Elon Musk works in two vastly expanding universes, and the growing pains faced by Tesla are connected to a simple fact: It's trying to do a much harder job than SpaceX.

BMW, Chevrolet, Honda, Mercedes, and Tesla all have one thing in common besides making cars: Their cars all run Linux.

Kyle Plush was reportedly reaching into the cargo area to retrieve tennis equipment, with his knee on a third-row bench seat, when the seat flipped over and trapped him in the cargo area upside down. Honda said there have been no seat-related recalls for the 2004 Odyssey.

This is the all-new fourth-generation Ford Focus, the marque’s crucial new family hatch to rival the Volkswagen Golf, Vauxhall Astra and the new Mercedes-Benz A-class. But the new Focus has a tough task ahead, because as well as traditional hatchback rivals, it also has to compete with ever-growing marketplace of similarly priced compact SUVs vying for family car buyers.

Production delays and other problems have presented the electric-car maker and its founder, Elon Musk, with a crisis of confidence among investors.

The RAV4 is the model that started it all in the compact crossover segment some 24 years ago, but along the way, you could say it lost its design luster becoming somewhat of a Camry of SUVs, even though it never lost its sales crown. Now, with the introduction of the fifth generation model at the New York Auto Show, Toyota is going back to its roots with a more brute interpretation, possibly making it the most interesting-looking RAV4 since the original of the mid-1990s.

Hennessey Performance is proud to be chosen by Ford to own a 2018 Ford GT Heritage Edition. Here are some photos and video of the delivery in Sealy, Texas, received by John Hennessey and team.

Lincoln will add this new Aviator crossover to its lineup later this year, and we're getting our first glimpse at the New York Auto Show this week. There's lots to discuss with this new CUV, but the biggest news is definitely under the hood, where Lincoln is introducing a brand-new plug-in hybrid powertrain.

Cruise says its car never came within 10 feet of a pedestrian.

The recall includes the latest versions of the F-150 and Expedition.

The comedy practically writes itself, this is almost effortless.

Luxury automaker Tesla is manufacturing a surprisingly high ratio of flawed parts and vehicles, according to several current and former employees, leading to more rework and repairs than can be contained at its factory in Fremont, California. Tesla's future as a mass-market carmaker hinges on efficient, automated production of the Model 3, which more than 400,000 people have already reserved, paying $1,000 refundable fees to do so. Musk said in July 2017 that Tesla would probably be making 20,000 Model 3s per month by December.

Overcoming the fear of losing vehicles to crooked customers, the drive-it-yourself industry boomed after World War II.

California's Department of Motor Vehicles established new rules announced Monday that will allow tech companies and others working on driverless vehicle..

They could actually make cities much worse.

Coddled by successive governments, the industry is dogged by dieselgate, lagging in electric vehicles and unsure about driverless cars

This EfficientGrip Performance concept is specifically designed to deal with the unique brand of punishment that EVs can dole out.

Frontal view of the Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport

Mitsubishi Electric believes its AI-enhanced camera systems will make mirrors on cars obsolete and help make a dent in the annual roadway death toll

BMW of North America is offering a $10,000 rebate on its i3 electric car to customers of Public Service Electric & Gas Co., the New Jersey utility announced Thursday. Combined with a $7,500 federal tax credit, the automaker said the incentive would reduce the vehicle’s base price by about a third.

After more than a century of improvements, engineers say the internal combustion engine is far from ready for retirement.

The confluence of the technology and automotive industries has given us mobility. It's not a great name, conjuring images of people riding rascal scooters in big box stores or those weird blue invalid carriages that the government handed out in the UK back in the last century. But in this case, it's meant as a catch-all to cover a few related trends: autonomous driving, ride-hailing, and connected cars.

Cadillac just gave the CT6 an aesthetic refresh that greatly echoes the styling of the dramatic Escala concept car. And even better: There's a new high-performance CT6 V-Sport, with an all-new twin-turbo V8 kicking out 550 horsepower.

A video appears to show Tesla’s Autopilot system steering a Model X into the divider where a different Tesla Model X crashed on March 23. The driver in the deadly crash was also using Autopilot at the time of the crash, Tesla later disclosed. The new video, filmed by a Tesla Model S owner, suggests that Autopilot might have a vulnerability in similar situations.

A sociolinguist wonders if they’ll ever be able to interpret the waves, high beams and middle fingers of human drivers.

Detroit executives are killing off their slow-selling cars in favor of SUVs.

Toyota is recalling about 645,000 vehicles worldwide to fix an electrical problem that could stop air bags from inflating in a crash. The recall covers certain Toyota Prius and Lexus RX and NX SUVs. Also covered are some Toyota Alphard, Vellfire, Sienta, Noah, Voxy, Esquire, Probox, Succeed, Corolla, Highlander, Levin and Hilux models. All were produced from May of 2015 to March of 2016.

“It’s like instant replay in the NFL; I can tell what happened.”

For years, we’ve heard criticisms about Tesla’s fit and finish, but now Sandy Munro—CEO of a Detroit-area consultancy that tears apart and studies automobiles—has seen a new Model 3 up close. His thoughts: “I can’t imagine how they released this.”

What if a police officer tapping on your car window asking for your license and registration became a relic of the past?

Many people are criticizing Ram's Super Bowl ad, which features part of a speech by Martin Luther King Jr. "Are MLK's words really being used right now to sell cars?" Nicholas Thompson, the editor of Wired, wrote in a tweet on Sunday night. Many others chimed in, saying they felt it was inappropriate for Ram to use an iconic civil-rights speech to sell vehicles.

We strap our test gear to the all-new, sixth-generation BMW M5, which has 600 horsepower and all-wheel drive. Read the astounding results and see pictures at Car and Driver.

Volvo just debuted its all-new midsize wagon, the 2019 Volvo V60, and yes, it’s as pretty as we suspected. But more importantly, it offers a 390 horsepower plug-in hybrid powertrain—you know, in case you want to hoon sensibly.

Car companies like GM, Ford, and Toyota are getting great publicity for touting a future of green cars. But at the same time, new reports show their lobbying group is pushing science denial to weaken U.S. clean car standards. “General Motors believes the future is all-electric. A world free of automotive emissions,” GM’s product chief Mark Reuss said in an October press call.

If you go to an auto show, you'll notice that German carmakers tend to have a lot of models in their lineups. Not so much Porsche, but Audi, Mercedes-Benz, and especially BMW have a dizzying array of cars to choose from. For those contemplating an Ultimate Driving Machine, you've got your 1 Series all the way through the 7 Series, the X models, the Z4, M models, and the i Series. The lineup looks straightforward at first glance, but it's really not.