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BMW Hits Two Million EVs. The Factory Is the Real Story.

BMW Hits Two Million EVs. The Factory Is the Real Story.

Wheel Front Team May 5, 2026

BMW’s two-millionth electric vehicle rolled off the line at Plant Dingolfing this week — a Tanzanite Blue i5 M60 xDrive sedan bound for a customer in Spain. It took the company from 2013 to early 2024 to hit one million.…

Audi’s PHEV Sales Explode 160% as EV Demand Stalls

Audi’s PHEV Sales Explode 160% as EV Demand Stalls

Wheel Front Team May 5, 2026

Audi sold more plug-in hybrids in the first quarter of 2026 than anyone expected — nearly 160 percent more than the same period a year…

Ford Bets the Farm on a $30K EV Truck It May Never Build

Ford Bets the Farm on a $30K EV Truck It May Never Build

Wheel Front Team May 5, 2026

Ford is quietly assembling a team of Apple and Tesla veterans in a semi-secret lab, tasked with designing a $30,000 electric truck that can compete…

Cadillac’s First Electric Hearse Is Built on the Lyriq

Cadillac’s First Electric Hearse Is Built on the Lyriq

Wheel Front Team May 5, 2026

Death rides quiet now. Cadillac is building a hearse out of the Lyriq, its flagship electric crossover, marking the first time GM’s luxury division has…

California’s 24-Hour Speed Blitz Nets 12,000 Tickets

California’s 24-Hour Speed Blitz Nets 12,000 Tickets

Wheel Front Team May 5, 2026

The California Highway Patrol wrote 11,767 speeding tickets in a single day. Two hundred of those drivers were clocked above 100 mph. And for that…

Kia’s 35% EV Sales Surge Rewrites the Playbook

Kia’s 35% EV Sales Surge Rewrites the Playbook

Wheel Front Team May 5, 2026

A 35 percent jump in electric vehicle sales during the first quarter of 2026 is not a rounding error. For Kia, it is the clearest…

Philly’s Bold Curbside EV Charging Gamble

Philly’s Bold Curbside EV Charging Gamble

Wheel Front Team May 5, 2026

A company called It’s Electric just cut a deal with Philadelphia to install up to 1,000 Level 2 curbside chargers across all 18 of the…

Geely Just Broke a World Record Toyota Won’t Ignore

Geely Just Broke a World Record Toyota Won’t Ignore

Wheel Front Team May 5, 2026

A Geely Emgrand sedan just circled a highway loop in Hunan, China, and sipped fuel at 2.22 liters per 100 kilometers. That figure earned the…

Tesla’s Loyalty Streak Hits Four Years—And Nobody’s Close

Tesla’s Loyalty Streak Hits Four Years—And Nobody’s Close

Wheel Front Team May 5, 2026

For the fourth consecutive year, Tesla has claimed the “Overall Loyalty to Make” award from S&P Global Mobility, a streak that started in 2022 and…

Mazda’s CX-40 Trademark Hints at a Gap It Needs to Fill

Mazda’s CX-40 Trademark Hints at a Gap It Needs to Fill

Wheel Front Team May 5, 2026

Mazda filed a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office earlier this year for the name CX-40. The company has said nothing…