Mitsubishi revealed it remains on track with its U.S. product plans, partnering with beleaguered Nissan, to produce a new electric vehicle based off the next-generation Nissan Leaf. It’s set to arrive in summer 2026. Find out more about the new vehicle at Headlight.News.
American EV makers Rivian Automotive and Lucid Motors released their first-quarter earnings results, each hitting positive markers for the period. Rivian earned another $1 billion in funding from Volkswagen for turning a gross profit. Meanwhile, Lucid hit another vehicle delivery record during the period. Find out more at Headlight.News.
With the end of the school year approaching quickly, many teenagers are on the hunt for a summer job. This means many parents — and teens — are hunting for a vehicle to get them to and from work and the rest of their lives. IIHS and Consumer Reports teamed up to provide a slew of good options. Headlight.News has the story.
As expected, Ford Motor Co. reported a drop in earnings and profits for the first quarter of 2025. The company also suspended its earnings guidance for the rest of the year, but did estimate the new tariffs could cost the automaker about $1.5 billion. Get details at Headlight.News.
This week on the Headlight News podcast, we talk about the strong April sales numbers, as well as President Trump implementing his tariffs on the auto industry, plus a review of the 2025 Lincoln Navigator and more.
Waymo and Toyota are teaming up. The Japanese giant will help develop a new autonomous vehicle platform for the Google spin-off which has become the U.S. leader in driverless ride-sharing technology. The announcement comes days after VW and Uber revealed their own autonomous alliance. More from Headlight.News.
Nissan has been making compact sedans for well over 50 years, and it shows. One of the most enjoyable drives I’ve had lately was the 2025 Nissan Sentra SR. Here’s what Headlight.News learned after spending a week in the classic Nissan sedan.
The race to build the next generation of electrical architecture is competitive and expensive. Ford Motor Co. appears to be throwing in the towel due to escalating costs and ongoing delays. Find out more at Headlight.News.
Faster than a speeding bullet? More powerful than a locomotive? Well, not necessarily, but the piston in your car’s internal combustion engine is an impressive piece of technology. And you probably don’t know much more. Contributing editor Jeff Zurschmiede came up with these surprising facts.
On this week’s podcast, Headlight News covers the debut of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ new EV company, Slate, and its first product and electric pickup. We also review the 2025 Cadillac Optiq and look at the other stories coming in the week ahead.
Volkswagen is teaming up with Uber to field what eventually could be thousands of fully driverless ID.Buzz microbuses. The first should show up on Los Angeles streets next year. Headlight.News has more.
Under the guise of unleashing “American ingenuity,” the Trump administration eased some of the rules regarding the development and testing autonomous vehicles. Among the changes, automakers will not be required to report certain types of crashes involving their self-driving cars. Find out more at Headlight.News.