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Leno’s Law Cleared the Committee That Killed It Last Year. Here’s the Math. Jay Leno Classic Car Bill Gets Butchered In California

Leno’s Law Cleared the Committee That Killed It Last Year. Here’s the Math.

John Lloyd August 20, 2026

SB 1392 cleared Assembly Appropriations 15-0 and is on the Assembly floor. What Leno's Law actually exempts,...

Police Charged a Man Over a Toppled Flock Camera — and the Charge Tells You the Repair Bill Solar-powered Flock Safety automated license plate reader camera mounted on a pole.

Solar-powered Flock Safety automated license plate reader camera mounted on a pole.

Police Charged a Man Over a Toppled Flock Camera — and the Charge Tells You the Repair Bill

Shawn Henry August 20, 2026

Brick Township police charged a 31-year-old with fourth-degree criminal mischief after a Flock license plate camera was...

California Just Set Efficiency Rules For Replacement Tires — And Your Track Rubber Is Exempt four vehicle tires

California Just Set Efficiency Rules For Replacement Tires — And Your Track Rubber Is Exempt

Shawn Henry August 18, 2026

Every tire you’ve ever bolted onto a car after the factory set wore out has been quietly...

Xiaomi Just Delivered Its 500,000th SU7 in 28.5 Months, and the Real Story Isn’t the Car Electric sedan on the road, representative of the Xiaomi SU7 EV segment

Electric sedan on the road, representative of the Xiaomi SU7 EV segment

Xiaomi Just Delivered Its 500,000th SU7 in 28.5 Months, and the Real Story Isn’t the Car

John Lloyd August 18, 2026

Lei Jun spent more than a decade building phones, routers, and rice cookers before he built a...

California Just Handed Kodiak a Learner’s Permit for Driverless Semis Two semi-trucks driving on a highway.

California Just Handed Kodiak a Learner’s Permit for Driverless Semis

John Lloyd August 16, 2026

Kodiak's new California DMV permit still requires a human in the seat, and a million miles of...

Goodyear Lost $204 Million This Quarter On Purpose — Here’s the Math black leather belt on white wooden shelf

Goodyear Lost $204 Million This Quarter On Purpose — Here’s the Math

John Lloyd August 10, 2026

Goodyear sold more tires in the second quarter than it did to start the year, and the...

O’Reilly’s $18.8 Million Text Settlement Has a Ceiling, and Your $22 Check Has an Asterisk selective focus photography of person using smartphone

O’Reilly’s $18.8 Million Text Settlement Has a Ceiling, and Your $22 Check Has an Asterisk

John Lloyd August 10, 2026

Every car shopper learns the same lesson eventually: the number on the window sticker and the number...

Ducati Just Landed a $140 Million Government-Backed R&D Deal, and the Timing Isn’t Subtle red and black sports bike

Ducati Just Landed a $140 Million Government-Backed R&D Deal, and the Timing Isn’t Subtle

John Lloyd August 9, 2026

Ducati just got the Italian government to help bankroll a $140 million investment program, and the timing...

O’Reilly Says It’s Sharing Tariff Refunds With Suppliers. Its Balance Sheet Tells the More Interesting Version. blue and red cargo ship on sea during daytime

blue and red cargo ship on sea during daytime

O’Reilly Says It’s Sharing Tariff Refunds With Suppliers. Its Balance Sheet Tells the More Interesting Version.

John Lloyd August 9, 2026

Every earnings call produces one line that matters more than the headline numbers. On O’Reilly Automotive’s July...

Buying a New Heavy-Duty Diesel Pickup? EPA’s Rule Rewrite Just Changed What You Should Ask First a silver ram truck parked in a parking lot

Buying a New Heavy-Duty Diesel Pickup? EPA’s Rule Rewrite Just Changed What You Should Ask First

Shawn Henry August 8, 2026

Nobody cross-shops a Ram 2500 by reading a federal agency’s press release, but if you’re planning to...

Cape Coral Scrapped Its AI Garbage Truck Cameras Over Cost. GM’s OnStar Data Deal Already Cost Drivers Real Money Residential garbage truck collecting trash cans on a suburban street

Residential garbage truck collecting trash cans on a suburban street

Cape Coral Scrapped Its AI Garbage Truck Cameras Over Cost. GM’s OnStar Data Deal Already Cost Drivers Real Money

John Lloyd August 7, 2026

Cape Coral, Florida spent five months as the most-cited example of a city planning robot garbage trucks...

California Banned Driverless Trucks for a Decade. Now the Teamsters Say the State Lowballed the Comeback Blue semi-truck approaching on a highway from a car's perspective.

Blue semi-truck approaching on a highway from a car's perspective.

California Banned Driverless Trucks for a Decade. Now the Teamsters Say the State Lowballed the Comeback

John Lloyd August 7, 2026

A driverless truck operating under California’s new autonomous vehicle rules won’t just be missing a person behind...

Kenya’s 60-Day Import Grace Period Won’t Become a Landing Pad for Stolen Car Exports blue and red cargo ship on sea during daytime

Kenya’s 60-Day Import Grace Period Won’t Become a Landing Pad for Stolen Car Exports

John Lloyd August 6, 2026

A Kenyan High Court ruling this week gave vehicle dealers a 60-day extension to register imported cars...

Ed Sheeran’s Aston Martin Hasn’t Moved Since 2021, and That’s Exactly Why He Just Got Convicted Screenshot 2026-08-06 at 10.51.22 AM

Ed Sheeran’s Aston Martin Hasn’t Moved Since 2021, and That’s Exactly Why He Just Got Convicted

Elizabeth Puckett August 6, 2026

Ed Sheeran’s 1966 Aston Martin hasn’t turned a wheel in five years. It’s been sitting inside a...

O’Reilly Auto Parts Is Paying $18.8 Million Because Its Texts Wouldn’t Take No for an Answer selective focus photography of person using smartphone

O’Reilly Auto Parts Is Paying $18.8 Million Because Its Texts Wouldn’t Take No for an Answer

John Lloyd August 5, 2026

Every gearhead who’s ever handed over a phone number at the parts counter for a rewards discount...

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Leno’s Law Cleared the Committee That Killed It Last Year. Here’s the Math.

Police Charged a Man Over a Toppled Flock Camera — and the Charge Tells You the Repair Bill

California Just Set Efficiency Rules For Replacement Tires — And Your Track Rubber Is Exempt

Xiaomi Just Delivered Its 500,000th SU7 in 28.5 Months, and the Real Story Isn’t the Car

California Just Handed Kodiak a Learner’s Permit for Driverless Semis

Goodyear Lost $204 Million This Quarter On Purpose — Here’s the Math

O’Reilly’s $18.8 Million Text Settlement Has a Ceiling, and Your $22 Check Has an Asterisk

Ducati Just Landed a $140 Million Government-Backed R&D Deal, and the Timing Isn’t Subtle

O’Reilly Says It’s Sharing Tariff Refunds With Suppliers. Its Balance Sheet Tells the More Interesting Version.

Buying a New Heavy-Duty Diesel Pickup? EPA’s Rule Rewrite Just Changed What You Should Ask First

Cape Coral Scrapped Its AI Garbage Truck Cameras Over Cost. GM’s OnStar Data Deal Already Cost Drivers Real Money

California Banned Driverless Trucks for a Decade. Now the Teamsters Say the State Lowballed the Comeback

Kenya’s 60-Day Import Grace Period Won’t Become a Landing Pad for Stolen Car Exports

Ed Sheeran’s Aston Martin Hasn’t Moved Since 2021, and That’s Exactly Why He Just Got Convicted

O’Reilly Auto Parts Is Paying $18.8 Million Because Its Texts Wouldn’t Take No for an Answer

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