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Tesla’s 10 Billion FSD Miles Mean Less Than You Think

Tesla’s 10 Billion FSD Miles Mean Less Than You Think

Wheel Front Team May 4, 2026

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving fleet has crossed the 10 billion mile mark. It’s an enormous number. It is also, by itself, almost meaningless. The company trumpeted the milestone as evidence of its data-driven approach to cracking the autonomy problem. CEO Elon…

Dealers Priced Themselves Out of the Oil Change Bay

Dealers Priced Themselves Out of the Oil Change Bay

Wheel Front Team May 4, 2026

Franchised dealerships have spent years treating their service departments as profit centers. Now the bill is coming due, and it’s being paid at the Jiffy…

BMW Patents an Electric Ladder Frame. No Engine.

BMW Patents an Electric Ladder Frame. No Engine.

Wheel Front Team May 4, 2026

BMW has never built a modern production car on a ladder frame. Not once. Every 3 Series, every X5, every 7 Series for decades has…

Faster You Drive, More You Scroll: IIHS Has Proof

Faster You Drive, More You Scroll: IIHS Has Proof

Wheel Front Team May 3, 2026

For years, the safety establishment assumed drivers reached for their phones mostly while crawling through traffic or idling at red lights. That assumption is dead.…

Cupra Bans Color: No Red, No Yellow, No Exceptions

Cupra Bans Color: No Red, No Yellow, No Exceptions

Wheel Front Team May 3, 2026

“You will never find a red Cupra.” That’s not a prediction — it’s a decree, handed down by Cupra creative director Francesca Sangalli with the…

A 500-HP Jeep Wagoneer S Just Sold for $38,500

A 500-HP Jeep Wagoneer S Just Sold for $38,500

Wheel Front Team May 3, 2026

A 2025 Jeep Wagoneer S Limited 4XE with 91 miles on its odometer just sold at auction on Bring a Trailer for $38,500. The original…

BMW’s Bulletproof 7 Series Gets a Refresh and a Royal Debut

BMW’s Bulletproof 7 Series Gets a Refresh and a Royal Debut

Wheel Front Team May 3, 2026

King Charles III rolled through Washington last week in a black BMW 760i xDrive Protection VR9 with European plates, flanked by Secret Service SUVs and…

China’s SUVs Now Sail Across Lakes. Seriously.

China’s SUVs Now Sail Across Lakes. Seriously.

Wheel Front Team May 3, 2026

BYD did it first as a party trick. Now Chery’s Jetour sub-brand has one-upped the stunt by driving its G700 SUV across an actual lake,…

Tesla’s $40K Charger Could Finally Crack Electric Trucking

Tesla’s $40K Charger Could Finally Crack Electric Trucking

Wheel Front Team May 3, 2026

Tesla just carved the price of electrifying a trucking depot in half. The company this week launched a 125 kW Basecharger for the Semi, a…

Fewer Pedestrians Died Last Year. Don’t Celebrate Yet.

Fewer Pedestrians Died Last Year. Don’t Celebrate Yet.

Wheel Front Team May 3, 2026

An 11 percent drop in pedestrian fatalities sounds like progress. It isn’t. It’s regression to a mean that was already catastrophic. The Governors Highway Safety…