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Three Chinese EVs Just Scored Five Stars in Euro NCAP’s Toughest Tests Yet
Euro NCAP published a fresh batch of results this week, and three Chinese electric cars, the Aion UT, Geely E2, and Leapmotor B05, all came…
BYD Beats BMW, Mercedes and Audi on Reliability, New European Data Shows
I wrote about J.D. Power's own dependability data recently, the study that tracks how many problems owners report on three-year-old cars in the US. That…
Car Dependability Just Hit a Three-Year Low, and Software Is Why
J.D. Power's 2026 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study came out in February, and it recorded the worst score since the study was redesigned in 2022. Cars…
Touchscreen Car Controls Are Getting More Distracting, Not Less
Car interiors have never had more screen space, and drivers have never spent longer looking at it instead of the road. That's the uncomfortable conclusion…
China Just Set the Rules for Self Driving Cars, and Tesla’s FSD Doesn’t Meet Them Yet
Tesla spent months trying to get FSD deeper into the Chinese market, but the goalposts just moved. According to a South China Morning Post report,…
Euro NCAP’s 2026 Protocol Is Better, But Five Stars Still Doesn’t Mean Real Safety
Euro NCAP exists to stop people dying on European roads, and for most of the past two decades the five star rating has done real…
Waymo’s Robotaxis Crash 68% Less Than Human Drivers, According to a New IIHS Study
An independent safety study just gave the robotaxi industry its strongest evidence yet. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the same body behind the Top…
Tesla FSD, Xpeng VLA and Every Other “Self-Driving” System Explained: What the Levels Actually Mean
Tesla says "Full Self-Driving", Mercedes talks about Drive Pilot, and Xpeng calls VLA the next generation of intelligent driving. Yet all of these systems mean…
BMW iX3 and Zeekr 7GT Are the First Cars to Pass Euro NCAP’s New 2026 Tests
Euro NCAP published its first results under the new 2026 testing protocols, and two cars have earned five stars: the BMW iX3 and the Zeekr…
Chery Will Replace Your Car for Free If the Battery Causes a Fire
Chery has launched what it calls the Rhino battery safety assurance plan, a programme that combines an unusually strict set of in-house manufacturing standards with…
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