15+ hour, 4+ min ago   (62+ words) Ford counters Washington with a billion-dollar move. Plus, a look at Volkswagen’s truck ambitions and China’s opportunity amid the U.S.-Canada trade war. Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant bet; VW eyes U.S. trucks World Hyundai and…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (407+ words) With its next-generation electric pickups arriving in 2027, the F-150 Lightning is no longer available. Ford is preparing to introduce the $30,000 Fathom EV pickup and an extended-range electric vehicle (EREV) to replace it. The F-150 Lightning “redefined what a truck could be,” Ford’s…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1283+ words) Ford also did something important after the controversy erupted: it defended rather than abandoned the battery arrangement at the center of it. In its Sept. 8 response, Ford said its Michigan battery plant is Ford-owned and Ford-operated, employs American workers, and…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1031+ words) Step onto almost any truck dealership showroom floor today, and there’s a good chance you’ll see full-size heavy-duty pickups with sticker prices well north of $70,000—and some blowing right past six figures. That puts many of these models out of…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (290+ words) Carrying an extra 446 pounds of bulky gear, our long-term Ranger Raptor got a lot slower, and its highway fuel economy took a hit. Welcome to Car and Driver's Testing Hub, where we zoom in on the test numbers. We've been…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (203+ words) The tailgate is a different mechanism — larger, heavier, and motor-driven — and as of this writing, Tesla has not issued a statement, software update, or recall addressing this specific concern. There is no active NHTSA investigation into the Cybertruck tailgate closing…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (709+ words) Thomas is a Nu Rave-blaring, heel-toe downshifting, wrench-turning, chassis-geeking, parts-hauling, floppy-haired Torontonian who's been writing about cars professionally since college. He's an Automobile Journalists Association of Canada board member, a Canadian Car of the Year judge, and his current fleet…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (122+ words) The April 2025 structural revision specifically addressed the front underbody and footwell — areas that had shown weaker performance in moderate and small overlap front crash scenarios on earlier builds. If you own a Cybertruck manufactured before that cutoff, your truck's crash…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (24+ words) Ford taps James Brown’s ‘soul’ and ‘swagger’ to launch first all-electric SUV Campaign UK Contact Customer Support at Welcome to the new Campaign site...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (150+ words) The official Cybertruck account kept it short this week — just five words: "I'm a low maintenance partner." But behind that post is a genuinely compelling ownership story that's worth unpacking with real numbers. Here's what the maintenance picture actually looks…...