Automotive News

GM’s Energy Pass Bets One App Can Fix EV Charging Chaos

GM’s Energy Pass Bets One App Can Fix EV Charging Chaos

Wheel Front Team Jun 11, 2026

General Motors just launched Energy Pass, a single digital platform that lets its EV customers find, start, and pay for public charging sessions across multiple networks without juggling a half-dozen competing apps. It sounds simple. That’s because it should have…

Ford’s Aluminum Nightmare Is Finally Over

Ford’s Aluminum Nightmare Is Finally Over

Wheel Front Team Jun 11, 2026

The Novelis aluminum plant in Oswego, New York, finally restarted production this week, ending a nine-month supply drought that forced Ford to scramble for one…

Porsche Says the 911 Will Never Go Full Electric

Porsche Says the 911 Will Never Go Full Electric

Wheel Front Team Jun 11, 2026

Porsche CEO Michael Leiters has done something rare in the modern auto industry — he’s closed a door and thrown away the key. During an…

Osca Is Back With a Lotus-Powered V6 Coupe

Osca Is Back With a Lotus-Powered V6 Coupe

Wheel Front Team Jun 11, 2026

Osca hasn’t built a car in over half a century. Now the obscure Italian marque, once a Formula 1 also-ran, is promising a new V6-powered…

BMW M’s Electric Sedan Drops Tomorrow at Le Mans

BMW M’s Electric Sedan Drops Tomorrow at Le Mans

Wheel Front Team Jun 11, 2026

A blood-red electric sedan with yellow racing daytime running lights surfaced in a BMW teaser video today, confirming what spy photographers caught lurking around Le…

Nissan’s 2027 Z Raids Its Own Museum for a Facelift

Nissan’s 2027 Z Raids Its Own Museum for a Facelift

Wheel Front Team Jun 11, 2026

The 2027 Nissan Z doesn’t arrive with more power. It arrives with more nostalgia — carefully packaged, focus-grouped, and color-matched to a car most of…

Tesla’s Folding Supercharger Lands in Europe

Tesla’s Folding Supercharger Lands in Europe

Wheel Front Team Jun 11, 2026

Tesla just unfolded its first modular V4 Supercharger somewhere in Europe, almost certainly Norway, and the move signals that the company’s charging war is no…

Mazda Says Every Rival Hybrid Gets Throttle Wrong

Mazda Says Every Rival Hybrid Gets Throttle Wrong

Wheel Front Team Jun 11, 2026

Koichiro Yamaguchi has driven a lot of hybrids. As project manager for the next-generation Mazda CX-5, it’s his job. And according to him, not a…

Rivian Bets Everything on R2—And Says Profits Come Fast

Rivian Bets Everything on R2—And Says Profits Come Fast

Wheel Front Team Jun 10, 2026

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe isn’t hedging. In an extensive sit-down with The Drive’s Joel Feder in Park City, Utah, Scaringe laid out a timeline that…

BMW’s G80 M3 Gets Individual Colors Just Before Death

BMW’s G80 M3 Gets Individual Colors Just Before Death

Wheel Front Team Jun 10, 2026

The first BMW M3 G80s wearing Individual paint landed in Brazil this month, roughly five months late and roughly one year before the car ceases…