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California Can Finally Ticket Driverless Cars—Sort Of

California Can Finally Ticket Driverless Cars—Sort Of

Wheel Front Team May 1, 2026

For more than two years, autonomous vehicles have blown through red lights, rolled past crosswalks, and ignored traffic laws in California with zero consequences. Starting July 1, that era gets a partial correction — but not the full fix critics…

100 Electric Vans, 65% Cost Cut: Gateway’s Big Bet

100 Electric Vans, 65% Cost Cut: Gateway’s Big Bet

Wheel Front Team May 1, 2026

Workhorse just landed a 100-van electric fleet order, and the company behind it — Gateway — is wagering that bundling vehicles, charging infrastructure, leasing, and…

Ford’s Huge Gamble: No New F-150 Until 2029

Ford’s Huge Gamble: No New F-150 Until 2029

Wheel Front Team May 1, 2026

Ford isn’t just redesigning the F-150 and Super Duty. It’s blowing up the blueprint and starting over, with a 2029 deadline that gives its biggest…

Toyota Sues Dealer Over $5.1M in Vanished Cars

Toyota Sues Dealer Over $5.1M in Vanished Cars

Wheel Front Team May 1, 2026

Sixteen vehicles worth $1.4 million vanished from a Connecticut dealership’s lot. Then more cars disappeared after the auditors showed up. Toyota Motor Credit Corporation wants…

GM Says AI Writes 90% of Its Self-Driving Code

GM Says AI Writes 90% of Its Self-Driving Code

Wheel Front Team May 1, 2026

Nearly 90 percent of the code written by General Motors’ autonomy team is now generated by artificial intelligence. CEO Mary Barra dropped that number during…

NYC ‘Pit Crew’ Ring Stole $1.2M in Honda and Toyota Parts

NYC ‘Pit Crew’ Ring Stole $1.2M in Honda and Toyota Parts

Wheel Front Team May 1, 2026

A 971-count indictment landed Thursday against 16 men accused of running a Bronx-based auto theft ring that stripped Hondas, Toyotas, and Nissans across four boroughs…

Ford’s Q1 Looks Great — If You Squint Past the Fine Print

Ford’s Q1 Looks Great — If You Squint Past the Fine Print

Wheel Front Team May 1, 2026

Ford Motor Company rolled into its first-quarter 2026 earnings call on Tuesday with numbers that Wall Street wanted to hear. The Dearborn automaker reported higher…

Toyota’s First Carbon-Neutral Plant: Progress or PR?

Toyota’s First Carbon-Neutral Plant: Progress or PR?

Wheel Front Team May 1, 2026

Toyota’s Tahara Plant, a 4.03-million-square-meter sprawl in Aichi Prefecture employing roughly 9,000 workers, has become the first factory in the company’s global network to claim…

Wisconsin’s 17.3 MPH Speed Limit Is Clever but Futile

Wisconsin’s 17.3 MPH Speed Limit Is Clever but Futile

Wheel Front Team Apr 30, 2026

A recycling facility in Appleton, Wisconsin, just posted a speed limit of 17.3 mph. Not 15. Not 20. Seventeen point three. The Outagamie County Recycling…

Ransomware Just Doubled in Auto — And It’s Personal

Ransomware Just Doubled in Auto — And It’s Personal

Wheel Front Team Apr 30, 2026

Ransomware attacks against the automotive industry more than doubled in 2025, accounting for 44% of all publicly reported cyber incidents across the sector. That’s not…