quite a bit of speculation, Stellantis confirmed on Wednesday that it would be cutting roughly 1,100 employees from the Jeep plant located in Toledo, Ohio. Due to slowing Jeep sales and rising vehicle inventories, the automaker had decided to eliminate a production shift in January.

Toyota has already moved to a hybrid setup in the Tacoma, Sequoia, and Tundra, but it’s not done electrifying its truck and SUV catalog. Autoguide recently reported that the automaker is considering its powertrain offerings in those vehicles to include plug-in hybrid variants.

There are plenty of impressive performance EVs on sale today, but even the ones that attempt to appeal to enthusiasts with fake engine sounds and special effects often fail to resonate. Mercedes-AMG thinks it knows better, and it recently announced a new dedicated EV platform called AMG.EA, which will start life underpinning an electric SUV for the brand. The performance automaker knows how skeptical people can be, saying that the new vehicle will be an “AMG first, all-electric second.”

Nissan has been in trouble for a while now. Dealers have sounded the alarm multiple times over the last few years, noting their troubles selling the brand’s aging vehicle catalog, but now, the situation appears to have reached a point of no return, so to speak. Nissan’s CEO Makoto Uchida recently said the automaker is in an “extremely tough situation,” noting that it would shed thousands of jobs and sell off some assets to stem the tide.

With the current Nissan Armada slated to be replaced by its global-market equivalent (the Nissan Patrol) in 2025, many on our market are excited about the prospect of the SUV receiving the Pro-4X version. However, North America also has a chance to lay their hands on the spicy Nismo variant if consumers make enough noise.

Volvo has pushed the long-awaited EX30 EV back a few times, but it’s now having to reverse that trend as it sees slipping sales in the United States. The automaker recently announced that it would move initial EX30 deliveries up from summer 2025 to December of this year.

Toyota has never seemed all that excited about the shift to electrification, but the automaker is now openly stating that it will withhold future EV investments “until the very last moment” as it sees profits slide. The automaker expects its volume to recover in the coming months, but its full-year production totals will still fall way short of 2023’s delivery numbers.

If you don’t remember Bristol Cars, it’s presumably because you’re not sufficiently old or British. However, the brand is allegedly in the midst of a comeback with its current CEO promising a formal relaunch in 2026.

The crew from Toyota is on a roll at this year’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas, trotting out plenty of product – some of which would be mighty interesting in production form.

The ultra-rich might not feel the weight of constant ups and downs in the economy like the rest of us working schmucks, but the automakers that often service them do, especially Aston Martin. The legendary British automaker has seemingly been on the ropes for the last 40 years financially, but its fortunes in 2024 have been particularly bleak.

The Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer might have some cool features, but their luxury-level price tags have made them a tough sell. Dealers have complained about slow sales due to the hulking SUVs’ MSRPs, while Jeep’s parent company, Stellantis, has seen a sales slump across the board. The automaker is hoping to stop the bleeding with lower prices for Jeep’s flagship SUVs, but the move doesn’t make them significantly more affordable.

The Toyota Grand Highlander arrived in 2024, offering more space and comfort features than the already well-equipped three-row Highlander. That said, the SUV isn’t cheap, though that’s changing as we head into the 2025 model year. Toyota recently announced pricing and configuration details for the extended family hauler, and there’s a new entry-level trim joining the lineup with a slightly lower starting price.

Interestingly, the car photographed above is a contemporary GR86 with the gubbins of a GR Corolla shoved up its nose.

While we’ve covered the fact that the average American household can no longer afford a brand new vehicle, it would appear today’s pricing is likewise encouraging affluent consumers to shop secondhand. Apparently, new vehicles are just for the wealthy now.

On Monday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced it had concluded a probe into roughly 411,000 Ford SUVs and pickups. The agency was initially focused on engine issues believed to stem from faulty components found on Bronco models using the 2.7-liter EcoBoost motor and had expanded its scope to include other vehicles. However, the investigation looks to have determined that the automaker had already addressed the issue in an earlier recall.

Ford is revamping its employee bonus system to prioritize cost savings and improve vehicle quality, aligning bonuses with strict performance metrics.

Chevrolet has announced that the 2025 Silverado EV RST will soon boast a new feature akin to the “CrabWalk” functionality found on the GMC Hummer and Sierra EVs. Marked under the “Sidewinder” moniker for Chevy, the system will allow the pickups to shift all four wheels to enable lateral movement.

Ford was the first automaker to jump on the Tesla NACS bandwagon, but it’s having trouble getting adapters to the owners who need them to access the Supercharger network. Strong demand and long wait times for adapters have pushed the automaker to offer an alternative-branded component to keep up.

The new Toyota Land Cruiser is great, but it’s a far cry from the open-top, boxy off-roaders the automaker built decades ago. Toyota’s Calty Design Research Center in Michigan wants to grab some of that nostalgia with its recent ROX concept SUV, which will debut at this year’s SEMA show.

A little while ago, Acura showed off the Integra Type S HRC Prototype. At that time, we learned about the automaker’s plans to bring some of the car’s performance components to customers via its parts program, and now, Honda says it will offer a line of performance upgrades under the Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) banner.

Just as news broke Ford would be idling F-150 Lightning production for the remainder of the year; the brand also announced a new supercharged V8 F-150.

The Mercedes-AMG E53 sedan is returning for the 2025 model year as a plug-in hybrid. While it yields more power than its predecessor, the new powertrain has added some weight and a higher starting MSRP.

Toyota owns a small chunk of Suzuki, and it will lean on its smaller counterpart for help in the extremely challenging EV market. Toyota said that Suzuki would supply its first electric SUV, which is expected to arrive in several global markets next year.

The Ford F-150 Lightning debuted to strong demand and long wait times, but the truck has since seen a slowdown. The Blue Oval has seen lower-than-expected demand for the electric pickup, leading it to halt production through the end of the year.

Despite technically having already adopted the North American Charging System (NACS) standard, Volvo and Polestar have announced that their vehicles will soon begin shipping vehicles with NACS adapters. This means that the Combined Charging System (CCS) that its products default to will likewise be capable of utilizing Tesla’s Supercharger network — which is the only EV charging infrastructure to garner any serious praise from the public.

Hyundai has teased its upcoming three-row electric SUV in the past, but the automaker recently shared more details, including a name change. The Ioniq 9, as it’s now called, is expected to debut in the next few weeks as the brand’s take on the Kia EV9.

Even the hottest performance cars have become bigger and heavier over the years, and the trend has reached the point that more basic, lightweight cars have become “special.” Porsche’s latest entry to the space takes that approach, as it’s the lightest 911 Carrera variant on sale today.

Volkswagen recently confirmed that it would shutter at least three factories in its home country of Germany as part of its aggressive cost-cutting measures. We’re now learning about the closure of another of VW’s facilities in Brussels, Belgium, where it builds Audi EVs.

The long-rumoured Tasman has finally sprung forth from Kia, showing up with a body-on-frame platform and solid rear axle. There is a choice of engines depending on the market. Except – none of those markets are likely to be called America any time soon.

Lucid makes some truly compelling electric vehicles, but affordability and variety have never been its strong suit. At least one of those issues will be resolved with the upcoming Gravity SUV, which will expand Lucid’s product offerings to two vehicles. The automaker recently announced pricing for the SUV, and while the starting numbers are less than the Air sedan’s initial pricing, it’s still one expensive EV.

The U.S. federal government has been going hard on Chinese products lately, especially in the automotive sector. Following announcements of heavy tariffs and a proposed ban on Chinese hardware and software, Polestar is sounding the alarms. The Geely-owned automaker recently said the moves would “effectively prohibit” the sale of its vehicles in the U.S., which would also include the models it builds in South Carolina.

Cadillac’s V brand has given us some of the most exciting General Motors vehicles in decades, and it’s not slowing down as the automaker heads into the electric age. Cadillac recently announced the 2026 Lyriq-V, a hotted-up version of its Ultium-based electric crossover.

Having already pivoted its highest-volume model to run on all-electric power, Porsche is now considering building internal combustion variants of EVs. We appear to have come full circle on electrification in roughly the same time frame the industry previously assumed they’d become the dominant mode of transportation.

In a market where the average new car price is somewhere in the upper troposphere, it is gratifying to know shoppers can still purchase a well-equipped all-wheel drive vehicle for $24,665 including destination.

Scout Motors ruffled dealers’ feathers when it announced a direct-to-consumer sales model, but the automaker isn’t sidestepping physical locations altogether. The company announced several store locations across key U.S. markets, which will service vehicles and give prospective buyers the opportunity to see its new EVs.

Advanced driver assistance features are sometimes annoying and can even be frightening in some vehicles, but research has shown that the systems actually do help prevent collisions. AAA recently published the results of its recent study, which found that new vehicles equipped with automatic emergency braking (AEB) avoided 100 percent of collisions at speeds up to 35 mph.

A short while ago, Volkswagen said that it could close some of its German factories to cut costs. The move would be the automaker’s first closure in its home country, and we now have confirmation that VW plans to shutter three of its German factories, which will impact tens of thousands of workers.

While enthusiasts like many of you likely swap cars every couple of years, many people hold onto their rides for much longer than that. iSeeCars recently released its list of the vehicles that people keep the longest, and most of the names will likely come as no surprise.

One of the big things EV critics cite when talking about their continued growth is the significant number of raw materials that have to be extracted and refined to produce batteries. The U.S. federal government is taking steps to address those concerns with its recent approval of a lithium mine on public lands in Nevada.

Do you like classic off-roaders? Do you also like to complain that modern takes on iconic vehicles often miss the mark entirely and ramble about how electrification ruins everything? If you answered “yes” to one or both of those questions, Volkswagen has something for you. Scout took to the stage in Nashville, TN, yesterday to debut two electric concept vehicles – an SUV and a pickup.

Mitsubishi revealed a boxy, three-row concept at the Philippine International Motor Show this week, stating that the car would eventually spawn a production model intended for global sale. While this means slotting the vehicle into lineups that are already biased toward crossovers, the company has enjoyed decent success doing this in the past.

Tesla has given up on the long-rumored $25,000 EV, according to CEO Elon Musk. On a recent earnings call, Musk said that Tesla is focused on autonomous vehicles and called the affordable production model “pointless.”

The lithium sector in South America’s "lithium triangle," which spans Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia, has long been central to the global race for extracting the battery metal needed for electric vehicles.

The Dodge Charger EV promises strong performance numbers, and it’s one of the only electric models on sale with a shouty fake exhaust system. It might also become one of the earlier vehicles available with a solid-state battery system, as Dodge's parent company, Stellantis, recently said it could begin testing solid-state battery-equipped Charger EVs on public roads as soon as 2026.

Hyundai's hydrogen-powered Nexo crossover is in trouble with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) due to suspected hydrogen gas leaks. As you might expect, this poses a fire safety risk that necessitates a recall.

Many automakers operate manufacturing facilities around the world and have to manage health and safety for tens of thousands of employees. Rivian only has one factory, but its track record for safety is one of the worst in the industry. The company has seen more “serious” safety violations than any other automaker since the start of 2023.

Honda has a major recall on its hands. The automaker is pulling back more than 720,000 vehicles for an issue with the high-pressure fuel pump that can cause leaks and increase the risk of fire. Impacted models come from the 2023 through 2025 model years.

Donald Trump announced a new economic proposal just two weeks before the upcoming election, aimed at winning over voters—particularly those in the automotive and manufacturing sectors.

Minivans are nowhere near as popular as SUVs, with buyers looking for family-friendly vehicles, but Toyota has seen an uptick in sales of Sienna this year. The automaker recently told Automotive News that it plans to boost production to meet increased demand for the hybrid-only minivan.

A survey conducted by Santander Holdings USA, attempting to probe the status of middle-class households over the last twelve months, has reported that over half are actively delaying new-vehicle purchases. While the study is broad in scope, encompassing some similarly bleak news about home buying, the two issues seem closely related as rising costs don’t appear to be doing the economy any favors.

The Kia EV9 landed for the 2024 model year to mostly positive reviews, but the SUV has already had its fair share of recalls. The latest relates to the vehicles’ digital gauge cluster, which can fail, leading to a blank screen. Kia’s recall impacts more than 14,000 EV9s from the 2024 and 2025 model years.

We don’t spend a ton of time talking about six-figure sports cars here at TTAC, but a new Porsche 911 is worth a look. The automaker recently announced the updated 2025 911 GT3, which lands with a revised suspension system, sharper styling, and improved aerodynamic bodywork.