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Tesla Model Y Aces Every New NHTSA Safety Test. Nobody Else Has.

Tesla Model Y Aces Every New NHTSA Safety Test. Nobody Else Has.

Wheel Front Team May 8, 2026

The 2026 Tesla Model Y is the only vehicle on the market that has cleared every one of NHTSA’s newly redesigned advanced driver assistance tests. Not a single competitor has managed it yet. The agency announced Wednesday that Model Y…

BMW’s S58 Gets Racing Flame Jets to Dodge Euro 7

BMW’s S58 Gets Racing Flame Jets to Dodge Euro 7

Wheel Front Team May 8, 2026

The inline-six that powers BMW’s M2, M3, and M4 just got a stay of execution. Starting July 2026, every S58 engine rolling out of the…

Stellantis Hands Leapmotor the Keys to Its Spanish Factories

Stellantis Hands Leapmotor the Keys to Its Spanish Factories

Wheel Front Team May 8, 2026

Stellantis is preparing to turn over an entire assembly plant near Madrid to a joint venture controlled in part by a Chinese automaker. That single…

Jaguar’s 1,000-HP EV Finally Gets a Name Next Week

Jaguar’s 1,000-HP EV Finally Gets a Name Next Week

Wheel Front Team May 8, 2026

The car Jaguar has been teasing, provoking, and polarizing the world with since 2024 will finally get a proper name on May 12. The Type…

Ford Slaps Carhartt Logos on a Super Duty, Charges $4,195

Ford Slaps Carhartt Logos on a Super Duty, Charges $4,195

Wheel Front Team May 8, 2026

Four grand buys a lot of Carhartt jackets. Ford wants you to spend it on badges instead. The 2027 Ford Super Duty Carhartt package, announced…

Cops Used Plate Readers to Stalk Exes 14 Times

Cops Used Plate Readers to Stalk Exes 14 Times

Wheel Front Team May 7, 2026

Fourteen times. That’s the documented floor, not the ceiling, for how often law enforcement officers have abused automated license plate reader systems to stalk romantic…

Toyota’s Basketball Robot Just Learned to Dribble

Toyota’s Basketball Robot Just Learned to Dribble

Wheel Front Team May 7, 2026

On April 12, a humanoid robot walked onto the court at Toyota Arena Tokyo during an Alvark Tokyo home game, picked up a basketball, dribbled…

Canada’s 49,000-Car China EV Quota Ignites a Turf War

Canada’s 49,000-Car China EV Quota Ignites a Turf War

Wheel Front Team May 7, 2026

Canada cut a deal with Beijing in January to let Chinese-made electric vehicles back into the country at a 6.1 percent tariff, replacing a punishing…

Dodge Charger EV Loses Half Its Value in One Year

Dodge Charger EV Loses Half Its Value in One Year

Wheel Front Team May 7, 2026

Edmunds just sold its 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack Stage 2 coupe for $35,000. The car cost roughly $82,000 before taxes and fees barely…

BMW Wants to Throttle PHEVs That Never Get Plugged In

BMW Wants to Throttle PHEVs That Never Get Plugged In

Wheel Front Team May 7, 2026

Nicolas Peter, BMW’s Chairman of the Supervisory Board, told German newspaper Die Zeit that the automaker could remotely cut engine power on plug-in hybrids whose…