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U.S. Army Shoots Down Its Own Side’s Drone With Anti-Drone Laser Near El Paso, Triggering Four-Month Airspace Shutdown

U.S. Army Shoots Down Its Own Side’s Drone With Anti-Drone Laser Near El Paso, Triggering Four-Month Airspace Shutdown

Wheel Front Team Feb 28, 2026

You really cannot make this stuff up. Just weeks after the U.S. Army let Customs and Border Patrol borrow its high-energy laser weapon to blast what turned out to be a party balloon out of the sky near El Paso,…

Auto Start-Stop Won’t Kill Your Engine, and Here’s Why Automakers Have Already Thought of That

Auto Start-Stop Won’t Kill Your Engine, and Here’s Why Automakers Have Already Thought of That

Wheel Front Team Feb 28, 2026

Few features in modern cars generate as much disdain from drivers as auto start-stop. You pull up to a red light, the engine shuts off,…

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Just Learned to Navigate Mars Without Calling Home

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Just Learned to Navigate Mars Without Calling Home

Wheel Front Team Feb 28, 2026

For five years, NASA’s Perseverance rover has been doing something almost painfully relatable. Every time it got a little lost on Mars, it stopped driving,…

Brampton Plays Hardball with Stellantis, Rezoning Factory Land to Block Any Escape Route

Brampton Plays Hardball with Stellantis, Rezoning Factory Land to Block Any Escape Route

Wheel Front Team Feb 27, 2026

The city of Brampton, Ontario, just told Stellantis exactly where it can shove any ideas about selling off its idled assembly plant for condo development.…

Mitsubishi’s Next EV Is a Nissan Leaf in Disguise, and That’s Not a Bad Thing

Mitsubishi’s Next EV Is a Nissan Leaf in Disguise, and That’s Not a Bad Thing

Wheel Front Team Feb 27, 2026

Mitsubishi once had the audacity to launch the first mass-market electric vehicle you could actually walk into a dealership and buy. That was the i-MiEV…

Ford Finally Offers Discounts on the Mustang Dark Horse, But You’d Better Act Fast

Ford Finally Offers Discounts on the Mustang Dark Horse, But You’d Better Act Fast

Wheel Front Team Feb 27, 2026

The Ford Mustang Dark Horse has been the bruiser at the top of the pony car lineup since this generation launched, sitting just below the…

The 2026 Corvette ZR1X Is So Fast It Broke the NHRA’s Brain

The 2026 Corvette ZR1X Is So Fast It Broke the NHRA’s Brain

Wheel Front Team Feb 27, 2026

General Motors has never been known for restraint, and the 2026 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X is the most emphatic proof yet. It combines the ZR1’s 1,064-horsepower…

Volkswagen Delivers Its Two-Millionth Electric Car — And It’s Just Getting Started

Volkswagen Delivers Its Two-Millionth Electric Car — And It’s Just Getting Started

Wheel Front Team Feb 27, 2026

Volkswagen has delivered its two-millionth all-electric vehicle, marking a landmark moment in the German automaker’s ongoing shift toward battery-powered mobility. The milestone car was an…

Audi Shuffles Its Top Leaders Across North America and China

Audi Shuffles Its Top Leaders Across North America and China

Wheel Front Team Feb 26, 2026

Audi is executing one of its most significant leadership reshuffles in recent memory, announcing a series of high-level management changes across its operations in North…

Stellantis Files 2025 Annual Report as Company Looks to Turn the Page

Stellantis Files 2025 Annual Report as Company Looks to Turn the Page

Wheel Front Team Feb 26, 2026

Stellantis N.V. has published its 2025 Annual Report and filed its corresponding Form 20-F with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the automaker confirmed…