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General Motors’ troublesome 6.2-liter L87 V8 is back under an even brighter federal spotlight. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has expanded its investigation into the engine after receiving hundreds of complaints alleging failures even after vehicles received GM’s recall remedy. The newly opened Engineering Analysis covers 997,743 vehicles from the ...

California has officially approved its Replacement Tire Efficiency Program, putting an end to months of debate over a regulation that could eventually reshape which replacement tires are sold in the state. The California Energy Commission unanimously approved the standards on August 17, making California the first state in the country to establish energy-efficiency re...

Genesis is preparing to give the GV80 something its luxury SUV lineup has been missing, a proper hybrid powertrain. The upcoming Genesis GV80 Hybrid will combine the brand’s turbocharged 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine with two electric motors, producing a combined 347 horsepower and roughly 391 lb-ft of torque. That output puts the new hybrid neatly between the curren...

Jeep is leaning into the culture that has helped make the Wrangler more than just another SUV with the new 2027 Wrangler Smoky Mountain special edition. Revealed at the 14th annual Smoky Mountain Invasion in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, the model is the 10th entry in Jeep’s Twelve 4 Twelve Wrangler series and was created with the enthusiast community squarely in mind. Tha...

Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming one of the automotive industry’s most important technologies, but its biggest impact may not look anything like the science-fiction scenarios people tend to imagine. Instead, AI is being woven into the less glamorous but critically important parts of the business, including quality control, factory logistics, robotics, softw...