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In VW's EV plant in eastern Germany, gas engines are now verboten

Employees were worried, but the convension had a sort of happy ending

Baltimore bridge impact had the brute force of a rocket launch

'More energy than you can really get your mind around': It probably never stood a chance

Your car may be ratting you out to your insurance company

Connected data services may share more than you realize

The Apple car was never a sure thing

Plagued by shifts in development direction, the doomed project gobbled up $10 billion

Cellphones collect our data — it could be used to nail distracted drivers in a crash

The data's there, but for red tape and other reasons, no one's looking at it

What car dealership employees earn: Lots of money

Also, women earn far less than men — but the survey's methodology has problems

Vegas cashed in on Formula 1, but not everyone won

Looking back on the foibles and fantasies that fueled the Las Vegas Grand Prix

Waiting to race in Formula 1: a few good women

A Los Angeles Times story traces the history and challenges for females in F1

Autoblog's most-read stories of 2023

You really, really liked the return of the Toyota Land Cruiser

Read This: In Mexico City, a decades-long love affair with the Beetle

Bugs in Mexico are affectionately called "Vochos," Spanish for...well, bug

Must Reads of 2023: Associate Editor Byron Hurd

From Ann Arbor to Great Britain, these were my favorite writeups of 2023

Must Reads of 2023: Road Test Editor Zac Palmer

From comparison tests to wild EV charging boondoggles, here are some favorites

Must Reads of 2023: News Editor Joel Stocksdale

A year of amazing cars, places and people

Must Reads of 2023: Senior Editor James Riswick

Porsches old and new, Audis loud and EV, an Acura that's just old, 4 months with a Kia

Must Reads of 2023: Senior Editor Jeremy Korzeniewski

It was a good year / With prose and some poetry / From our Jeremy

Replica cars that crash and burn in 'Ferrari' look genuine — there were hundreds of real Ferraris, too

A fleet of nearly 400 vintage cars and some meticulous copies provided sights and sounds

Pedestrian fatalities most often occur at night, and that's a recent, scary change

Driver distractions in the dark: smartphones, walkers where they're least expected

Last two NYC Ford Crown Victoria taxis finally at the end of the road

Drivers don't want to give them up but have run out of ways to hide

Catalytic converter thefts: Here's where the precious metals wind up

The strangest place: in pharmaceuticals

China's EV sector is hemorrhaging cash — but government subsidies keep the lights on

One company loses $35,000 per car