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Tesla’s Robotaxi Hits Miami as Model Y L Debuts

Tesla’s Robotaxi Hits Miami as Model Y L Debuts

Wheel Front Team Jul 3, 2026

Thirteen months after its first autonomous ride rolled through Austin, Tesla’s Robotaxi network just touched down in Miami, marking its third state and sixth metropolitan area. The initial geofence covers roughly 10 to 14 square miles of western and central…

BMW’s iX3 Won’t Get the iX5’s Monster Battery. Good.

BMW’s iX3 Won’t Get the iX5’s Monster Battery. Good.

Wheel Front Team Jul 3, 2026

BMW’s new iX5 carries a 141-kWh battery, the largest ever stuffed into a production BMW. It’s a brute. And the smaller iX3 will never get…

Mercedes Bets Its Future on 10 New Models in One Year

Mercedes Bets Its Future on 10 New Models in One Year

Wheel Front Team Jul 3, 2026

Nine percent. That’s how far Mercedes-Benz sales fell in 2025, dropping to just 1,800,800 vehicles. Stuttgart’s answer is the most aggressive product blitz in the…

Cadillac’s Best-Selling Sedan Beats Its EVs—So It Killed One

Cadillac’s Best-Selling Sedan Beats Its EVs—So It Killed One

Wheel Front Team Jul 3, 2026

Cadillac moved 4,311 CT5 sedans last quarter. That was more than the Lyriq, more than the Optiq, more than the Vistiq, and more than the…

BMW’s New X5 Kills the Door Handle Forever

BMW’s New X5 Kills the Door Handle Forever

Wheel Front Team Jul 3, 2026

The door handle is dead. BMW killed it on the fifth-generation X5, codenamed G65, replacing the conventional pull with a slim gloss-black tab called the…

BMW’s Electric iX5: 845 km Range, 2.9 Tonnes, One Question

BMW’s Electric iX5: 845 km Range, 2.9 Tonnes, One Question

Wheel Front Team Jul 3, 2026

The first matte-painted BMW iX5 surfaced at a launch event in Bucharest this week, wearing a Frozen Tanzanite Blue finish from BMW’s Individual catalog. Photographer…

The Honda CR-V Is Outselling Everything in America

The Honda CR-V Is Outselling Everything in America

Wheel Front Team Jul 2, 2026

The Honda CR-V has done something neither the Toyota RAV4 nor the Ford F-150 could manage over the first six months of 2026: stay on…

One in Five BMW X5 Buyers Now Plugs In—But Not All

One in Five BMW X5 Buyers Now Plugs In—But Not All

Wheel Front Team Jul 2, 2026

The number landed quietly during a roundtable with journalists after the new G65-generation BMW X5 debuted this week: 20 percent of X5s sold in the…

BMW iX Won’t Die, Even as the iX5 Makes It Obsolete

BMW iX Won’t Die, Even as the iX5 Makes It Obsolete

Wheel Front Team Jul 2, 2026

The BMW iX is dead in America. But everywhere else, it just won’t quit. BMW confirmed this week that the polarizing electric SUV will remain…

NHTSA Wants to Ditch Robotaxi Brake Pedals First, Ask Later

NHTSA Wants to Ditch Robotaxi Brake Pedals First, Ask Later

Wheel Front Team Jul 2, 2026

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is moving to strip brake pedals from autonomous vehicles, calling it a step toward “safely unleashing American innovation.” The…