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Ford’s Aluminum Gamble Now Costs $2 Billion a Year

Ford’s Aluminum Gamble Now Costs $2 Billion a Year

Wheel Front Team May 5, 2026

Sam Pack sells Fords for a living. Four dealerships in the Dallas-Fort Worth sprawl, built on the back of F-150s and Super Duty trucks. Right now, he’s sitting on 42 days of F-150 inventory when he normally keeps 60. “We’d…

Trump Hikes EU Car Tariffs to 25%, Torching His Own Deal

Trump Hikes EU Car Tariffs to 25%, Torching His Own Deal

Wheel Front Team May 5, 2026

The ink on last year’s US-EU trade framework barely had time to dry. President Donald Trump announced Friday he will raise tariffs on European-built cars…

Norway Buried the Gas Engine. Tesla Danced on the Grave.

Norway Buried the Gas Engine. Tesla Danced on the Grave.

Wheel Front Team May 5, 2026

In Norway during the first quarter of 2026, battery-electric vehicles captured 97.9 percent of all new car registrations. Out of 27,175 vehicles sold, fewer than…

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…

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…