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Hyundai’s Wearable Robot Earns Korea’s First KS Stamp

Hyundai’s Wearable Robot Earns Korea’s First KS Stamp

Wheel Front Team Mar 17, 2026

Hyundai Motor Group’s X-ble Shoulder just became the first wearable robot in South Korea to earn Korea Industrial Standards certification. That credential effectively draws a line between serious industrial exoskeletons and everything else on the market. The certification, granted by…

A Cracked Manifold Killed an 18-Year-Old in Her Car

A Cracked Manifold Killed an 18-Year-Old in Her Car

Wheel Front Team Mar 17, 2026

Aubrie Morgan fell asleep in her running car on January 14 inside a Royal Oak, Michigan parking garage. She never woke up. A cracked exhaust…

BMW’s Bold EV Bet Faces a Brutal Math Problem

BMW’s Bold EV Bet Faces a Brutal Math Problem

Wheel Front Team Mar 17, 2026

BMW wants half its global sales to be electric by 2030. Right now, fewer than one in five cars it delivers runs on batteries. That…

Bentley’s Electric Future Just Shrunk to One Car

Bentley’s Electric Future Just Shrunk to One Car

Wheel Front Team Mar 17, 2026

Volkswagen Group just killed the platform Bentley was counting on to build its electric future. That single decision wiped out plans for an electric sedan…

Audi México’s New Bosses Signal a Factory About to Change

Audi México’s New Bosses Signal a Factory About to Change

Wheel Front Team Mar 17, 2026

Two of the top executives at Audi’s San José Chiapa plant in Puebla are out, replaced by a pair of internationally seasoned leaders who signal…

Ford’s Service Scores Soar While Its Recall Record Burns

Ford’s Service Scores Soar While Its Recall Record Burns

Wheel Front Team Mar 17, 2026

Ford Motor Company just logged the largest recall count any automaker has ever posted in a single calendar year. And then it climbed seven spots…

Nissan’s Sending a Tennessee SUV to Japan. Here’s Why.

Nissan’s Sending a Tennessee SUV to Japan. Here’s Why.

Wheel Front Team Mar 17, 2026

Nissan will export the Murano crossover from its Smyrna, Tennessee, plant to Japan, with sales starting early 2027. It’s a left-hand-drive American SUV heading to…

Hyundai Is Giving Away Free EV Charging at the Nürburgring

Hyundai Is Giving Away Free EV Charging at the Nürburgring

Wheel Front Team Mar 17, 2026

Two 400-kW DC fast chargers now sit at the entrance to the Nürburgring’s Tourist Drive, and they wear Hyundai N badges. The Korean automaker flipped…

Nissan’s Executive Exodus Raises Alarms in Turnaround’s Final Year

Nissan’s Executive Exodus Raises Alarms in Turnaround’s Final Year

Wheel Front Team Mar 17, 2026

Four retirements, a CFO departure, and a sweeping reorganization — all in the span of a single week. Nissan is reshuffling its executive ranks with…

Audi’s Profits Slide 14% as Tariffs Bite Deep

Audi’s Profits Slide 14% as Tariffs Bite Deep

Wheel Front Team Mar 17, 2026

A $1.2 billion tariff hit, declining China sales, and no American factory. That’s the hand Audi is playing in 2026, and CEO Gernot Döllner wants…