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Honda’s Rust Problem Won’t Quit: 880K Trucks Recalled

Honda’s Rust Problem Won’t Quit: 880K Trucks Recalled

Wheel Front Team Jun 24, 2026

American Honda is pulling back 880,000 SUVs and pickup trucks because the paint on their rear suspension components wasn’t applied correctly, and road salt is eating through the metal underneath. The recall covers 2017-2023 Ridgelines, 2019-2023 Passports, 2016-2022 Pilots, and…

Lucid Cuts 18% of U.S. Staff as Cash Burn Hits $3B

Lucid Cuts 18% of U.S. Staff as Cash Burn Hits $3B

Wheel Front Team Jun 24, 2026

Lucid Motors is cutting 18% of its U.S. hourly and salaried workforce and eliminating the chief operating officer role entirely. These moves land barely four…

California’s Car Sales Freeze Threat Is a Smokescreen

California’s Car Sales Freeze Threat Is a Smokescreen

Wheel Front Team Jun 24, 2026

The Alliance for Automotive Innovation says California dealerships could be forced to stop selling new cars on July 1. That’s the kind of headline that…

Roush Ditches Ford Loyalty, Signs Deal to Build a Ram

Roush Ditches Ford Loyalty, Signs Deal to Build a Ram

Wheel Front Team Jun 24, 2026

For decades, Roush and Ford were practically synonymous. The Michigan tuner made its fortune bolting superchargers onto Mustangs and F-150s, becoming the unofficial performance arm…

Honda’s Revived Element Is a Huge Gamble

Honda’s Revived Element Is a Huge Gamble

Wheel Front Team Jun 24, 2026

Honda is betting that 100,000 people a year will want a boxy hybrid crossover with a name that hasn’t been on a dealer lot since…

Slate’s $25K Electric Truck Has No Key Fob, No Frills

Slate’s $25K Electric Truck Has No Key Fob, No Frills

Wheel Front Team Jun 24, 2026

Jeff Bezos-backed Slate opened its order books today with a number that demands attention: $24,950 for an all-electric pickup truck. Before taxes, before fees, before…

Your Parked EV Could Soon Pay You Back

Your Parked EV Could Soon Pay You Back

Wheel Front Team Jun 24, 2026

Seven million electric vehicles sit on American roads. Two automakers just made moves to turn them into grid assets, and the shift from theoretical to…

Skoda’s Peaq Is a 402-Mile Three-Row EV Shot at Ioniq 9

Skoda’s Peaq Is a 402-Mile Three-Row EV Shot at Ioniq 9

Wheel Front Team Jun 24, 2026

Skoda just pulled the sheet off the Peaq, a three-row electric crossover that claims up to 402 miles of WLTP range and slots in as…

Mitsubishi Admits It’s Too Broke to Build Its Own EVs

Mitsubishi Admits It’s Too Broke to Build Its Own EVs

Wheel Front Team Jun 23, 2026

Mitsubishi CEO Takao Kato stood before shareholders on June 18 and said something most automaker bosses would never utter aloud: his company cannot afford to…

$3.93 Gas Is Turning America Into a Hybrid Nation

$3.93 Gas Is Turning America Into a Hybrid Nation

Wheel Front Team Jun 23, 2026

Hybrid sales are up 11 percent through the first four months of 2026 while total U.S. new car sales dropped 5.7 percent over the same…