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theautowire.com > 09/12/2026 > epa-pulls-scope-3-emissions-guidance-what-it-means-for-automakers-and-car-buyers

EPA Pulls Scope 3 Emissions Guidance: What It Means for Automakers and Car Buyers

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (594+ words) The Environmental Protection Agency has quietly edited Scope 3 emissions out of its corporate climate toolkit. There was no press release or Federal Register notice. The navigation simply changed. For anyone who follows the car business, that matters more than it…...

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theautowire.com > 09/02/2026 > the-physics-behind-using-suspension-impulses-to-break-rear-grip-on-purpose

The Physics Behind Using Suspension Impulses to Break Rear Grip on Purpose

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (924+ words) Every tuner who has ever chased wheel hop out of a rear-drive build knows the drill: stiffer bushings, a better-located axle, damper valving that stops the tire from skipping across the pavement like a stone. Hop is what happens when…...

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theautowire.com > 08/25/2026 > waymo-nhtsa-school-zone-investigation-redacted

Waymo Told NHTSA How It Decides School-Zone Speeds. Then It Blacked Out the Answer.

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (335+ words) A nine-year-old girl in Santa Monica is fine. She stood up, walked to the curb, and didn’t need to go to a hospital. Seven months later, that’s still the least interesting part of this story. The interesting part is what…...

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theautowire.com > 08/25/2026 > bmw-charging-cable-trunk-lid-patent

BMW Patented a Trunk Lid That Swallows Your Charging Cable — And That's Not Even the Interesting Part

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (847+ words) The Auto Wire BMW Patented a Trunk Lid That Swallows Your Charging Cable — And That’s Not Even the Interesting Part Somewhere in Munich, a BMW engineer just solved a problem that has nothing to do with horsepower, range, or 800-volt…...

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theautowire.com > 08/25/2026 > black-hat-just-proved-your-ev-charger-can-infect-your-car-and-everything-else-nearby

Black Hat Just Proved Your EV Charger Can Infect Your Car—And Everything Else Nearby

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (775+ words) Forget air-gapped security discussions. Forget the naive assumption that physical charging hardware couldn’t be turned into an attack vector. A research team just demonstrated something far more unsettling: a single compromised charger becomes a worm that autonomously spreads to other…...

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theautowire.com > 08/24/2026 > connected-car-privacy-quebec-report-detroit

Quebec Spent 64 Pages Proving Your Car Doesn't Respect You. Detroit Already Ran the Experiment.

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (806+ words) John Lloyd writes for The Auto Wire, where he covers the more entertaining corners of the car world—celebrity rides, motorsports drama, and whatever automotive thing happens to be blowing up online that week. He's drawn to where cars meet…...

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theautowire.com > 08/24/2026 > geelys-solid-state-battery-promise-the-numbers-behind-the-500-wh-kg-headline

Geely's Solid-State Battery Promise: The Numbers Behind the 500 Wh/kg Headline

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (554+ words) Those are enormous numbers. They’re also numbers that need unpacking, because the single most important qualifier — whether 500 Wh/kg describes a cell or a finished pack — changes whether this is aggressive but credible or borderline impossible. Gravimetric energy density is…...

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theautowire.com > 08/21/2026 > stellantis-patented-emergency-lights-for-cars-that-have-already-rolled-over

Stellantis Patented Emergency Lights for Cars That Have Already Rolled Over

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (330+ words) Every taillight ever engineered assumes the car will stay right-side up. Stellantis just filed a patent that quietly admits otherwise. That’s the filing. Here’s the story underneath it. Sit with that for a second: the safety feature engineered to work…...

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theautowire.com > 08/20/2026 > voyah-passion-s-tunnel-loop-the-physics-behind-chinas-schumacher-tribute

Voyah Passion S Tunnel Loop: The Physics Behind China's Schumacher Tribute

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (625+ words) Sixteen years ago Mercedes ran a spot in which an SLS AMG corkscrewed around the inside of a tunnel, and people have been arguing about whether it was real ever since. Voyah — Dongfeng’s premium electric brand, headquartered in Wuhan — decided…...

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theautowire.com > 08/18/2026 > toyota-patent-paddle-shift-lag-fix

Toyota Just Patented A Fix For The Paddle-Shift Lag Its Own Engineers Invented Back In 2006

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (790+ words) The Auto Wire Toyota Just Patented A Fix For The Paddle-Shift Lag Its Own Engineers Invented Back In 2006 Pull the downshift paddle in a Toyota-built automatic and sometimes the car just waits. Not forever. Just long enough to notice. Long…...